Avoid crowds and high prices by heading off piste to these under-the-radar highlights
There are under-the-radar villages with few residents and authentic food, pristine landscapes, nature reserves and panoramic trekking routes. For example, rewilding projects mean that just an hour from Rome, you could be among bears and wolves in the ancient beech forests of the Apennines. These are seven places where you are unlikely to see many tourists, which are still easily accessed from some of Italy’s major cities and tourist hubs.
The trail is a former mule path dotted with chapels, lemon trees, roaming goats and sheep. In the past it was the only route connecting the coastal fishermen hamlets, but farmers still use it to carry their goods on donkeys’ backs.Sancto Lucio de Coumboscuro is a tiny Alpine village in Piedmont, not far from the French border, where the official language is a medieval dialect called Provençal, a mix of French and Italian.
The houses have been cut from the tufa rock, making them seem like a natural extension of the land. It’s a labyrinth of moss-covered cobbled alleys where no cars are allowed, tunnels and wall openings overlooking the thick jungle-like canyon.
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