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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Dante cited it in the Inferno, the Romans came here for cures: Viterbo's Bullicame is a bubbling spring surrounded by white limestone deposits, free and ancestral.
Jul 9, 2026
Ponza is the perfect alternative to Capri: Caribbean-blue sea, natural caves and a relaxed atmosphere completely free of the jet-set circus.
Jul 5, 2026
Celleno vecchia is the forgotten ghost borgo of the Viterbo hills, just kilometres from Civita di Bagnoregio — same story, no tourists. History, visit and how to get there.
Jul 5, 2026
Rocchettine: a tiny, barely-known ghost village in the Sabina hills, abandoned for decades. A walk through ruins, woodland and absolute silence.
Jul 5, 2026
A guide to Ventotene: Roman harbour, Bourbon prison, the Santo Stefano marine reserve and dreamy seabeds in the Pontine islands.
Jul 5, 2026
A Tyrrhenian island with 700 inhabitants, an intact Roman harbour and the manifesto that founded the EU: the greatest story in the smallest of places.
Jul 5, 2026
A vast archaeological park with mosaics, thermal baths and a perfectly preserved Roman theatre — just thirty minutes from Rome, with a fraction of the crowds.
Jul 5, 2026
Volcanic lakes, ancient taverns where the wine is local and the food homemade, and papal hilltop borghi above the Roman countryside. Breathe again.
Jul 5, 2026
Norcia, Amatrice, Arquata del Tronto: 250 km on foot through the places struck by the 2016 earthquake, where reconstruction is an act of defiance.
Jul 5, 2026