Little-known destinations, forgotten villages and whole regions to discover before everyone else does. The antidote to overtourism, one guide at a time.
Just a few kilometres from the Marmore Falls, Lake Piediluco is Umbria's second-largest body of water: tranquil, full of herons, and forgotten by tourists.
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In Scheggino, women repelled a siege in 1522 armed with stones and pots. Today the village smells of black truffle, with the Nera flowing past every doorstep.
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In the upper Valnerina, a stone village hides the story of the Precian School of Surgery, which between the tenth and sixteenth centuries sent doctors all over Europe.
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Founded in 1217 on a spur in the Valnerina, Vallo di Nera preserves walls, towers, and Romanesque churches in an urban equilibrium that has withstood eight centuries of history.
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In a village split in two by the Nera river, thirty-five naturally preserved mummies rest in the crypt of Santo Stefano, while a few steps away stands one of Italy's finest Lombard abbeys.
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On a hill overlooking the Tiber, Lugnano holds the earliest known evidence of malaria and the burial of a girl with a stone in her mouth.
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Twenty kilometres from Foligno, the Menotre river plunges past ancient paper mills in a series of waterfalls scented with ferns and typographic history.
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Atop an Umbrian hill overlooking the Tiber, nine families built a ninety-nine-seat baroque jewel in 1808. It is still in operation.
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Clinging to Monte Eolo, Cesi hides seven churches, a legendary underground city, and air currents that rise from the bowels of the rock.
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