Val di Mello, at walking pace.
Granite walls, stone paths and a protected Alpine landscape. A different way to spend a day in northern Italy.
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Gangi, read the hillside.
A town climbing Mount Marone gives inland Sicily a different scale.
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The Odle, a higher perspective.
A skyline of needles, seen from the Plose. The first print issue begins with a landscape.
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Landscape, local life and independent places to stay. A different way into Italy.
Our editorial approach ↗ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Every discovery Keep looking.
9 STORIES
Explore Destinations Destinations
01Val di Mello, at walking pace.
Granite walls, stone paths and a protected Alpine landscape. A different way to spend a day in northern Italy.
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02Cervo, a square above the sea.
A church terrace, a history of coral and music in the open air. The Riviera rewards the uphill turn.
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03Montedinove, beyond the view.
The Piceno in close-up: an old gateway, archaeological traces and an apple with a future.
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04Castelmezzano, take the long way.
Below the rock spires, a former country path turns a journey between two towns into a story.
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05Gangi, read the hillside.
A town climbing Mount Marone gives inland Sicily a different scale.
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06Bosa, follow the river.
Beyond the coloured houses, the Temo reveals a town shaped by work, water and a hillside.
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6 STORIES
Explore Vacation Rentals Vacation Rentals
01Cava li Santi, room to settle.
A kitchenette, an outdoor table and a Salento base that leaves the day in your hands.
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02Salapolis, behind the walls.
An apartment in the old town invites a different relationship with Gallipoli.
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03Palazzo Coppola, a house for company.
A courtyard, a roof terrace and enough room for the group to find its own rhythm.
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04Palazzo Boccaccio, Matino from within.
Star vaults and an independent entrance offer a starting point in inland Salento.
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05Exedra, an inland key.
Holiday apartments in Leverano put the town, rather than the beach, at the centre.
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06Casa Sabir, a kitchen above the market.
An Ortigia apartment makes the daily market part of the reason to stay, rather than another sight to collect.
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6 STORIES
Explore B&Bs B&Bs
01A Corte, around a courtyard.
Four independent rooms and a rural house offer another starting point for Caserta.
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02Palazzo del Duca, stay for breakfast.
A historic-house B&B makes the upper town more than a brief stop.
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03La Scuola, a different class.
A former mountain school keeps its identity in rooms named after lessons.
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04Casa Schlatter, sleeping with art.
Three rooms in an artist’s former house suggest a more personal route into Florence.
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05La Fustaia, under the oaks.
A wooded setting and a nineteenth-century greenhouse give this Sarzana stay its subject.
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06L’Arancio, Lucca from outside the walls.
A small accommodation address on the Via Francigena raises a useful question: how close to the centre do you need to sleep?
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6 STORIES
Explore Agriturismi Agriturismi
01La Vialla, the farm before the postcard.
A working farm gives a Tuscan holiday its wider context.
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02Il Rigo, a working Val d’Orcia.
Two farmhouses and an agricultural landscape put the familiar panorama in context.
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03Barbialla Nuova, space to stay.
Self-catering farm accommodation makes room for a less scheduled Tuscan stay.
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04Salinola, through the olive grove.
An agriturismo outside Ostuni brings accommodation, olive oil and the table together.
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05Sant’Egle, read the house rules.
A strongly defined rural project asks guests to choose the way of staying as carefully as the room.
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06Diacceroni, choose the farmhouse first.
A Tuscan estate with several kinds of accommodation asks for a more precise choice than simply booking “the farm”.
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6 STORIES
Explore Alberghi Diffusi Alberghi Diffusi
01Borgo Soandri, a key to Sutrio.
Independent apartments and a shared reception: a practical way to stay within a Carnian community.
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02Sauris, three places to unpack.
An albergo diffuso across three mountain settlements, where the address is part of the experience.
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03Scicli, a reception and a whole town.
Rooms and houses at separate addresses make the town part of the stay.
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04Sotto le Cummerse, from the inside.
An albergo diffuso uses separate apartments to bring a stay into the historic centre.
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05Comeglians, the address is part of the stay.
A former dairy serves as reception for an accommodation network in Carnia. The first useful question is where your key will take you.
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06Corte San Pietro, a courtyard in the Sassi.
In Matera, an accommodation organised around old addresses brings the neighbourhood scale back into view.
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THE QUARTERLY / ISSUE 01Some journeys
Some journeys
deserve paper.
Our first print edition arrives in January 2027. Landscapes, people and a different way into Italy, in a magazine made to keep.
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THE QUARTERLYNo. 01 · JANUARY 2027
SOUTH TYROL / THE ODLE
A higher perspective.
ITALY, BEYOND THE OBVIOUS.WINTER 2027
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Some places are better
when you look twice.
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