Feriolo: the lakeside promenade on the Borromean Gulf

Feriolo: the lakeside promenade on the Borromean Gulf

Feriolo, a hamlet of Baveno, is one of the most distinctive stretches of lakeside promenade on Lake Maggiore, with its beaches, rustic houses and flower-filled balconies overlooking the Borromean Gulf. An ancient and strategic past The origins of Feriolo are very...
Orta San Giulio: the romantic village on Lake Orta

Orta San Giulio: the romantic village on Lake Orta

Orta San Giulio is considered one of Italy’s most beautiful villages, awarded the Touring Club Italiano’s Orange Flag: a gem overlooking Lake Orta, opposite the evocative Island of San Giulio. The centre of the Riviera d’Orta Orta has always been the...
Divedro Valley: Alpe Veglia, Varzo and the Simplon Tunnel

Divedro Valley: Alpe Veglia, Varzo and the Simplon Tunnel

The Divedro Valley has always been a strategic corridor between Italy and Switzerland, crossed by the historic Simplon route and dominated by the mountains of Alpe Veglia. Inhabited since the Bronze Age The Divedro Valley area was inhabited as early as between 2000...
Val Bognanco: the valley of a hundred waterfalls

Val Bognanco: the valley of a hundred waterfalls

The Val Bognanco is known as the “valley of a hundred waterfalls”, a nickname that aptly describes the abundance of water in this corner of the Val d’Ossola. Twenty-nine trails among lakes and waterfalls The valley offers twenty-nine hiking...
Domodossola International Station and the Simplon Tunnel

Domodossola International Station and the Simplon Tunnel

Domodossola International Station is much more than a simple railway station: it is the calling card for those arriving in Italy from Central Europe through the Simplon Tunnel. Architect Luigi Boffi The station was designed by architect Luigi Boffi, selected to design...