An interesting way to experience Italian local life is heading to one of its "scattered hotels" while travelling there. In Italy they are called "alberghi diffusi", and they are usually located in remote corners of the country.

This new concept of hospitality is actually bringing life back to some "beautiful, historic areas laid waste by nature, frozen in time or simply deserted by their young people for the big city." However, as The Sunday Times pointed out several weeks ago, these are not abandoned hotels coming back to life, rather "crumbling houses in remote villages that still have a working community are tastefully renovated with local materials and let out as suites."

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Fonte: This is Italy