64.06 Vicosoprano - Chiavenna (I), ViaSett

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24.2 km

7:30 h

631 mhd

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64.06 Vicosoprano - Chiavenna (I), ViaSett (oua_25719888_image)

Cultural walk on well-maintained trails. Journey into the rich historical and cultural past and present of Bergells.

Migrate into six stages across three valleys and language cultures. Via Sett is a distance hike from Thusis to Chiavenna, runs through alpine settlements. The well-maintained and marked trails do not require mountaineering skills. Something sure-footedness and good physical condition is required (SAC hiking scale: T2).

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Highest Point 1082 m

Lowest Point 329 m

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Start

Vicosoprano

Destination

Chiavenna (IT)

Coordinates

46.350727, 9.619848

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Description

On a tour of Vicosoprano meet, inter alia, on the Pretorio (1583) with a torture chamber and round former. Residential tower and town houses. Cross the stone arch bridge and visit the EWZ housing estate by architect Bruno Giacometti. You can taste the Salsiz the Salumeria Chiesa and a piece Mascarplin. Hike through the flower-filled streets of Borgonovo and visit in the same place the church of San Giorgio with the tombs of the Giacometti family of artists. In the Valley Museum Stampa Ciäsa Granda surprised with Bergeller past and present, in Coltura the Castelmur. Through the medieval dam "Müraia" You reach Promontogno with the narrow village street and the multi-storey houses, then go across the border to Chiavenna. Strolling through Bondo town with its mansions, the palaces and gardens, overlooking the plain Coltüra with the characteristic stables, hiking on the historic road to the border town of Castasegna with its classical trading houses, the Villa Garbald and the red inch Pavilion. Spoiled you with Soglio products and begrudge you an extra loop on the chestnut trail above the village with its chestnut-dried cottage. Visit the witness of the ancient Plurs in museo degli scavi in S. Abbondio. Let yourself waterfalls Cascate dell 'Acqua Fraggia in Borgo Nuovo, Palazzo Vertemate Franchi Prosto and the famous biscotti of Prosto not escape. Through shady forests you reach the marmitte the giganit before her on footpaths in the charming Italian town of Chiavenna, with rich cultural and historical past travels.

Geheimtipp

The Via Sett is accessible from mid-June to mid-October, depending on weather conditions. The 93 km long long-distance hike from Chur (CH) to Chiavenna (IT) can be hiked in 6 or 7 daily stages. The average walking time per day is 4 - 7 hours.

Book Via Sett now at:

Tour Explorer

+41 81 356 22 44

info@tour-explorer.ch

www.tour-explorer.ch

Ausrüstung

Border crossing between Switzerland and Italy. A valid identity card or passport is required to cross the border.

Directions

Vicosoprano - Promontogno- Chiavenna

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Public Transport

All stage destinations Via Sett are accessible by public transport (train or bus). Partial Reservations are required. The return from Chiavenna can be done via Splügenpass or Maloja to St. Moritz.

Anreise Information

Bivio over the Julier Pass down to Sils im Engadin. On Lake Sils drive along until after Vicosoprano.

Parking

In Vicosoprano it has some parking.

Waypoints

Public Facility Bregaglia Engadin

Church San Giorgio

The Protestant church of San Giorgio is a simple late-Gothic building with a stained-glass window by Augusto Giacometti.

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Museum Bregaglia Engadin

Museo Ciäsa Granda

The Bergell Valley Museum is located in the Ciäsa Granda, an imposing patrician house from the 16th century.

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Bistro Bregaglia Engadin

La stala Bistro d'Arte

Art gallery and bistro - a meeting place where art and cuisine meet.

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Museum Bregaglia Engadin

Palazzo Castelmur

The Palazzo Castelmur does not date back to the medieval period and, despite its two characteristic towers, it is not a fortress. It is rather a Zuckerbäckerschloss (a castle of a confectioner).

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Public Facility Bregaglia Engadin

Lan Müraia

At the Castelmur ledge, where once the toll was collected, there are the medieval ruins of the fortification wall with a passageway in the center. This wall is called Lan Muraia.

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Event Venue Bregaglia Engadin

Artigianale Bregaglia

"Artigianale Bregaglia," (Bregaglia Handicrafts) offers visitors the opportunity to buy locally handmade crafts.

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Gallery Bregaglia Engadin

Galleria il Salice

Galleria il Salice has been open since 2012. It is located in the historic part of the village of Castasegna. A village on the border with Italy

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Store Bregaglia Engadin

Soglio Produkte- store and production

Since 1979, the local raw materials and their gentle processing are the foundations for the quality of the SOGLIO body care products.

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Forest Bregaglia Engadin

Kastanienwald mit Dörrhütten

On the plains of Brentan, above Castasegna, huge trees stretch their branches towards the sky, forming one of the largest and most beautiful chestnut groves in Europe.

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Event Venue Bregaglia Engadin

Villa Garbald

None other than the famous architect Gottfried Semper designed the «Italian country house» in 1862, which was renovated in 2004 by the architects Miller & Maranta and extended with the new building «Roccolo».
The buildings can be visited on weekly guided tours.

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Waterfall

Acquafraggia Waterfall

The Natural Monument represented by the “Acquafraggia” falls is an open invitation for you to enjoy a fascinating exhibition of nature itself within this still-wild corner in the heart of Italian Bregaglia

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Public Facility

Palazzo Vertemate Franchi

The Vertemate Franchi Palace is situated in Prosto di Piuro within only two kilometres from Chiavenna, in Val Bregaglia

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