Little-known destinations, forgotten villages and whole regions to discover before everyone else does. The antidote to overtourism, one guide at a time.
Pastel-coloured houses at Marina Corricella, the hilltop borgo of Terra Murata, and volcanic beaches. The island that was Italy's 2022 Capital of Culture — unchanged.
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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.
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Three hundred white churches, handmade ceramics, and a culinary tradition unrivalled in the Cyclades. Sifnos is the anti-Mykonos by nature.
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An emerald alpine lake, flower-strewn canals, and mountains mirrored in the water. Annecy is France at its most romantic — without the Parisian crowds.
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Four kilometres of Renaissance ramparts turned into a park, a hundred churches, and a Roman amphitheatre reborn as a piazza. Tuscany at a human pace.
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A fairy-tale castle, a river that wraps around the medieval town, and a Baroque theatre still in use. Hidden Bohemia, three hours from Prague.
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Volcanic lakes, ancient taverns where the wine is local and the food homemade, and papal hilltop borghi above the Roman countryside. Breathe again.
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Between Palmi and Scilla, violet cliffs at sunset, deserted beaches and Chianalea — the fishermen's borgo built on the water. Italy's forgotten coastline.
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White limestone cliffs, coves reachable only on foot and medieval borghi perched above the sea. Monte Conero is the Adriatic's answer to the Cinque Terre.
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