Hidden villages and off-the-beaten-path spots in Lazio, beyond Rome

Lazio is not just Rome: in the Tuscia, in the Ciociaria and among the Simbruini mountains lie almost deserted medieval villages, Etruscan necropolises, volcanic lakes and green valleys that mass tourism ignores. Uncrowded destinations where you can rediscover a slower pace, country cooking and surprising landscapes just a few kilometres from the capital, to be explored without the crush.

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Rome, Italy

City corners

Secret Garbatella: Rome's Garden Village of the 1920s

Built in 1920 as a "garden city" for working-class families, the Garbatella still holds courtyard lots, miniature Baroque staircases, a theatre inside a Fascist-era dopolavoro, and the Rome of Rossellini's Neorealism.

Jul 18, 2026

Rome, Italy

City corners

Secret Testaccio: The Working-Class Rome Where Antiquity Ends

A market still run by Romans, a hill built entirely of shattered amphorae, a cemetery where Keats and Gramsci rest, a repurposed slaughterhouse. Testaccio is popular Rome, still very much alive.

Jul 18, 2026

Rome, Italy

City corners

Secret Rome: 9 Places the Guidebooks Won't Tell You About

A trail of courtyards, crypts, and lesser-known churches where Rome stops being Colosseum and Trevi Fountain and returns to being a city you can listen to. No lines, almost no tourists, plenty of history.

Jul 18, 2026

Bagnoregio, Lazio, Italia

Guides and itineraries

How to get to Civita di Bagnoregio: car, bus and train from Tuscia and Rome

Guide on how to get to Civita di Bagnoregio: car from Rome and Orvieto, Cotral bus, train to Orvieto and parking in Bagnoregio for the footbridge.

Jul 12, 2026

Bagnoregio, Lazio, Italia

Guides and itineraries

Where to eat in Civita di Bagnoregio: Tuscia flavours between tufa and badlands

Guide on where to eat in Civita di Bagnoregio and Bagnoregio: Tuscia Laziale dishes, typical trattorias, local products and budget tips.

Jul 12, 2026

Bagnoregio, Lazio, Italia

Guides and itineraries

What to see in Civita di Bagnoregio in 2 days: the dying city and its surroundings

Guide on what to see in Civita di Bagnoregio in 2 days: the footbridge, the suspended village, the Valley of Badlands and excursions in the Tuscia Laziale.

Jul 12, 2026