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Varzo
A Val Divedro village on the Simplon road, at the entrance to the Alpe Veglia natural park.
- 4Highlights
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Highlights
11 from neighbouring places
Il Veglia, un parco naturale sorridente!
The Alpe Veglia, a protected basin of pastures and summer farms below the Monte Leone above Varzo.
Museo Archeologico di Varzo
The archaeological museum of Varzo, laid out with a cross-border programme on the Simplon route.
Torre Medioevale di Varzo
The medieval tower of Varzo, a watch and signal post on the road to the Simplon pass.
Chiesa Parrocchiale di San Giorgio di Varzo
The parish church of San Giorgio at Varzo, built around 1100 on an earlier Romanesque building.
Parco Naturale Alpe Veglia-Devero
3.3 km away, in Crodo
A nature park of two high pasture basins above the Ossola, with lakes and Walser paths between them.
Bouldering a Foppiano
3.9 km away, in Crodo
Granite boulders in the woods at Foppiano in the Valle Antigorio, a long-established bouldering ground.
Museo Casa della Montagna di Viceno
5.2 km away, in Crodo
A museum at Viceno above Crodo on mountain farming and the Antigorio's stone houses.
Torchio di Croveo
6.5 km away, in Baceno
A great timber wine press at Croveo in the Valle Antigorio, of a kind once shared by whole hamlets.
Chiesa Monumentale di San Gaudenzio
6.6 km away, in Baceno
A Lombard Romanesque church above Baceno dedicated to Gaudentius, first bishop of Novara, enlarged in the fifteenth century.
Chiesa di San Gaudenzio di Baceno
6.6 km away, in Baceno
The church of San Gaudenzio above Baceno, lit at night above the Antigorio gorges.
Alpe Crampiolo Azienda Agrituristica
8.1 km away, in Baceno
A farm and pasture at Crampiolo on the Alpe Devero, above Baceno in the Veglia-Devero park.
La Baita
8.1 km away, in Baceno
An inn and restaurant at Crampiolo on the Alpe Devero, built to sit within the pasture landscape.
Vie lunghe all’Alpe Devero
8.5 km away, in Baceno
Long granite routes on the walls around the Alpe Devero, in the Veglia-Devero park.
Museo dell’Alpeggio all’Alpe Devero
8.8 km away, in Baceno
A museum of pasture farming on the Alpe Devero, opened in 2005 to record the valley's herding year.
Vie lunghe in Valle Antigorio, Formazza e Antrona
8.9 km away, in Crevoladossola
Long multi-pitch granite routes on the walls of the Antigorio, Formazza and Antrona valleys.
Historic site
Nothing of this kind in Varzo.
Routes
17 from neighbouring places
PERCORSO SLOW TREK
A gentle walking route above Varzo, at the mouth of the Divedro valley on the Italian side of the Simplon.
- 11.7 km
- Distance
- 200 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 14 min
- Duration
- 44
- Check-ins
Trekking
A demanding climb from Varzo up the wooded flanks of the Divedro valley to the high pastures below the Simplon.
- 21.3 km
- Distance
- 4 019 m
- Ascent
- 23 h 28 min
- Duration
- 44
- Check-ins
PERCORSO MTB: Alpeggi di Varzo
A loop above Varzo on a mix of surfaced and gravel service roads, climbing through the Veglia-Devero park country to the Rifugio Pietro Crosta.
- 54.9 km
- Distance
- 2 692 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 30 min
- Duration
- 9
- Check-ins
Escursioni facili
6.7 km away, in Baceno
An easy walk at Baceno in the Valle Antigorio, below the Devero pastures.
- 5.7 km
- Distance
- 238 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 55 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
CICLOTURISMO: Montecrestese e Valle Agarina
10.9 km away, in Crevoladossola
An easy road tour out of Crevoladossola through the lower Ossola valley, climbing very little across nearly forty kilometres.
- 38.5 km
- Distance
- 1 691 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 1 min
- Duration
Escursioni
6.4 km away, in Baceno
A short climb from Baceno up to the hamlet of Osso on the flank of the Antigorio valley.
- 6.6 km
- Distance
- 379 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 39 min
- Duration
- 4
- Check-ins
PERCORSO MTB: Veia di Scuetar (Via degli Scoiattoli)
6.7 km away, in Baceno
A long ride on the slopes above Baceno, taking in the cross at Esigo, the Alpe Scarpiola and the falls on the Agàro stream.
- 29.7 km
- Distance
- 1 658 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 5 min
- Duration
- 7
- Check-ins
Via dello Sbrinz
6.8 km away, in Baceno
A long stage of the Sbrinz route, the old cheese-carriers' road from central Switzerland over the Alps into the Ossola.
- 20.7 km
- Distance
- 761 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 8 min
- Duration
- 35
- Check-ins
Tourist Office Formazza Valley 1 285 m
Fondovalle 1 215 m- Piedilago 720 m
- Ufficio turistico 782 m
PERCORSO CICLABILE: Ciclovia del Toce/In bici tra i borghi
14 km away, in Domodossola
A flat valley cycle path from Domodossola down the Toce to Vogogna, following the railway through the villages of the Ossola.
- 19.9 km
- Distance
- 33 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 49 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
VIA STOCKALPER Tappa 4: Frazione Graniga
12.3 km away, in Bognanco
The fourth stage of the Via Stockalper, the old Simplon trade route, passing the hamlet of Graniga above the Bognanco valley.
- 14.1 km
- Distance
- 480 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 30 min
- Duration
PERCORSO MTB: Alpe Deccia Tour
6.7 km away, in Crodo
A ride from Crodo on quiet roads and tracks, climbing past the Cistella campsite to the La Parigia viewpoint above the valley.
- 26.1 km
- Distance
- 1 231 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 29 min
- Duration
- 7
- Check-ins
- Pozzo piezometrico 581 m
Via Arbola Tappa 1: Baceno
6.9 km away, in Baceno
The first stage of the Via Arbola, climbing steeply out of Baceno past the Arco Romano into the mountains above the Antigorio valley.
- 11.3 km
- Distance
- 1 640 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 29 min
- Duration
- 46
- Check-ins
PERCORSO MTB: Arvenolo e il Muro del Diavolo
6.8 km away, in Crodo
A ring route from Crodo on low-traffic asphalt and gravel tracks, passing the Rifugio Monte Zeus and a megalithic dry-stone complex.
- 19.9 km
- Distance
- 604 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 20 min
- Duration
- 15
- Check-ins
Via Arbola Tappa 2: Alpe Devero
9 km away, in Baceno
The second stage of the Via Arbola, based on the Alpe Devero above Baceno, with a heavy day of climbing in the high Ossola.
- 21.0 km
- Distance
- 2 409 m
- Ascent
- 14 h 27 min
- Duration
- 105
- Check-ins
PERCORSO MTB
8.8 km away, in Baceno
A gravel ring above Alpe Devero, climbing past the two Sangiatto lakes to the Bettelmatt pastures by way of Alpe Crampiolo.
- 21.6 km
- Distance
- 760 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 38 min
- Duration
- 155
- Check-ins
Via del Mercato: Tappa 1 Masera
13.2 km away, in Masera
A first stage climbing from Masera through Trontano and Verigo up to the visitor centre of the Val Grande national park.
- 15.7 km
- Distance
- 620 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 12 min
- Duration
MTB del Toce
10.8 km away, in Crevoladossola
A long climb up Val Formazza to Passo di San Giacomo at 2,313 m, passing Aalts Dorf, the Laghetto Valgeis and Rifugio Maria Luisa.
- 52.4 km
- Distance
- 2 313 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 50 min
- Duration
- 214
- Check-ins
MTB del Toce Tappa 1: Montecrestese
10.8 km away, in Crevoladossola
A stage ride climbing off the Ossola valley floor past the Cappella di Arzalovo to viewpoints above the Orrido di Balmasurda.
- 17.7 km
- Distance
- 780 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 18 min
- Duration
- 6
- Check-ins
Mountain bike
10.8 km away, in Crevoladossola
A steep Val Formazza ride from Sottofrua up to Passo di San Giacomo, with Rifugio Maria Luisa and the Laghetto Valgeis near the top.
- 53.0 km
- Distance
- 2 250 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 7 min
- Duration
- 199
- Check-ins
MTB del Toce Tappa 2: Premia
8.8 km away, in Premia
A climbing stage up the Toce valley from Piedilago to Premia and on past Sagersboden to the hamlets of Ponte and Fondovalle.
- 18.7 km
- Distance
- 1 284 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 15 min
- Duration
- 23
- Check-ins
- Fondovalle 1 215 m
- Piedilago 720 m
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