Routes

Alta Via Anfiteatro Morenico

Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:12:19 GMT

Alta Via of Ivrea Morainic Amphitheatre is a majestic circular route: it runs clockwise along the morain left during Quaternary by the glacier retreat from the plain at the end of the valley of Dora Baltea river.

SALIENT FEATURES
You can enjoy, while walking, the view of many lakes nested into the green landscape of the area (Lake Viverone, the 5 lakes near Ivrea, Lake Candia and its park), the Masino Castle and its century old park, picturesque villages, woods, vineyards where grapes are grown to produce prestigious wines such as Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG: thanks to its amazing cultural, historical and landscape heritage, this region offers many opportunities to visit its monuments and discover its beauties while hiking.

This area provides lots of oppurtunities to practice outdoor activities, whether in the air, water or on the ground; many athletes from all over the world gather here to take part to Morenic Trail every year www.morenictrail.com.

TOURIST INFORMATION AND OUTDOOR SERVICE FACILITIES

Andrate, Tourist info point and sport area in Regione Salamia – www.comune.andrate.to.it

Cossano, Info Point – www.comune.cossano.to.it

Candia, Centro visite Parco Naturale, Via Vische - www.vivereiparchi.eu - www.parks.it/parco.lago.candia

CONNECTIONS AND TRANSPORT

Andrate can be reached from Quincinetto tollgate on Torino-Aosta A5 highway, or from Biella.

Brosso can be reached from Ivrea (20km) or Quincinetto (24km) tollagates on Torino-Aosta A5 highway.

Masino Castle can be reached from Albiano tollgate on A4/A5 highway (2km).

CON MEZZI PUBBLICI:

GTT buses from Ivrea to Andrate or Brosso:

http://www.gtt.to.it

Alta Via Canavesana Trekking Route

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 10:25:30 GMT

The route, a loop composed of 12 stages, starts and ends in Pont Canavese. It can be easily reached travelling by public transport since it goes through Gallenca valley, Tesso and Malone valleys, crosses Orco and Soana valleys and touches Sacra valley. AVC route, from Ceresole Reale to Soana valley, runs along the Piedmontese side of Gran Paradiso National Park and its stunning environment, following some stretches of the Royal Hunting Paths built by King Victor Emannuel II, and sometimes overlapping the Giroparco Gran Paradiso route. Along the way, there are many sanctuaries thata witnessed miraculous facts, magical places, little enchanting villages and ancient churches, surrounded by marvellous landscapes enriched by unique wildlife. The route, that counts more than 17.000 m of cumulative elevation gain, is marked in white and red and has an average medium hiking difficulty, except some steep stretches that require trekking skills.

TOURIST INFORMATION AND OUTDOOR SERVICE FACILITIES

Piemonte Outdoor
www.piemonteoutdoor.it

Gran Paradiso National Park
www.pngp.it

Ivrea Morainic Amphitheatre
www.anfiteatromorenicoivrea.it

Valli del Canavese tour operators association
www.turismoincanavese.it/it

Booking Piemonte
www.bookingpiemonte.it/trekking-in-paradiso/

Gran Paradiso mountain community
www.unionemontana-granparadiso.to.it

Orco and Soana valleys mountain community
www.unionemontanavalliorcoesoana.it

Ceresole Reale tourist office
0124.953186

CONNECTIONS AND TRANSPORT

Pont Canavese can be easily reached by private vehicles.
Ivrea tollgate, on A5 Torino-Aosta highway is 29,5 km far.
From Turin: SP 460 di Ceresole

The route is also served by public transport.

Buslines
http://www.gtt.to.it

Trains
Pont Canavese railway station
http://www.trenitalia.com

Giroparco Gran Paradiso

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 09:30:31 GMT

Giroparco Gran Paradiso starts at Città di Chivasso Refuge, at Colle del Nivolet and, after 8 stages, throught Colle Larissa in Soana Valley, connects to the Aosta Valley stretch. The Giroparco runs on the Royal Hunting Paths, built by the Savoy during xix century, with dry stone walls, paved stretches and constant gradient of 8-10%, to connect the hunting lodges of the game reserve, that became the first Italian National Natural Park in 1922. The Giroparco route between Ceresole Reale and Ronco Canavese overlaps some stretches of Alta Via Canavesana. The route developes at altitude, offering wide views of Orco and Soana Valleys, their extraordinary flora and fauna, sanctuaries and other examples of local architecture and history.

SALIENT FEATURES
Colle del Nivolet, Lake Lillet, Gran Piano Hunting Royal Lodges, Noaschetta creek waterfall in Noasca, Sanctuary of Sant’Anna dei Meinardi, trout hatchery in Vallone di Piantonetto, Lake Eugio dam, rock carvings, Prascondù Sanctuary, Sanctuary of San Besso.

TOURIST INFORMATION AND OUTDOOR SERVICE FACILITIES

Gran Paradiso National Park - Tourist Secretary (Piedmont) +39 0124.901070 - info.pie@pngp.it
Ceresole Reale, Visitor Centre Homo et Ibex, hamlet Prese at former Grand Hotel +39 0124.953321
Ceresole Reale, Town Hall Tourist Office +39 0124.953186 - www.turismoceresolereale.it
Campiglia Soana, Visitor Centre L’uomo e i coltivi +39 0124.901070
Noasca, Visitor Centre Le forme del paesaggio +39 0124.901070
Locana, Visitor Centre Antichi e nuovi mestieri +39 0124.83557
Locana, Town Hall Tourist Office +39 0124.83904 - ufficioturistico@comune.locana.to.it
Ribordone, Visitor Centre La cultura e le tradizioni religiose, at Sanctuary +39 0124.817525
Ronco Canavese, Visitor Centre Tradizioni e biodiversita’ in una valle fantastica +39 0124.817377
Ronco Canavese, Town Hall – +39 0124.817377 - cvronco@pngp.it

CONNECTIONS AND TRANSPORT

Route Start: get to Ceresole Reale (bus leaving from Torino Porta Susa station – GTT line), then reach Colle del Nivolet by bus or shuttle (road opening from June 15th to October 15th) and Città di Chivasso Refuge.

Route Arrival: from Champorcher (Pont St. Martin tollgate, A5 Torino-Aosta highway) reach by car the ancient village of Dondena and follow signage to Dondena Refuge (it can be reached by car).

The five lakes loops

Wed, 06 May 2015 12:46:32 GMT

This area, Site of Community Importance, has been populated by the main local prehistoric folks and is enriched by many naturalistic, historical and recreational goods (among them many archeological finds, the Roman aqueduct and the Insubric Line).

SALIENT FEATURES

Besides the five lakes, there are many wetlands whose origin dates back to the last ice age, when the melt water of the glacier filled up the hollows formerly occupied by Balteo glacier, and created the current water bodies and peat-bogs (the so-called “Bouncing Lands”).

The Archaeological Park of Lake Pistono hosts many specimens of archaeological artifacts found on the banks of the lake, in display in the Exhibition Hall of Montalto Town Hall, and a full-scale reconstruction of part of the village that there existed 7000 ago.

TOURIST INFORMATION AND OUTDOOR SERVICE FACILITIES

Montalto Dora- Ristotrattoria La Monella – Reg. Vauda 1 – tel +39 0125 1926719

Ivrea - Parco La Polveriera - via Lago San Michele 15 – www.comune.ivrea.to.it

Cascinette – “Pian Cit” Picnic Area at Lake di Campagna – www.comune.cascinette.to.it

CONNECTIONS AND TRANSPORT
Ivrea tollgate on Turin-Aosta A5 highway (8km).

Ivrea railway station.

Public transport

Bus station Movicentro Ivrea near railway station.

Buslines GTT and SADEM:
www.gtt.to.it
www.sadem.it

Valle Sacra Routes

Tue, 21 May 2019 08:41:27 GMT

ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND SALIENT FEATURES

Valle Sacra routes offer both easy walks and more demanding treks to mountain peaks and passes, always sorrounded by precious views and the peculiar local history, enriched by legends witnessed by the fascinating sanctuaries and little chapels that also give the name to the Valley. Among them there are Piova Sanctuary, Santa Elisabetta Sanctuary, Belice Chapel and the “Malpasso” Chapel, dedicated to St. Ignatius, where the last basilisk, the legendary monster whose gaze could kill the travelers, is said being killed.
The routes lead also to the huts of the old quartz mine at the foot of Punta Verzel, and run trought the places where Costantino Nigra, senator in the Kingdom of Italy and close aide of Camillo Cavour, lived.

TOURIST INFORMATION AND OUTDOOR SERVICE FACILITIES

Piemonte Outdoor
www.piemonteoutdoor.it

ATL Turismo Torino e Provincia
www.turismotorino.org

Ivrea Morainic Amphitheatre
www.anfiteatromorenicoivrea.it

Valle Sacra mountain community
www.unionevallesacra.to.it

Valli del Canavese tour operators association
www.turismoincanavese.it

CONNECTIONS AND TRANSPORT

Valle Sacra can be easily reached coming from Ivrea tollgate on A5 highway or driving SP 460 provincial road to Cuorgnè and SP 45 of Castelnuovo Nigra.

Public transport:
GTT 5150 e 5318 buslines
http://www.gtt.to.it

Via Francigena Canavesana

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 08:39:33 GMT

The Via Francigena Morenico-Canavesana runs along a beautiful stretch of Ivrea Morainic Amphitheater, created by the Balteo glacier retreat, one of the best preserved geological structures of glacial origin in the world, spotted by lakes and framed by the long line of the Serra moraine, 25 km long.

SALIENT FEATURES

Settimo Vittone: San Lorenzo Pieve and Baptistery.

Borgofranco: i Balmetti.

Montalto Dora: the Castle and Archaeological Park of Lake Pistono.

Ivrea, UNESCO World Heritage “Industrial City of the Twentieth Century”: Castle with Red Towers, Assumption Cathedral, churches, open air Maam Museum of Olivetti Modern Architecture, Laboratory-Museum Tecnologic@mente, Olivetti Historical Archive, Business Cinema National Archive, Pier Alessandro Garda Museum.

Bollengo e Piverone: Romanesque churches.

TOURIST INFORMATION AND OUTDOOR SERVICE FACILITIES

Carema- Museum and info point Gran Masun - www.comune.carema.to.it

Settimo Vittone - Outdoor Sport La Turna – Fraz. Montestrutto –tel. +39 0125 658732

Montalto Dora- Restaurant Ristotrattoria La Monella – Reg. Vauda 1 – tel. +39 0125 1926719

Ivrea - Info point Via Francigena – C.so Botta – 328.0045913

Cascinette- Picnic Area “Pian Cit” near Lake Campagna

Burolo – Rest area N 45° 28′ 36″ – E 7° 56′ 05″

Bollengo - Picnic Area SS. Pietro Paolo Romanesque Church

CONNECTIONS AND TRANSPORT

Carema can be reached from highway tollgates in Pont Saint Martin (3 km) and Quincinetto (3,5 km) or driving the main road SS26 della Valle d’Aosta.

The intermediate rest point of the route is Ivrea, not far from the tollgate of A5 Torino-Aosta highway.

Piverone, point of arrival of the route is settled along provincial road SP 228 “del Lago di Viverone”

Public transport:

Pont San Martin and Ivrea railway stations.
http://www.trenitalia.com

Bus station Movicentro Ivrea near railway station
GTT and SADEM buslines
http://www.gtt.to.it
http://www.sadem.it

White Stones Route

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:24:51 GMT

DESCRIPTION

The White Stones Route is a major course composed of closely connected loops. About 50 km of tracks that go throught the territory of 11 municipalities between the provinces of Turin and Vercelli, where the famous Erbaluce vine is grown. The paths allow a soft connection among the villages of the region and, at the same time, create local loops along the Ivrea Morainic Amphitheater (AMI) route. Hikers are embraced by a peculiar environment, characterized by the mild yet so dissimilar slopes of the hills, where, over the years, different historical memories mingled with a niche agricultural heritance whose outcomes are some of the outstanding features of Piedmontes food and wine culture, protected by unique naturalistic and geomorfological landmarks.

TOURIST INFORMATION AND OUTDOOR SERVICE FACILITIES

Associazione Terre dell’Erbaluce onlus
www.sentieropietrebianche.it
sentierierbaluce@gmail.com

Parco del Lago di Candia
http://www.cittametropolitana.torino.it/cms/fauna-flora-parchi/parchi-aree-protette/aree-naturali-protette/parco-lago-candia/

Rest areas: public area equipped with toilets and fresh water, on Lake Candia banks.

Enoteca regionale
The regional wine producers association is based in the ancient Valperga di Masino castle, in Caluso. Its cellars, dating back to 1600, host the outstanding wines produced in the province of Turin.
Palazzo Valperga di Masino, Piazza Valperga, 2 - 10014 Caluso (TO) -
Tel. 011.9831041 - Cell. 346.5638206
https://www.enotecaregionaletorino.wine/

CONNECTIONS AND TRANSPORT

Candia can be reached from San Giorgio tollgate, 8 km far, on A5 highway, or driving from Chivasso on SS26 “della Valle d’Aosta”.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
Caluso, Candia and Mercenasco railway stations

http://www.trenitalia.com

GTT and SADEM BUSLINES:
http://www.extrato.it
http://www.gtt.to.it
http://www.sadem.it