The Hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso, clinging to the void above the lake
Clinging to the rock above Lake Maggiore, the Hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso, born of a medieval vow, is a rare pocket of silence.
Jul 1, 202657 guides · regione
Clinging to the rock above Lake Maggiore, the Hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso, born of a medieval vow, is a rare pocket of silence.
Jul 1, 2026
In the province of Sondrio, Val Malenco offers the glaciers of the Bernina, green serpentine rock and historic huts along the Val Malenco High Route. A valley that has stayed off to the side compared to the Engadine and the Stelvio, where you can still walk in peace.
Jun 30, 2026
In the Bergamo Orobie Alps, a hut-to-hut traverse links Alpine lakes and pastures roamed by chamois, just a stone's throw from Bergamo. A range close to the city yet surprisingly little walked.
Jun 30, 2026
Following a single river from the Alps to the plains, the Oglio Cycle Route descends from Passo del Tonale through the Val Camonica and the lower Brescia countryside all the way to the Po, past rock carvings and peat bogs. A long, downhill journey far from Lombardy's overrun lakes.
Jun 30, 2026
Near the Duomo, between the Ca' de Sass and the Cinque Vie, a medieval Milan of silent courtyards survives that few tourists cross.
Jun 23, 2026
At Capo di Ponte, in Italy's first archaeological park, more than a hundred rocks guard the rock carvings of the Camunni: eight thousand years of history.
Jun 23, 2026
Behind its Strada Nuova facade, the University of Pavia opens onto a sequence of Renaissance cloisters in the shade of magnolia trees.
Jun 23, 2026
A stone's throw from the Last Supper, Corso Magenta hides Leonardo's vineyard and San Maurizio, a Milanese church frescoed by Bernardino Luini.
Jun 23, 2026
Among the hills of the Varese area, a small stone church preserves one of the most extraordinary cycles of early medieval frescoes in Europe.
Jun 23, 2026