We’re always looking for underrated destinations around the peninsula, and, this month, we turned to the owners behind the Italy Segreta Selection—our curated collection of the country’s best family-run properties—to ask where they go when they want to be the guests. It turns out, the people who spend their lives perfecting the art of the stay are exactly the ones you should ask for recommendations.
“As an Italian, I love our country,” shares Alberto Schiavon, a retired Olympic snowboarder and the owner of Italy Segreta Selection property Chalet del Sogno. “I’ve been fortunate to have a sport/profession that allowed me to travel to many places around the world, and after all that travel, I still believe Italy expresses a complete, varied, and fascinating beauty that is hard to match.