Little-known destinations, forgotten villages and whole regions to discover before everyone else does. The antidote to overtourism, one guide at a time.
A complete guide to sleeping in Matera: cave hotels carved in tufa, noble palazzi and Murgia farmhouses — where, when and how to pick the right Sasso.
Jul 11, 2026
In the heart of Finland's lake district, Savonlinna hosts a medieval castle on the water and a summer opera festival unlike any other in the world.
Jul 9, 2026
In the Faroe Islands, Gasadalur is a handful of houses on a plateau plunging into the Atlantic: the Múlafossur waterfall and absolute silence.
Jul 9, 2026
In Swedish Lapland, Jokkmokk hosts the oldest Sami market in the North every February: reindeer, Northern Lights and a thousand-year-old culture.
Jul 9, 2026
In the Danish Baltic, Bornholm guards round Viking-age churches, pine forests and the art of røgeost: an island unlike any other.
Jul 9, 2026
On the island of Gotland, Visby preserves its 13th-century Hanseatic walls intact: wild roses among the ruins and a silence that astounds.
Jul 9, 2026
In the far east of Serbia, on the border with Romania and Bulgaria, the villages of Rajac and Rogljevo hide 400 historic cellars carved into rock — and wines that make you forget Bordeaux.
Jul 9, 2026
At the foot of the Rugova Gorge, Peja/Peć hides the medieval Serbian Patriarchate — four churches in one, frescoed since the 14th century — a twenty-minute walk from the centre.
Jul 9, 2026
The Prokletije — the Accursed Mountains in Serbian — are the Alps of the Balkans: wild, nearly deserted, with peaks above 2,600 metres and trails crossing three countries.
Jul 9, 2026