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Varallo (15,6Km)The sacred mountain of Varallo Sesia

Biella (23,1Km)Biella, Piedmont, breathtaking panorama of the Biella Pre-Alps

Macugnaga (23,4Km)Excursion to the Zamboni - Zappa hut from Pecetto di Macugnaga

Madonna del Sasso (23,6Km)Beleto, a hamlet of the Madonna del Sasso

Orta San Giulio (27,4Km)Island of San Giulio on Lake Orta

Orta San Giulio (27,4Km)Orta San Giulio, the small town of artists

Orta San Giulio (27,4Km)Legro — the Painted Country

The sacred mountain of Varallo Sesia

Sacro Monte of Varallo Sesia

Piedmont is the region that, despite having so much to offer, has not yet been discovered by tourists who leave seduce by the best known goals. Yet it is a serious mistake because in Piedmont there are real treasures of human ingenius including the Sacro Monte of Varallo Sesia, an exceptional complex of buildings formed by 43 chapels located along a path that is immersed in the green of a hill above the small town, Varallo.

The foundation of the Sacro Monte is closely linked to the nature and faith of medieval man as well as to the political situation of that era when the pilgrimage in places of worship becomes difficult and dangerous. So from the 15th century projects began to be born whose role is to present to the faithful the facts of the Passion of Christ and give the opportunity to follow his steps without the need to make a tiring and expensive journey to the Holy Land.

This idea finds its expression in the inscription at the entrance to the tomb of Jesus where it is written: Ut hic Jerusalem vidat here wandering nequit — “For here to see Jerusalem who cannot pilgrim you.

Regardless of the religious aspect, Sacro Monte di Varallo is an extraordinary show for art lovers.

The complex of the buildings consists of about fifty chapels with 400 groups of figures and about 4000 figures that appear in the fascinating frescoes by great artists such as Gaudenzio Ferrari, Giulio Cesare Luini, Giovanni and Melchiorre d'Enrico, Michele Prestinari, the Rovere brothers known as “the Flemish”, Antonio d' Enrico called “the Tanzio”, Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli called “the Morazzone” and many others that over the course of a couple of centuries attributed to the birth of this & ldquo; New Jerusalem.”

The Sacro Monte has another interesting aspect: the naturalistic one. The complex itself stands on a rocky threshold that dominates the entire lower Valsesia up to Monte Fenera and, towards no

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Biella, Piedmont, breathtaking panorama of the Biella Pre-Alps

Biella, arcades of Oropa

Biella is a magnificent Italian town located in the Piedmont region. It's ideal for anyone looking for a spectacular place to relax and stay in direct contact with fantastic nature. Get to know this Piedmontese jewel!

In ancient Bugella Civitas, currently Biella, you will find a quiet place full of tradition. The local population is very welcoming and you will feel at ease. Going around the city it is impossible to ignore the breathtaking panorama of the Biella Prealps, it is really not to be missed, and above all , not to be forgotten!

Biella has undergone an industrial and commercial development of considerable importance by virtue of the numerous factories built here since the mid-19th century. And even today, in fact, most of the economic activities of Biella are based on the textile industry. The origin of these activities would be traced back as early as 500 BC, some rudimentary weaving tools have been found in the Burcina park. believe they belonged to Celtic civilization.

In the Middle Ages, then the Colleges of Lanaioli and Weavers were established in Biella, which soon extended to the entire territory of the region. Also very well known is the so-called “wool route”, which is located along the scenic road named after the Wool industrialist Ermenegildo Zegna, which is traveled between the inhabited by Trivero and Valle Cervo in a context of incomparable beauty. The territory of Biella is thus characterized by the wealth of environmental, historical-cultural and food and wine resources of considerable tourist interest.

In Biella there are many places to visit, if you love nature, it is worth a visit to the beautiful nature reserve of Parco Piacenza di Pollone and the Burcina Park.

Among the most important monuments we can consider the Duomo, the Baptistery, which is one of the most notable buildings of the primitive Romanesque art. in Piedmont, the Church of SS. Trinità, the Church of Santo Stefano like that of San Giacomo located at the Piazzo, the upper part of Biella reachable with a suggestive funicular. The most characteristic place, however, of Biella Piazzo is Piazza Cisterna, surrounded by medieval buildings with finely decorated porches and windows on which the Palace overlooks Cisterna, a building of exquisite workmanship from the tenth fifth century. They are equally worthy of a visit: the Marian Sanctuary of Oropa (the statue of the Black Madonna), the Church of San Sebastiano (in Renaissance style).

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Excursion to the Zamboni - Zappa hut from Pecetto di Macugnaga

Visible even hundreds of kilometers away, the eastern slope of Monte Rosa can be said to be the only Himalayan wall in Europe: an immense, dizzying bastion of rock and ice that rises for more than two kilometers at the head of Valle Anzasca.

It is therefore no coincidence that the proposed trip is always very busy, also thanks to the chairlift that significantly reduces the time to climb. In practice it is possible to reach, without difficulty, right under the wall, in a unique scenario not only in Italy, but in the entire continent.
From Macugnaga (60 km from Verbania) continue by car to the hamlet Pecetto, at 1358 meters above sea level. We then walk along an unmistakable dirt road (heading west) that goes into the woods, reaching the plateau of Alpe Burki (about 1600 meters).
The climb continues along a comfortable path in the Rado Forest, up to the basin where the building of the CAI Saronno Hut is located. A last short climb then leads to the Belvedere plateau, located on the morainic bump that divides the language of the homonymous glacier in two: altitude of 1940 meters, 1.30 hours from Pecetto.
Note: the Belvedere, on which there is a private refuge restaurant, is also reached by a chairlift that starts in Pecetto, of course can be used during periods of operation.
Continuing the excursion, from the Belvedere you reach, always on a comfortable path, the southern branch of the glacier, which you cross without difficulty on morainic debris.
Once reached the opposite moraine, the path heads south, reaching the now nearby Rifugio Zamboni—Zappa at the Alpe Pedriola: 2065 meters altitude, 0.45 hours from the Belvedere, in total 2.15 hours from Pecetto.
The return takes place along the same path as the climb, and takes 30 minutes to the Belvedere, and about 1.30 hours total up to Pecetto (not using the chairlift).
Variation: from the hut we recommend completing the trip reaching the not far Lake of Locce (altitude 2209 meters), and the wonderful & amp; nbsp; Ephemeral Lake, both reachable in about 30 minutes on a convenient walk south, along trail tracks.

Travel time: 3.45 hours - (1.15 using the chairlift).
Starting altitude: m. 1358
Difference in altitude: about 750
Difficulty: E — Hiking
Recommended period: June - October
Region: Piedmont
Province: Verbania
Valle/area: Valle Anzasca Are you interested in other excursions in neighboring areas? Discover the other wonderful excursions in the Piedmont region!

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Mountain

Guida Alpina Giovanni Caronti

Alagna Valsesia (14 Km)

Guida Alpina Michele Cucchi

Alagna Valsesia (14 Km)

Art and culture

Walser Museum

Alagna Valsesia (14 Km)

The Ethnographic Museum of AlagnaValsesia is located at an authentic Walser house, which re-proposes moments of the life of the Walser people. In the 13th century the settlers of Upper Valais moved for political and religious reasons to the various Alpine resorts. The structure, in which they lived, is formed by overlapping logs anointed in the corners, on three floors with functions of a stable, dwelling and barn-barn.

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Comune di Pila

Pila Piemontese

Comune di Gaby

Gaby (19 Km)

Comune di Valle Mosso

Valdilana (16 Km)

Comune di Alagna Valsesia

Alagna Valsesia (14 Km)

Comune di Boccioleto

Boccioleto (7 Km)

Comune di Pray

Pray (15 Km)

Comune di Coggiola

Coggiola (13 Km)

Comune di Carcoforo

Carcoforo (16 Km)

Comune di Trivero

Valdilana (11 Km)

Comune di Portula

Portula (14 Km)

Comune di Soprana

Valdilana (15 Km)

Comune di Camandona

Camandona (14 Km)

Comune di Ailoche

Ailoche (12 Km)

Comune di Quittengo

Campiglia Cervo (13 Km)

Comune di Caprile

Caprile (14 Km)

Comune di Piedicavallo

Piedicavallo (13 Km)

Comune di Campiglia Cervo

Campiglia Cervo (13 Km)

Comune di San Paolo Cervo

Campiglia Cervo (14 Km)

Comune di Callabiana

Callabiana (15 Km)

Comune di Rosazza

Rosazza (13 Km)

Comune di Varallo

Varallo (15 Km)

Comune di Rima San Giuseppe

Alto Sermenza (14 Km)

Comunita'Montana Valsesia

Varallo (15 Km)

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Varallo (15 Km)

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Valdilana (13 Km)

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Alagna Valsesia (14 Km)

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Scopello Alpe di Mera (2 Km)

Comune di Rimasco

Alto Sermenza (10 Km)

Comune di Riva Valdobbia

Alagna Valsesia (11 Km)

Comune di Sabbia

Varallo (16 Km)

Comune di Scopa

Scopa (5 Km)

Comune di Vocca

Vocca (3 Km)

Comune di Scopello

Scopello Alpe di Mera (2 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Ailoche

Ailoche (14 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Alagna Valsesia

Alagna Valsesia (14 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Alto Sermenza

Alto Sermenza (12 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Balmuccia

Balmuccia (8 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Boccioleto

Boccioleto (8 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Callabiana

Callabiana (16 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Camandona

Camandona (14 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Campertogno

Campertogno (4 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Campiglia Cervo

Campiglia Cervo (13 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Carcoforo

Carcoforo (16 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Cervatto

Cervatto (15 Km)

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Coggiola (13 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Cravagliana

Cravagliana (14 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Fobello

Fobello (15 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Gaby

Gaby (16 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Mollia

Mollia (6 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Piedicavallo

Piedicavallo (12 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Piode

Piode (1 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Portula

Portula (14 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Postua

Postua (14 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Pray

Pray (15 Km)

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Quarona (15 Km)

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Rassa (4 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Rosazza

Rosazza (13 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Scopa

Scopa (4 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Valdilana

Valdilana (13 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Varallo

Varallo (16 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Vocca

Vocca (12 Km)

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Scopello Alpe di Mera (2 Km)

Comunita' Montana Alta Valle Cervo - la Bursch

Campiglia Cervo (13 Km)

Comunita' Montana Valle di Mosso

Valdilana (13 Km)

Comunita'Montana Valle Sessera

Pray (15 Km)

Comune di Cervatto

Cervatto (14 Km)

Comune di Cravagliana

Cravagliana (13 Km)

Comune di Fobello

Fobello (15 Km)

Comune di Mollia

Mollia (1 Km)

Comune di Piode

Piode (1 Km)

Comune di Postua

Postua (14 Km)

Comune di Quarona

Quarona (15 Km)

Comune di Rassa

Rassa (4 Km)

Comune di Mosso Santa Maria

Valdilana (15 Km)

Comune di Campertogno

Campertogno (4 Km)

Comune di Balmuccia

Balmuccia (8 Km)

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Visit Pila Piemontese - Tourism and travel tips for your vacation or weekend.

Travel guides and videos

Varallo (15,6Km)The sacred mountain of Varallo Sesia

Biella (23,1Km)Biella, Piedmont, breathtaking panorama of the Biella Pre-Alps

Macugnaga (23,4Km)Excursion to the Zamboni - Zappa hut from Pecetto di Macugnaga

Madonna del Sasso (23,6Km)Beleto, a hamlet of the Madonna del Sasso

Orta San Giulio (27,4Km)Island of San Giulio on Lake Orta

Orta San Giulio (27,4Km)Orta San Giulio, the small town of artists

Orta San Giulio (27,4Km)Legro — the Painted Country

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Piode

Scopello Alpe di Mera

Scopa

Campertogno

Rassa

Mollia

Balmuccia

Boccioleto

Vocca

Alagna Valsesia

Alto Sermenza

Carcoforo

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