Little-known destinations, forgotten villages and whole regions to discover before everyone else does. The antidote to overtourism, one guide at a time.
Between Sovana and Sorano, Etruscan pathways carved into the tufa lead to the necropolis and the monumental Ildebranda Tomb, in the heart of the Maremma.
Jun 23, 2026
Just steps from Bardolino's lakefront promenade, the church of San Severo reveals an early medieval crypt and a surprising cycle of Romanesque frescoes.
Jun 23, 2026
The abbey of Pomposa, in the Po delta near Codigoro, guards a Romanesque bell tower of nearly fifty metres and centuries of history.
Jun 23, 2026
The Pieve of San Pietro di Feletto, among the Prosecco hills, guards the extremely rare fresco of the Christ of the Sunday.
Jun 23, 2026
Above Merano, Castel Tirolo guards a double chapel and Romanesque marble portals, reachable only on foot by leaving the car down in the valley.
Jun 23, 2026
In Pinzolo, on the church of San Vigilio, the Danse Macabre: a procession of skeletons twenty-two metres long, painted almost five centuries ago.
Jun 23, 2026
At Capo di Ponte, in Italy's first archaeological park, more than a hundred rocks guard the rock carvings of the Camunni: eight thousand years of history.
Jun 23, 2026
On the Slovenian border, among the vineyards of the Gorizia Collio, San Floriano is a bilingual village with a parish church reborn from the rubble of the Great War.
Jun 23, 2026
On the Pordenone plain, Sesto al Reghena is a Lombard monastic village: its thousand-year-old basilica holds frescoes and silence.
Jun 23, 2026