Little-known destinations, forgotten villages and whole regions to discover before everyone else does. The antidote to overtourism, one guide at a time.
In the province of Oristano, a colorful medieval village rises on Sardinia's only navigable river, three kilometers from a still-virgin sea.
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Where the Tyrrhenian meets the Ionian, a fishing village clinging to the rock gave its name to Homer's monster and preserves the art of swordfish fishing by lamplight.
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A small Cilento port where Hemingway wrote, where centenarians outnumber tourists, and the sea still belongs to fishermen. Italy's oldest coast.
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In the heart of the Cilento National Park, a nearly unknown fishing village guards a marine reserve and a pace of life that mass tourism has spared.
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At the very tip of Italy's heel, a natural harbor carved into rock guards a sea cave and an Angevin castle looking toward Greece.
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Explore Maratea, Basilicata's only Tyrrhenian coastline: 32km of cliffs, hidden coves, mountain villages, and the Christ statue watching over the gulf.
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Just kilometers from Bari, a seaside village with a Romanesque cathedral on the water and a promenade where time seems to have stopped.
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A medieval fishing village between the southern Adriatic and Molise, where the trabucchi remind us that the sea is won with patience.
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In Calabria, near Guardia Piemontese, free thermal pools exist near the Luigiane spa complex: sulfurous water and a citrus-scented Tyrrhenian landscape.
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