Curated by Val Seriana
Gandino
Val Gandino town whose wool trade paid for its basilica, now holding a museum of vestments and a nativity collection.
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- Featured summit · Monte Farno
Highlights
5 from neighbouring places
Rifugio Parafulmen
A hut on the Pizzo Formico ridge above Gandino, with a view down the Val Seriana.
Museo della Basilica di Gandino
The basilica treasury at Gandino: vestments, silver and the cloth its weavers made.
Museo dei Presepi
A collection of nativity scenes at Gandino, a craft the valley has kept for generations.
Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta
Gandino's basilica, paid for by the valley's wool trade, with a treasury museum beside it.
Chiesa di San Gottardo a Cirano
The church of Cirano, a hamlet on the slope above Gandino.
Chiesa di Santa Croce e Sant’Alessandro
A church in Gandino, near the basilica in the town's woollen quarter.
Chiesa di Santa Maria Nascente
A Marian church in Gandino, in the Val Seriana's wool-weaving valley.
Convento francescano di San Bernardino
A Franciscan convent at Gandino, founded in the fifteenth century above the town.
Convento-Museo delle Suore Orsoline
An Ursuline convent at Gandino, part of it kept as a museum of the order's schooling.
Museo-Rifugio Malga Lunga
3.7 km away, in Sovere
A hut and small museum on the ridge above Sovere, at the malga where a partisan band was surrounded in the autumn of 1944.
Ex Chiesa di S.Spirito
5.3 km away, in Casnigo
A former church in the centre of Casnigo, the Val Gandino village set on the slopes above the Serio.
La Sacrestia lignea della chiesa di S.Giovanni Battista
5.3 km away, in Casnigo
The wooden sacristy of the church of San Giovanni Battista at Casnigo, in the Val Gandino above the Serio.
Santuario della Madonna d’Erbia
5.3 km away, in Casnigo
One of the two hill sanctuaries above Casnigo, standing on the slopes that close the Val Gandino to the north.
Santuario della Santissima Trinità
5.3 km away, in Casnigo
A Romanesque-Gothic sanctuary frescoed throughout on the hill above Casnigo, holding the Marinoni polyptych and long called the Sistine Chapel of the Bergamasca.
Nothing of this kind in Gandino.
Routes
13 from neighbouring places
Dal Monte Farno al Rifugio Parafulmine
A well-signed family walk from the Monte Farno car park above Gandino to the Rifugio Parafulmine.
- 3.7 km
- Distance
- 312 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 27 min
- Duration
- 179
- Check-ins
Dal Pianone al Rifugio Parafulmine
A north-facing route from Pianone to the Parafulmine hut below Monte Farno, walkable in snow but little travelled, so the first party has to break trail.
- 10.9 km
- Distance
- 472 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 43 min
- Duration
- 210
- Check-ins
MONTE FARNO CON LA NEVE
A long winter climb to Monte Farno and the Parafulmine hut, on frozen snow above Gandino.
- 20.9 km
- Distance
- 1 095 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 59 min
- Duration
- 180
- Check-ins
Trekking al Rifugio Parafulmen
A climb above Gandino to the Parafulmine hut, set in a green hollow just below Monte Farno.
- 5.1 km
- Distance
- 690 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 49 min
- Duration
- 158
- Check-ins
Tour del Monte Farno in Mountain Bike
A steep climb to the Monte Farno hut above Gandino, passing the Malga Lunga and its partisan museum.
- 32.2 km
- Distance
- 1 365 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 9 min
- Duration
- 125
- Check-ins
Sul Monte Farno al Rif. Parafulmine
A climb on Monte Farno above Gandino to the Parafulmine hut, by the Baita Cornei and Malga Lunga.
- 31.9 km
- Distance
- 1 229 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 59 min
- Duration
- 125
- Check-ins
MTB Solto Collina
A climb above the Val Cavallina to the Pozza dei Sette Termini, crossing the Forcella di Ranzanico.
- 34.5 km
- Distance
- 1 520 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 30 min
- Duration
- 66
- Check-ins
Monte Sparavera 1 369 m
Pozza dei Sette Termini 1 311 m
Cascina Rizzani 1 206 m
Forcella di Ranzanico 958 m- Possa de Paéi 1 048 m
- Palazzo 932 m
Tour al Rifugio Vaccaro
5.6 km away, in Ponte Nossa
A long, demanding round from Ponte Nossa to the Rifugio Vaccaro on the hills of the middle Val Seriana.
- 24.2 km
- Distance
- 1 190 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 45 min
- Duration
- 69
- Check-ins
Dal fiume Serio in bici fino al Rifugio Santamaria
5.7 km away, in Ponte Nossa
A long climb out of the Serio valley through fir and beech woods and high pasture, past the huts of Alpe Vaccaro to the Baita Forcella.
- 30.9 km
- Distance
- 1 800 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 46 min
- Duration
- 52
- Check-ins
Altopiano Tour
7.2 km away, in Clusone
A short circuit of the Clusone plateau, ridden or walked, through its fields and old lanes.
- 17.8 km
- Distance
- 212 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 47 min
- Duration
- 10
- Check-ins
MTB Bossico - red route
8.5 km away, in Bossico
A mountain-bike loop from the middle of Bossico into the pine forest, passing the Pozza d'Ast pool and the campsite at Placàt.
- 8.7 km
- Distance
- 330 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 5 min
- Duration
- 15
- Check-ins
- Pozza d'Ast 1 027 m
- Mountain restaurant 981 m
Open route VisitlakeiseoFerrata da Toline alla Corna Trentapassi
12.8 km away, in Pisogne
A cabled route from Toline on Lake Iseo up the rock to the Corna Trentapassi, the peak standing over the northern arm of the lake.
- 6.5 km
- Distance
- 1 007 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 11 min
- Duration
- 172
- Check-ins
Walk on the cycle-pedestrian path between Vello and Toline
13.4 km away, in Marone
A level walking and cycling route at the water's edge, ending at the Punta delle Croci Bresciane with the Castro gorge opposite.
- 3.8 km
- Distance
- 123 m
- Ascent
- 28 min
- Duration
Open route VisitlakeiseoMiniera di Foghera (BG) e dintorni
7.9 km away, in Gorno
An easy walk from the mining ecomuseum at Gorno to the Foghera adit, in a valley worked for zinc and lead.
- 5.9 km
- Distance
- 343 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 10 min
- Duration
- 12
- Check-ins
In Val Seriana al Rifugio San Lucio
5.4 km away, in Clusone
A short climb from the Clusone plateau to the San Lucio hut, set on the north ridge of Pizzo Formico above the Seriana valley.
- 4.4 km
- Distance
- 442 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 55 min
- Duration
- 37
- Check-ins
MTB Bossico - black route
8.5 km away, in Bossico
The black route from the Bossico tourist office, climbing through the upper village to the Sette Colli.
- 20.0 km
- Distance
- 1 095 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 57 min
- Duration
- 50
- Check-ins
- Cascina Ciar 798 m
- Forcellino di Bossico 1 174 m
- Il Cadì de la pèst 1 216 m
- Agriturismo "La Selva" 1 253 m
- Passo delle Croci 560 m
- Azienda agrituristica Cinque Abeti 1 022 m
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Open route VisitlakeiseoVaccaro Tour
5.7 km away, in Ponte Nossa
A long circuit from Ponte Nossa in the Val Seriana, climbing the slopes towards the Vaccaro pastures and back.
- 23.2 km
- Distance
- 1 282 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 6 min
- Duration
- 63
- Check-ins
Tour dell'Altopiano di Clusone
5.8 km away, in Clusone
A circuit of the Clusone plateau, leaving the cycle path for the old pastoral road above the town.
- 30.1 km
- Distance
- 849 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 28 min
- Duration
- 9
- Check-ins
MTB Bossico - yellow route
8.5 km away, in Bossico
An easy circuit from Bossico, out on tarmac to Località Volpi above the lake and back on forest track past the picnic ground at Pila.
- 6.7 km
- Distance
- 207 m
- Ascent
- 48 min
- Duration
Open route Visitlakeiseomtb PERCORSO ROSSO
8.6 km away, in Bossico
A waymarked loop ride on the Bossico plateau, setting off from the village and passing the Pozza d'Ast pool and the campsite on the way round.
- 8.2 km
- Distance
- 354 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 4 min
- Duration
- 15
- Check-ins
- Pozza d'Ast 1 027 m
- Mountain restaurant 981 m
No routes of this kind in Gandino yet.
The region's own picks
Featured route
Dal Monte Farno al Rifugio Parafulmine
A well-signed family walk from the Monte Farno car park above Gandino to the Rifugio Parafulmine.
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Data sources
- Official website: valseriana.eu ↗
- Routes and highlights: Val Seriana, in Lombardia, Visitlakeiseo, Visit Lake Iseo, Valleserianabike, Bossico
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