{"id":29988,"date":"2026-02-20T14:57:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=29988"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:57:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:57:37","slug":"how-tourists-are-overwhelming-a-tiny-village-in-italy-for-the-perfect-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=29988","title":{"rendered":"How tourists are overwhelming a tiny village in Italy for the perfect photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/02\/18\/ac48b0b8-06a5-4baa-90a1-a49f819144ad_ad315766.jpg?itok=4tL7NfxE&amp;v=1771399559\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Santa Maddalena is covered in snow, which \u2060only enhances its picturesque charm. It is drawing a growing number of visitors, something locals describe as a mixed blessing.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The village, home to fewer than 400 people, is nestled in the heart of Italy\u2019s Dolomites, with a jagged mountain backdrop highlighting the diminutive church tower.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Named the most beautiful village in South Tirol by Geo magazine, Santa Maddalena is located within the Unesco-listed Puez-Geisler Nature Park between Villnoss and Val Gardena.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Nonetheless, it is increasingly overrun with \u200ctourists, from nearby European countries and as far away as Beijing, China.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Han Gengai and Li Shangxi, two students from the Chinese capital, came after seeing a picture online of the 3,000-metre (9,800-foot) Geisler mountains. Han, 24, says, \u201cI knew immediately: I have to go there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Back when people used to send postcards, this would have been an ideal motif. Now, fans like Han call it highly \u201cInstagrammable\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/travel-leisure\/article\/3343892\/how-tourists-are-overwhelming-tiny-village-italy-perfect-photo?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santa Maddalena is covered in snow, which \u2060only enhances its picturesque charm. It is drawing a growing number of visitors, something locals describe as a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[4899,6261,3394,6532,334,5593,4956],"class_list":["post-29988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-italy","tag-overwhelming","tag-perfect","tag-photo","tag-tiny","tag-tourists","tag-village","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}