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Nature Reserves and Parks: the recipe for plant and animal protection

Three protected areas where local nature characteristics are considered a real world heritage. With deep respect for animals and plants protection and care.

On Lake Maggiore

GROVE OF REEDS IN FONDOTOCE (Verbania)
A 360 hectare wide reserve on the Plain of Toce, the most important river in Ossola region.
Among many and many reeds there are essential environmental conditions for lake fish reproducing and bird nesting and wintering.
Some beautiful beaches on the lake.
Walk and bike itineraries.
Info: Tel. +39 0322 240239.

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Val Grande National Park: the largest Wilderness Area in the Alps

The largest Wilderness Area of the Alps (about 15.000 hectares) enclosed between Lake Maggiore and Ossola Valleys became a national park in 1992.
The European Wilderness Association declared Val Grande as the only area in Europe that completely maintains original environmental properties.
In Val Grande let’s find high mountains, alpine lakes and smaller valleys but also challenging paths and shelters used for housing or stabling in the past and now as accomodation to hikers. Nowadays villagers and pastures leave their place to wild nature (several are the plant and tree types...

Verbania: special Christmas Markets for young and old

“Piazze Natalizie” 6th edition, the traditional and at the same time innovated Christmas Market of the Province Verbano-Cusio-Ossola capital town on Lake Maggiore, comes back on December 4th to 8th from 9.30 to 19!

In Verbania-Intra historical centre 40 gastronomic stands as well as 50 craft ones will brighten up the two days celebration together with music, gospel concerts – like the “White Spirits’” performance on December 4th at 15.30 at Piazza Ranzoni - and shows along the roads and at the main squares.

Funny laboratories and group plays for children will be organised by...

Domodossola: little market in the town „Cultural Centre“

13th edition of the traditional Christmas Market with 100 stands by typical red pitched roofs in the medieval centre of Domodossola.
The event is being realised by the Pro loco Association of Ossola Valley capital town on December 10th to 12th... waiting for the Christmas Day.

Hand-made and gastronomic products but also entertainment for families, hot chocolate cups and mulled wine glasses are being offered among the porticoes, along the narrow roads and at the ancient squares of the renewed town “Cultural Centre”.

Info: Tel. +39 0324 248265.

Santa Maria Maggiore: the "Painters’ Valley" at Christmas!

A Christmas market with 150 exhibitors and their hand-made as well as gastronomic products in the historical centre - Piazza Risorgimento, Via Roma, Via Cavalli, Via Rossetti Valentini and Via Rosmini – and Santa, the chain saw artists and the „Stress Bar“ (in partnership with the Province VCO) in Piazzetta Gennari.

All this on December 4th and 5th, from 10 to 18, in Santa Maria Maggiore, nice village in Vigezzo Valley, the “Painters’” one.

In December it colours with thousands of lights, wooden stoves along main roads and typical decorations on houses and shops open for...