Little-known destinations, forgotten villages and whole regions to discover before everyone else does. The antidote to overtourism, one guide at a time.
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.
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Among the Balze cliffs of the Valdarno, the Orientalist castle of Sammezzano guards the most colourful rooms in Tuscany, today closed to the public.
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At Polcenigo, one of Italy's most beautiful villages, the springs of the Gorgazzo form a karst pool of turquoise, deep waters, in Friuli.
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On the Sinis promontory, in Sardinia, the columns of Tharros stand out against the sea of an ancient Phoenician-Roman city eroded by time.
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In the Sulcis, a natural amphitheatre of rock guards more than forty tombs cut five thousand years ago: the necropolis of Montessu, in Sardinia.
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On the Abbasanta plateau rises Nuraghe Losa, one of the best-preserved basalt keeps of Nuragic Sardinia.
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Among the hills of Irpinia, the Abbey of Goleto: Romanesque towers, Roman stones and a roofless church tell the story of eight centuries.
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In the Monti Dauni, Bovino overlooks the Cervaro valley with an understated Romanesque cathedral and an ancient stone bridge on the road from Naples to Apulia.
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A few kilometres from Siena, the roofless abbey of San Galgano guards a real sword thrust into the rock: Tuscan history and legend.
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