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Val Grande: absolutely worth trying!
lichinga Says: Val Grande is the widest wilderness area in Italy, and possibly one of the largest in Europe. It used to be an important centre for exploitation of wood, later it's been the shelter for independence fighters against Fascism/Nazism during the final period of WWII. Both these...
Don't miss a swim in the freezing creek
lichinga Says: Weel, this is a kind of "must do" actiivty whose period of validity is quite reduced to those few weeks along the year when summer is so hot you will be able to challenge the freezing waters of Pogallo's. At the time the picture was taken, water temperature was well below...
lichinga Says: Val Pogallo is the easiest way to have a direct contact with the National park of Val Grande. There's an easy path that drives you in the wood, along the Pogallo creek (difficult to reach, but cnstantly down there...) up to Pogallo. Pogallo was a very important centre of the...
Alpe Bettina: So many empty houses around.......
lichinga Says: Pretty basic an accomodation, strictly speaking. There are many houses abandoned by sheperds years ago, but still in reasonable conditions. You may find lots of them along the valley - no key, no reservation, no credit card, no bathroom, no room-service! Unique sensation,...
..... goes through a hand carved tunnel!
lichinga Says: Yes, 3 km before even reaching Cicogna, you have to pass through a large hole, making the function of a tunnel. It's been hand made during the WWI, but it is still there and there's no way to avoid it.
The long and winding road......
lichinga Says: Reaching Cicogna is not easy at all: and it's better like that! The place is tiny and peaceful, it deserves to be achjived through a difficult path. In this case, the only way to get there is to use your own feet, or your car, provided it is not a wide one such a...
Visitors centre for the Val Grande National Park
lichinga Says: Rovegro is a little village you will find on your way from Lake Maggiore to Cicogna and the Val Grande. There you may visit one of the three visitors centres established by the National Park to introduce you to the beauties of nature around that area. Houses are...
Plan a Cicogna vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Cicogna locals
Reaching Cicogna is not easy at all: and it's better like that! The place is tiny and peaceful, it deserves to be achjived through a difficult path. In this...
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The "capital" of Val Grande National Park
Val Grande is one of the largest wilderness areas in Europe. It is also a National Park, established since 1993 Parco Nazionale della Val Grande
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