Whether you're a first-time visitor or long-time resident, there's always more to discover in Italy. Writer John Henderson recommends ten places to add to this year's bucket list. This month I will enter my seventh year in Italy, my ninth over two stints, and not a calendar gets tossed without me discovering new hidden hideaways I’d never heard or read about. It might be while driving along a rural road in Lazio’s wine country or taking a boat through Lake Como, trying to decide in which lakeside villa to spend the night.

You know you want to visit in 2020. You realize, of course, there will be about 50 million others who will visit Italy this year. Yes, there is a way to get away from them. This Italy Off-the-Beaten-Path List is compiled mostly from places I visited in 2019. I also threw in a couple of old favourites I rediscovered when I closed my eyes and dreamed of my glorious past few years here.