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Houses carved into the rock, an Orsini fortress and Etruscan cave roads: Sorano is Pitigliano's lesser-known twin, in the tuff country of the Maremma.
Jul 29, 2026
On the Adriatic coast of Salento, a limestone pool at Roca Vecchia preserves hundreds of Messapian, Greek and Latin votive inscriptions carved between the 9th century BCE and the 3rd century CE: an ancient water sanctuary rediscovered as a photogenic swimming hole. Since National Geographic Traveler ranked it among the world's most beautiful natural pools, summer crowds have put the carvings at risk. Bathing inside the cave is now banned. Here is why, and how to visit with respect.
Jul 19, 2026
At the entrance to the Aosta Valley, a first-century BC Roman arch still spans the Lys as it did the day it was built, in a town few bother to stop and look at.
Jul 9, 2026
The Furlo Gorge is a geological gash in the Marche Apennines crossed by a tunnel carved by the Romans. Nature and history in a vertical landscape.
Jul 9, 2026
From Bologna to Florence on foot, along ancient Roman roads and nearly deserted Apennine ridges. A 130-kilometer trek that few still know about.
Jul 9, 2026
A village of one hundred souls built atop the Roman city of Egitânia, with Europe's largest collection of Roman inscriptions and the first Visigothic cathedral on the Iberian Peninsula.
Jul 9, 2026
Between Trento and Bassano del Grappa, this riverside village with its castle and nearby Lake Caldonazzo is the gateway to a nearly untouched valley.
Jul 9, 2026
At 978 metres in the Sibillini Mountains, this medieval village has been reclaiming for decades its sixth-century BC Etruscan chariot, now on display at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Jul 9, 2026
Monemvasia, a Byzantine fortress tucked behind a limestone cliff in the Peloponnese, reveals a car-free medieval borgo suspended between sky and Aegean Sea.
Jul 5, 2026