Little-known destinations, forgotten villages and whole regions to discover before everyone else does. The antidote to overtourism, one guide at a time.
Frontone Castle is one of the most spectacular fortresses in the Marche Apennines: below, a silent village and a trattoria worth the drive over the hills.
Jul 9, 2026
Montemonaco is the closest village to Monte Sibilla, the mountain of the legendary sorceress. Cobbled streets, post-earthquake silence, and a boundless panorama.
Jul 9, 2026
Apecchio is a small Apennine village in the Pesaro hinterland known for prized white truffle and a unique craft brewing tradition in the Marche.
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Amandola is the main town of the upper Tenna Valley: an ideal base for the Sibillini Mountains, a medieval town under reconstruction, and extraordinary mountain cuisine.
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326 inhabitants, a belvedere over the Aso Valley and the Sibillini Mountains: Smerillo is one of the smallest and most beautiful villages in the Marche. Almost nobody knows it.
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Elcito is nearly a ghost town: thirty inhabitants, abandoned houses amid the woods, and a breathtaking view of the Sibillini Mountains. A place suspended in time.
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Hidden in the Sibillini Mountains, Lake Fiastra is one of the Marche's most beautiful lakes: turquoise water, pristine woods, no crowds even in summer.
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The Gola dell'Infernaccio is the most spectacular gorge in the Sibillini Mountains: vertical walls, the Tenna torrent, and the hermitage of San Leonardo hidden in the rock.
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The Furlo Gorge is a geological gash in the Marche Apennines crossed by a tunnel carved by the Romans. Nature and history in a vertical landscape.
Jul 9, 2026