Little-known destinations, forgotten villages and whole regions to discover before everyone else does. The antidote to overtourism, one guide at a time.
Ceglie Messapica in the Valle d'Itria hides scattered trulli, a Norman castle, and some of the most extraordinary traditional cooking in all of Puglia.
Jul 5, 2026
Minervino Murge crowns the Murgia plateau with sweeping views, hidden ravines, rupestrian churches, and a deeply authentic pastoral cuisine.
Jul 5, 2026
Altamura, city of DOP bread and a Frederician cathedral: a journey into the heart of the Murgia through flavours, history and prehistoric discoveries.
Jul 5, 2026
Gravina in Puglia rivals Matera: an aqueduct bridge over the gorge, Byzantine cave churches with frescoes, and a historic centre carved into rock.
Jul 5, 2026
Pietramontecorvino, a medieval borgo in the Monti Dauni: a Norman tower, stone houses clinging to a spur and intact views over the Capitanata.
Jul 5, 2026
Orsara di Puglia, in the Monti Dauni, surprises with the grotto of San Michele, the Night of Fires and an extraordinary culinary tradition.
Jul 5, 2026
Lucera hides the vastest Swabian-Angevin fortress in Europe and an intact Roman amphitheatre. A journey into the unknown heart of Daunia.
Jul 5, 2026
Troia, on the Tavoliere plain, holds Puglia's finest Romanesque rose window and a bronze door cast in 1119, a masterpiece almost nobody visits.
Jul 5, 2026
A chessboard piazza, two castles linked by battlemented walls and hills of cherry trees: Marostica is the Vicentine borgo that plays with history.
Jul 5, 2026