[citation needed] Viaggio in Italia started as a tour project in 2001 called Le parole del giorno prima ("The Words of The Day Before"), an hommage to some of Italy's foremost cantautori, singer-songwriters and lyricists, among them Ivano Fossati, Fabrizio De André, Francesco De Gregori, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Lucio Battisti, Franco Battiato, Manlio Sgalambro and Giorgio Gaber, mainly covering material from the 1970s and the early 1980s but interpreted with contemporary musical arrangements and an emphasis on the lyrical values of the songs.

[citation needed] Viaggio in Italia was released in 2003 on the independent label NuN and opens with a solo interpretation of the new composition "Come un sigillo" by Battiato and philosopher Manlio Sgalambro, originally recorded as a duet with the composer on his 2002 album Fleurs 3.

The late Lucio Battisti's "Ecco i negozi" is a duet with the Italian alternative rock band Bluvertigo's lead singer Morgan with whom Alice had previously collaborated on the albums Exit in 1998 and Personal Jukebox in 2000.

[citation needed] The "Come un sigillo" single included two non-album tracks, "Rose e limoni" with lyrics by Pier Paolo Pasolini and music by Mino Di Martino and Léo Ferré's "Col tempo sai", both recorded live.

Since 2006 she has toured Italy with a concert programme called Lungo la Strada (Along the Road) incorporating material from the Viaggio in Italia album with songs from her early repertoire as well as new compositions, yet to be commercially released.