Little-known destinations, forgotten villages and whole regions to discover before everyone else does. The antidote to overtourism, one guide at a time.
On 950 mm rails through the Barbagia and the Campidano: Sardinia's slowest train reveals granite villages and nuraghi hidden in the maquis.
Jul 9, 2026
A 110-kilometre loop around Mount Etna on narrow-gauge rails, through lava flows, centuries-old vineyards and villages that smell of orange blossom.
Jul 9, 2026
From Sulmona to Isernia through snowfields, abandoned villages and vertiginous viaducts: the slowest and most beautiful journey across the central Apennines.
Jul 9, 2026
The Tuscan stretch of the Via di Francesco crosses the Casentino and the Valdambra for 150 km, past Camaldolese abbeys, medieval villages and deserted Sienese hills.
Jul 9, 2026
The lesser-known stretch of the Path of the Gods runs along the ridges above Agerola, past abandoned terraces, prickly pears and vertiginous views over the Gulf of Salerno.
Jul 9, 2026
430 km from Padua to Monte della Verna following the footsteps of Saint Anthony of Padua, through the Euganean Hills, the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines and beech forests.
Jul 9, 2026
The southern stretch of the Via Francigena crosses Campania, Basilicata and Puglia for 900 km to the tip of the Salento, almost unknown to northern European pilgrims.
Jul 9, 2026
From Bologna to Florence on foot, along ancient Roman roads and nearly deserted Apennine ridges. A 130-kilometer trek that few still know about.
Jul 9, 2026
A Genoese castle on a cliff plunging into the Tyrrhenian, with houses spiraling down to the port and fishing nets hung out to dry like flags.
Jul 9, 2026