Valle Sacra Routes

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