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99 places carrying our editorial line — every one of them genuinely undertouristed, every one of them with a named editor and a real local voice.
Patra (Western Greece)
Greece's third city and its sea gateway to Italy, home to the largest carnival in the country.
Trikala
Gateway to Meteora, birthplace of Asclepius, Greece's first "smart city": all three at once, on the rail line through Thessaly.
Aliano
The village on the edge of the lunar calanchi where Carlo Levi served his exile, and where he chose to be buried.
Orvieto
A flat-topped town of volcanic tufa on the Rome–Florence main line. Most visitors leave by mid-afternoon; stay a night and Orvieto becomes yours.
Pietrapertosa
The highest village in Basilicata, split by a Saracen alley and a Norman castle, twin to Castelmezzano on the opposite cliff.
Trieste, through its writers
The Habsburg-Adriatic city of Joyce, Svevo and Saba, best read in October and November, when the Bora blows and the cafés half-empty.