by Edoardo | Sep 21, 2026 | places
The main town of Valle Vigezzo, Santa Maria Maggiore is one of the most elegant villages in the entire Ossola Valley, historically known as the “valley of painters” and the “valley of chimney sweeps”. The valley of painters and chimney sweeps Santa Maria Maggiore owes...
by Edoardo | Sep 21, 2026 | places
In the upper part of Valle Divedro, above Varzo, lies ’Alpe Veglia: a broad Alpine plateau enclosed by peaks rising above 3,000 metres, which, together with nearby Alpe Devero, is part of the Alpe Veglia-Devero Natural Park. A traffic-free plateau One of Alpe...
by Edoardo | Sep 21, 2026 | places
The Botanical Gardens of Villa Taranto owe their existence to a remarkable story, which begins in Scotland and reaches the shores of Lake Maggiore thanks to an advertisement spotted by chance in a newspaper. A Scottish captain and an advertisement in The Times In...
by Edoardo | Sep 21, 2026 | places
In the village of Re, in Valle Vigezzo, stands the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Blood, one of the most important and well-known pilgrimage destinations in all of Piedmont, visited every year by numerous faithful and visitors. A place of worship and art The sanctuary,...
by Edoardo | Sep 21, 2026 | places
Bognanco Fonti owes its fame to an almost accidental discovery in 1863, which forever transformed this hamlet in Val Bognanco. A discovery mistaken for brandy According to tradition, in 1863 a young girl discovered Bognanco’s mineral waters by drinking directly...
