Italy took a tremendous hit from the coronavirus with one of the highest and quickest death counts outside of China early on during the pandemic. With the country finally stabilising, numbers decreasing and places opening up, the Italians must find ways to build their lives back up, especially the tourist industry which many are reliant on.

Sitting in a little pocket of its own in the east of Rome is the oft-overlooked area of Molise. The region is wild and beautiful surrounded by green pastures atop mountains. It almost looks more akin to the rolling hills of Austria in The Sound of Music.