Travel + Leisure

This Little-known Region in Italy Is Home to the Country’s Second-oldest National Park—Plus Historic Small Towns and One of the World’s Largest Fire Rituals

Located along the Adriatic Coast in central southern Italy is the quasi-anonymous, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it region of Molise. Encircled by the regions of Lazio, Abruzzo, Puglia, and Campania, it’s ...
The Washington Post

Far off the tourist track, Molise offers the best parts of Italy

MOLISE, Italy — Poor Molise, I used to think. It is one of Italy’s 20 regions, but it seems to get fewer visitors than certain restaurants in Tuscany. To the extent it has any reputation at all, it is ...
The Daily Telegraph

Italy’s forgotten region – untroubled by time or tourists

Molise, though, a tiny region in south-central Italy just above Puglia and the spur of the famous boot, has a better claim to the unknown than most. True, in summer you might share its glorious ...
Egypt Independent

CNN: Molise – The untouched Italy few ever see

The door to Italy's deep south — though paradoxically dubbed its "Wild West" — Molise is the least known Italian region, even among Italians. A land of wolves, wild boars and ghost towns — sacked in ...
BBC

The Italian region that ‘doesn’t exist’

Over the past few years, the Italian region of Molise has risen from obscurity to become the punchline of a popular meme. Now locals are trying to use it to their advantage. Molise, a small region in ...