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Monte Isola at its centre, Christo's floating walkways, and shores still free of luxury resorts. The Lombard lake that Como forgot how to be.
Jul 5, 2026
Three islands, fortified borghi, and blazing sunsets over central Italy's largest lake. Trasimeno is the lake that mass tourism left behind.
Jul 5, 2026
A medieval village submerged beneath the artificial Lago di Vagli in Garfagnana: it re-emerges at each draining, the last one awaited for decades.
Jul 5, 2026
Clinging to the rock above Lake Maggiore, the Hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso, born of a medieval vow, is a rare pocket of silence.
Jul 1, 2026
Lago della Duchessa is a small glacial lake hidden among the limestone ridges on the border between Lazio and Abruzzo, in the reserve of the same name between Rieti and L'Aquila. Though close to Rome, it remains a destination for just a few hikers, far from the busiest tourist routes.
Jun 30, 2026
In Romania's Southern Carpathians, the Retezat holds dozens of alpine lakes set in granite and is a biosphere reserve. Awkward access and little publicity keep it in the shadow of the more famous Făgăraș: a high-altitude paradise for those seeking silence and untouched nature.
Jun 30, 2026
In eastern Slovakia, far from the overrun High Tatras, the Slovak Paradise hides canyons carved by streams where you climb among ladders and walkways beside the waterfalls. A national park little known to international tourism, perfect for those seeking nature and silence.
Jun 30, 2026
North of Ljubljana, a range with a Dolomite-like appearance remains in the shadow of the more famous Triglav. The Kamnik-Savinja Alps offer steep paths, mountain pastures and the spectacular U-shaped glacial Logar Valley, a corner of Slovenia still little travelled.
Jun 30, 2026
In the Sardinian Supramonte, between Oliena and Dorgali, a Nuragic village hides inside a limestone doline reachable only on foot. The Valle di Lanaittu is a canyon that few visit outside the beach season.
Jun 30, 2026