The Sesia Val Grande UNESCO Geopark, in Piedmont, combines spectacular geology of international significance with biodiversity and human culture.
Geotourism itineraries
The Geopark’s walking routes
Trails – usually hiking routes – designed to showcase the geological heritage, promote the Earth Sciences, encourage geotourism and, more generally, raise public awareness of environmental issues. They enable visitors to learn about the many different types of rock that outcrop within the Geopark, to observe the landforms and to understand how they were formed: the rocks and the landscape features are clues left by the planet that allow us to understand its history – the trails to follow to discover its evolution. There are currently 16 such trails in the Geopark.
Geosites
Itineraries
Museums
GeoNet
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Agnona
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Alpe Cortenuovo
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Alpe Massucco
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Aniceti
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Ara Caves Garden
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Balmuccia peridotite
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Bocciolaro
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Bocciolaro
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Campertogno
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Casletto Bridge
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Cava Madre
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Church of Albo
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Cilimo Quarry
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Cimalegna Plateau
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Corte Buè
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Crevola–Varallo
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Finero peridotite
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Folungo-Monte Bavarione Pass
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Giavine Tower
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Gula Bridge
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Isola di Vocca Mine
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Lake Marmo–Sella di Scaredi
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Lake Sant’Agostino
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Locarno Quarry
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Marble from the Falconera Cliff
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Monte Rosa Massif
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Mount Fenera
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Mount Vadà
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Nibbio
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Nivia Bridge
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Pian d’Arla
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Pian d’Arla–Ospedaletto
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Piancone
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Premosello
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Pseudotachylites from Vogogna
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Pulfer Stein
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Quarona
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Roccapietra
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Sacro Monte di Varallo
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San Bernardino Stream
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Santuario delle Pietre Grosse
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Scopetta
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Soapstone from the Val Loana
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Spoccia Bridge
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Stolemberg
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The Alpe Laghetto Mines
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The Bocchetto Sesserra Mines
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The Caves of Mount Fenera
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The Hills of Boca
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The Monte Rosa gold mines
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The Otro Mines
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The Pizzo Stagno landslide
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Unipiano
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Val d’Otro
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Val Pogallo
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Valsessera – La Frera
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Vintebbio
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Vocca Island 1
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Vocca Island 2
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Vocca Island 3
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Vogogna Castle
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Geological and soil science trail on the Cimalegna plateau
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Geological trail along the Val Pogallo
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Geological walks in Val Cannobina
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Glaciological Trail in the Alta Valsesia Nature Park
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Loana Valley Geotourism Circuit
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Piancavallo–Pian Vadà Geological Trail along the Strada Cadorna
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Santa Maria Maggiore–Valle del Basso–Bocchetta di Vald Nature Trail
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Stories of Stone in Beura
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The Blue Trail in Mergozzo
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The Carlo Genoni Trail between Carcoforo and Macugnaga
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The Caves Trail on Mount Fenera
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The Rivalenti Trail at Isola di Vocca
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The Sesia Supervolcano
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The Viggiona–Trarego Geological Trail
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Via Geoalpina
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Vogogna–Premosello Geological Trail
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“Carlo Conti” Museum of Archaeology and Palaeontology Borgosesia (VC)
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“Carlo Conti” Museum of Archaeology and Palaeontology Borgosesia (VC)
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“Luigi Burlini” GeoLab Geological Laboratory Vogogna (VB)
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“Luigi Burlini” GeoLab Geological Laboratory Vogogna (VB)
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Angelo Mosso Scientific Institute Alagna Valsesia (VC)
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Ara’s House of Caves Grignasco (NO)
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Archaeological Museum of Soapstone Malesco (VB)
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GranUM, Granite Museum Baveno (VB)
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Montorfano Granite Ecomuseum and Mu.Ma.G. Museum of Pink Marble and Granite Albo di Mergozzo (VB)
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Natural History Museum Carcoforo (VC)
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Park Centre and Botanical Garden at Alpe Fum Bitz Alagna Valsesia (VC)
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San Lorenzo Museum Complex in Kreas Alagna Valsesia (VC)
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Tactile Museum of Natural Sciences of the Lake and the Mountains Trarego Viggiona (VB)
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The “Pietro Calderini” Museum Varallo (VC)
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“Museo dell’Oro” Visitor Centre
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Antica Cava Moschini
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Antica Cava Moschini
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Balmuccia peridotite
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Fäld Geological Nature Trail
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Gondo Mine
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Immersive room at the Calderini Museum
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Immersive room at the Calderini Museum
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Kreas Mine
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Premosello
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Sacro Monte di Varallo
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Scopetta
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Taglione Mine
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The André Gorsatt Foundation’s Mineral Museum
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The Gula Mine
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Val Toppa Mine