Little-known destinations, forgotten villages and whole regions to discover before everyone else does. The antidote to overtourism, one guide at a time.
Gressoney-Saint-Jean reveals the Walser culture through centuries-old timber houses, Castel Savoia and the majestic panoramas of Monte Rosa.
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Étroubles weaves the Via Francigena, contemporary sculptures set among its lanes, and the authentic stillness of the Gran San Bernardo valley.
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The Forte di Bard commands the valley with world-class art and mountain museums, while the medieval borgo at its feet preserves an intact and silent charm.
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Issogne hides a Renaissance courtyard with a wrought-iron pomegranate fountain and frescoes vividly depicting daily life in fifteenth-century Aosta Valley.
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Crenellated towers, chivalric frescoes and a storybook courtyard: the castle of Fénis is the most dramatic medieval jewel in the Aosta Valley.
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San Daniele del Friuli is far more than its celebrated DOP prosciutto: this hilltop borgo is home to the Guarneriana, one of Italy's oldest libraries.
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Cordovado, a walled medieval borgo in western Friuli, conceals secret gardens, fourteenth-century frescoes and an atmosphere of absolute stillness.
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Frozen in the Renaissance, Clauiano is a flawless rural borgo of sandstone and silence in eastern Friuli — one of Italy's most beautiful and least visited.
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Spilimbergo, a medieval Friulian borgo, hosts the renowned Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli and a frescoed historic centre waiting to be discovered.
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