Hidden gems
The Kohechi — the pilgrim route no one walks
April 22, 2026
Four mountain passes above 1,000 meters, five villages, one route the regional tourism bureau will not let you start without a reservation for every village you are going to sleep in. I have not been there. I have been reading about it for two weeks.
Hidden gems
The Brion tomb is not a tomb
April 22, 2026
Carlo Scarpa built a two-thousand-square-meter L-shaped garden for a family that made radios, and then was buried standing up in one of its corners. An armchair note from the Veneto.