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Varallo
Valsesia town below the Sacro Monte, forty-five chapels of painted and sculpted scenes climbing the hill above it.
Photo: Mastrocom · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence
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- Featured summit · Massa del Turlo
Highlights
2 from neighbouring places
Sacro Monte di Varallo
Forty-five chapels climbing the hill above Varallo, each holding a life-size painted scene; a World Heritage site.
Museo Arti e Industria Forum
11.6 km away, in Omegna
A museum at Omegna on the household design the Cusio's factories turned out, Alessi and Bialetti among them.
Rifugio Oliva Brusa Perona Renato
14.3 km away, in Ornavasso
A hut on the ridge above Ornavasso, on the paths towards the Val Grande.
Nothing of this kind in Varallo.
Routes
VARALLO, fraz. Crevola
The usual way up the Bec d'Ovaga from Crevola above Varallo, looking over the Valsesia to Monte Rosa and the Swiss Alps.
- 6.0 km
- Distance
- 0 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 53 min
- Duration
- 9
- Check-ins
VARALLO
A loop from Varallo in the Valsesia to the chapels of the Sacro Monte and the viewpoint on Monte Tre Croci above it.
- 8.4 km
- Distance
- 567 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 57 min
- Duration
- 6
- Check-ins
VARALLO, Fraz. Piane di Cervarolo
A steep ascent from Piane di Cervarolo past the Alpe Piane to the Massa del Turlo and the Cima di Ventolaro above the Valsesia.
- 8.8 km
- Distance
- 1 532 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 49 min
- Duration
- 14
- Check-ins
CICLABILE da BORGOSESIA a VARALLO
The Valsesia cycle path from Borgosesia up the valley to Varallo, by way of Quarona.
- 16.6 km
- Distance
- 197 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 37 min
- Duration
QUARONA
An easy walk out of Quarona in the lower Valsesia, starting at the wayside chapel of the Beata Panacea.
- 4.2 km
- Distance
- 69 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 10 min
- Duration
- 1
- Check-ins
Lago di Sant'Agostino 493 m
Pista ciclopedonale della Valsesia: Tappa 2 Frazione Valmonfredo
A long valley stage on the Valsesia path, setting out from Varallo and passing the Sella Crossiggia and Rifugio Primatesta.
- 20.6 km
- Distance
- 286 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 32 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
CICLABILE da GUARDABOSONE a VARALLO
A Valsesia route dropping from the square at Guardabosone and running up the valley to Varallo.
- 18.7 km
- Distance
- 226 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 52 min
- Duration
VARALLO, fraz. Corte (Camasco)
A short path from Corte di Camasco to the Alpe Sacchi, a pasture balcony looking across to Lake Orta.
- 3.0 km
- Distance
- 36 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 23 min
- Duration
Pista ciclopedonale della Valsesia: Tappa 3 Varallo
The Varallo stage of the Valsesia cycle and footpath, following the Sesia river along the valley floor.
- 19.9 km
- Distance
- 617 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 59 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
BORGOSESIA fraz. Foresto
A demanding ridge day above the Sesia valley, topping Monte Luvot and Cima Falghé and crossing the Colle della Balma past Rifugio Gilodi-Cà Mea.
- 10.1 km
- Distance
- 1 539 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 9 min
- Duration
- 1
- Check-ins
No routes of this kind in Varallo yet.
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VARALLO, fraz. Crevola
The usual way up the Bec d'Ovaga from Crevola above Varallo, looking over the Valsesia to Monte Rosa and the Swiss Alps.
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