Little-known destinations, forgotten villages and whole regions to discover before everyone else does. The antidote to overtourism, one guide at a time.
Near Biella, the Ricetto di Candelo is a maze of alleys and two hundred stone houses where medieval peasants safeguarded their harvest.
Jun 23, 2026
In Aosta, the cloister of the Collegiate Church of Sant'Orso guards forty carved capitals and a rare silence, a stone's throw from the crowds heading to the Alps.
Jun 23, 2026
In Fénis Castle, in the Aosta Valley, a courtyard frescoed with Saint George and the dragon is the secret heart that almost no one takes the time to observe.
Jun 23, 2026
In Acqui Terme, a Romanesque basilica preserves a rare octagonal bell tower from the 11th century: a thousand years of stone in the Alto Monferrato.
Jun 23, 2026
Among the hills of the Varese area, a small stone church preserves one of the most extraordinary cycles of early medieval frescoes in Europe.
Jun 23, 2026
On Lake Lugano stands the oldest Christian building in Switzerland: an octagonal baptistery fifteen centuries old, still little visited.
Jun 23, 2026
Among the hills of the Monferrato, the Abbey of Vezzolano guards one of the most beautiful Romanesque cloisters in Piedmont, a stone's throw from Turin.
Jun 23, 2026
On Monte Pirchiriano, the Sacra di San Michele is reached by the Stairway of the Dead: a thousand-year-old abbey, symbol of Piedmont, in the Val di Susa.
Jun 23, 2026
The Modernista cemetery of Montjuïc, in Barcelona: sculpted staircases, silent avenues and a view over the harbour that few come to see.
Jun 21, 2026