Summer mountain Valsesia offers history and relax
I am not a big passionate mountain in the summer, as Mark I can imagine to ski without… But there is a place that has won my heart for the atmosphere, the absence of mass tourism, traditions that are kept jealously: in Alagna Valsesia. The country is the last you’ll find on the state 299, overlooking the river Sesia, set by the Monte Rosa, collects the story of an ancient population of Germanic origin, Walser that Alagna moved between the twelfth and thirteenth century.
During the summer in Alagna can do a lot of walks, as the path glaciologico to discover the evolution of a glacier along a path that winds into 8 stages reported. You can also opt for the discovery of architecture and traditions of Walser following the route of ‘eco museum, an open-air route between houses, churches, mills and furnaces of the community.
Some small things that made my stay magic: seeing the many prayers Tibetan hung outside the houses of the country sway in the wind, buying fresh milk milked just a few steps from the main square of the country and lunch at guglielmina refuge where one day I would like perhaps even stop to sleep (yes, almost 3000 meters high not only eat well but you can sleep at the hotel that once was the highest in Europe).
Tags: Art, guide, Piedmont, traditions