Tourist overcrowding in Italy: advice from the Guardian

For those who don't know, there is aItalian app that helps travelers avoid tourist traps, reporting unusual places to eat, sleep and visit.

The app “Unexpected Italy” has the objective of directing tourist flows and direct travelers to lesser-known destinations that offer authentic and local experiences.

How was the app born?

The idea is by Elisabetta Faggiana and Savino Losito, who created a site, entirely in English, is recommends personalized travel routesi selecting only some Italian cities such as Florence, Rome, Venice, Vicenza and the Puglia region, offering tools for organizing the trip such as GPS and weather information, all information personalized based on individual interests.

About this app The British newspaper The Guardian also talked about it which dispenses advice to its readers to avoid crowded Italian locations.

The British tabloid is recommends visiting the city of Vicenza describing it as “an ancient city, rich but not very touristy, offering better value and a more peaceful pace, compared to Verona and Venice, two cities much more visited than the first.

Another city recommended by the Guardian is Bassano del Grappa which hosts the oldest grappa producer in Italy, the Nardini Distillery since 1779.

The purpose of the app is to attract the attention and curiosity of tourists towards little-known places of which those traditions that make Italian municipalities unique and inimitable are told.

More fascinating places than others and intended for those who manage to go beyond the social snapshot locations and want to treat themselves to pure relaxation, to discover alternative routes without giving up beauty, relaxation and the local "good life".