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Vigezzo Valley: the land of painters and chimney sweeps
filled by Giulia & Romeo
If you love the mountains and deny worldly life and clichés, Val Vigezzo will welcome and amaze you with its nature, its history and its passion for tradition.
Walking through the streets and lanes of its villages you will discover why it is called the Valley of the Painters and of the cimney sweeps...
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Formazza Valley: cross-country skiing and trekking Paradise
filled by Giulia & Romeo
The Formazza Valley is considered one of the most important places of origin of the Italian cross-country skiing: three Swiss arrived in 1909 with the skis, from Airolo through the Passo San Giacomo. After this venture a carpenter, Guido Matli, started producing skis for the villagers. The pastor gave birth to a ski club and several excursions that have become historic.
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The Battle of the Oranges .The Historical Ivrea Carnival
filled by Giulia & Romeo
For centuries in Ivrea there is a tradition celebrated every year for a few days, giving the magic of living in another time and in another dimension. It’s not the classic carnival, masks and stremers... It 's a painting with vivid colors in which you can timidly enter for the first time and then you fall in love with the atmosphere and you’ll look forward to join to the next edition. History and legend are mixed to create a show of tradition and excitement ... until the last orange!
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Sagliano Micca: regional Festival of Alpeggio Toma
filled by Giulia & Romeo
A festival that has the taste of tradition and an almost lost world …
In Passobreve, fraction of Sagliano Micca, in the province of Biella, in the first weekend in October at the high pastures of the valleys. The shepherds with their flocks and their herds in the meadows of the fraction carry down the cheese produced during their time in the mountains ....
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The Sacred Mountain of Varallo
filled by Giulia & Romeo
Great idea for a pre Easter weekend, having regard to the religiosity of the place, but for those who want to live more in solitude and with few tourists, perhaps it is better for the rest of the year. If you have already made a trip to Palestine will be astonished to discover that Italy Monte Sacro so rich in history, chapels, statues, religiously spiritual atmosphere.
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Cycling in the Ticino Park. From the Sesto Calende to the Po
filled by Giulia
A Sunday bike on the banks of the Ticino, the shade of oaks and poplars.
The river rises in Switzerland, Monte Gallina, high peak and secluded, halfway between Canton Ticino and Valais, and ending its route in Pavia, the bridge of Becca.
In the stretch from Sesto Calende al Po the river is surrounded by the immense park established in 1974 on over 90 000 hectares.
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Among the Barolo and Barbaresco hills
filled by Giulia
Una giostra di colline che si intrecciano e si affacciano su un'ampia vallata che ospita il capoluogo di queste terre: Alba.
Sono undici i paesi delle Langhe che ospitano i "santuari" dell'enologia: Barolo, Serralunga, Castiglion Falletto, La Morra, Novello, Monforte d'Alba, Grinzane Cavour, Diano D'Alba, Roddi, Verduno, Alba.
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Enchanted Orta lake
filled by Giulia
Among the provinces of Novara and Verbania (70 km from Milan) is the lake full of atmosphere and charm that so appealed to Balzac and Nietzsche. Often frequented by foreign tourists, offers the visitor an almost international atmosphere. In a day or a weekend, it is hard to see the whole lake, although the distances are limited
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