Little-known destinations, forgotten villages and whole regions to discover before everyone else does. The antidote to overtourism, one guide at a time.
The Monti Aurunci, in southern Lazio between Latina and Frosinone, form a little-known nature park where limestone peaks look out over the Tyrrhenian Sea. Amid Mediterranean scrub, blooms of wild orchids and villages of stone, this is an authentic, almost deserted Mediterranean mountain, far from the crowded coastline.
Jun 30, 2026
The Valle di Comino, in the southern Ciociaria, is the Lazio side of the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park: an agricultural basin of medieval villages, abbeys and beech woods that almost nobody knows. Here tourism gathers elsewhere, and the trails and villages remain lived-in and silent.
Jun 30, 2026
In the heart of the Tuscia around Viterbo, Lake Vico is the most intact volcanic basin in Lazio, protected by a nature reserve and ringed by beech and chestnut woods. Far from the more touristy lakes, it offers silence, shady trails and clean waters not far from Rome.
Jun 30, 2026
Trekking in the Monti Lucretili Park, in the Sabina: olive groves, medieval villages and the remains of the poet Horace's villa at Licenza. A regional park a stone's throw from Rome yet almost unknown, where you walk in silence among centuries-old olive trees, oaks and ancient Roman memories.
Jun 30, 2026
A loop in the Monti Simbruini Park, an hour from Rome: high-altitude grasslands, beech woods, the springs of the Aniene and ancient Benedictine monasteries. A green, silent mountain range, very close to the capital yet far from the crowds, where you walk across plateaus that feel like another world.
Jun 30, 2026
A loop among the four Franciscan sanctuaries of the Holy Valley, in the Rieti basin: Greccio, Fonte Colombo, La Foresta and Poggio Bustone, linked by woods and Apennine mule tracks. Quiet, widespread spirituality, far from mass religious tourism, in the geographical heart of Italy.
Jun 30, 2026
The circuit of Lake Bolsena, in the Tuscia area of Viterbo: the largest volcanic lake in Europe, among stone villages, vineyards and two little islands. A slow, silent alternative to Lake Trasimeno, far from mass tourism, with clean waters and villages that still live on fishing and farming.
Jun 30, 2026
A walking loop through the Cicolano, straddling Lazio and Abruzzo, across woods, ruins and all-but-abandoned villages: a marginal, silent mountain region far from the tourist trails, where the trail itself was created to bring life and wayfarers back.
Jun 30, 2026
A spiritual walk linking Assisi, in Umbria, to Ascoli Piceno, in the Marche, in the footsteps of Saint Francis between Apennine and Piceno villages. Still little walked compared with the great Franciscan itineraries, it offers days of silence among mountains, valleys and compact towns.
Jun 30, 2026