What a wonder Italy is. Our country is not only famous monuments and iconic spots: many forgotten “borghi”, villages and churches preserve an unimaginable cultural heritage. Sometimes even the treasures in the most famous cities are ignored: mosaics, frescoes, statues or documents remain unknown to most Italians and foreign visitors.
An extraordinary Italy, unusual even when it is well known, which we invite you to discover.
A secret Italy, because it is to be "discovered"; magical, as it contains seeds of some mystery; evocative, with a background of stories, myths, legends; wonderful, more in the sense of the amazement it arouses than of the beauty itself.
An Italy rarely visited, that can be found in large metropolises as well as in the most remote and isolated places, in cities of art as well as in small villages, and even in well-known monuments and landscapes.
Using emotion, surprise and curiosity as a compass, we at VITOR will lead you along lesser known but no less beautiful itineraries, designed to experience Italy calmly, savoring its many pleasures.
Journeys along minor, often winding roads, up and down sunny valleys of strong suggestion. Or trips to our most famous cities, but always from new perspectives.
To give you an idea, among the thousands of exciting sites that make up the landscape, architectural, artistic, cultural richness of Italy, here are the 10 hidden places that have most excited us in our wanderings in our wonderful nation, and that continue to amaze us:
- Accademia Gallery in Venice
- Brancacci Chapel in Florence
- Island of Procida
- Quirinale Palace (the Residence of the President of the Republic) in Rome
- Monastery of Santa Caterina in Palermo
- Castello del Catajo in Padua area
- Capitoline Temple and Santa Giulia Museum in Brescia
- Tempietto del Valadier in Genga
- Baglioni Chapel in Spello
- Basilica di Trani
And if that were not enough, 95,000 monumental churches, 40,000 castles and fortresses, 30,000 historic houses with 4,000 gardens, 36,000 archives and libraries, 20,000 historic cities and villages, 5,600 museums and archaeological sites, 1,500 convents are waiting to be discovered!
See you soon, ciao
