Poschiavo - San Romerio - Viano

16.1 km

6:05 h

940 mhd

673 mhd

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One of the most picturesque places of Valposchiavo is the Alp San Romerio with its Romanesque church. It can be reached on a hike through mountain forests and over Maiensässe.

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Highest Point 1849 m

Lowest Point 1008 m

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46.324764, 10.054638

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Description

At high altitudes, the air in Valposchiavo is often of almost dazzling clarity on sunny days. It is the light of the south that makes the landscape shine. A wonderful setting to experience this serene brightness is Alp San Romerio. It is located on a cliff-like promontory high above Lake Poschiavo. Wooden benches directly on the precipice invite you to a panoramic rest; in the neighbouring Ristoro you can fortify yourself with food and drinks.

This magical place can be reached on a longer hike. The ascent is initially easy, then increasingly steep and leads mostly through spruce and larch forests. At the end of the mountain forest, the view opens abruptly into the lower Valposchiavo and the neighboring Valtellina. A lot of views can be enjoyed during the mostly gentle descent into the mountain village of Viano, which until the 1970s was an important scene for the smuggling of sugar, coffee and tobacco to Italy.

Hidden Gem

The host at Ristoro San Romerio sells his own cheese and serves home-grown vegetables and salads.

Directions

The route is signposted as a mountain hiking trail (white-red-white, difficulty level T2). The starting point is the valley capital Poschiavo. On roads and gravel paths it goes first to Saltaplana, then on narrow forest paths in the Val da Terman up to the panoramic cliff of San Romerio. The descent via Piaz and Predasc runs mostly on gravel roads, in between also on footpaths. From viano there is an on-call bus to Brusio (reservation required in advance).

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Bus Station Valposchiavo

Viano, Paese

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Group Accommodation Valposchiavo

Rifugio Alpe San Romerio

Traditional mountain refuge at 1800 m above sea level, surrounded by nature among meadows, pastures and woods. Wonderful panoramic view over the whole region, from Bernina to the nearby Valtellina. San Romerio is the ideal starting point to reach other valleys and refuges.

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Museum Valposchiavo

Casa Tomé

The past lives

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Monastery Valposchiavo

Vecchio Monastero, Poschiavo

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Museum Valposchiavo

Museo Poschiavino

Palazzo de Bassus-Mengotti

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Monument Valposchiavo

Palazzo Matossi Lendi

In his memoirs, Gian Giacomo Matossi (1753-1838), one of the first emigrants who sought his fortune as a confectioner, recounts that he bought an old house in Via di Puntunai with his first income.

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Chapel Valposchiavo

Oratorio Sant'Anna

mortuary

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Town Square Valposchiavo

Piazza Comunale

Main square of Poschiavo

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Public Facility Valposchiavo

Via di Palazz

The quarter built by the emigrants returned to the valley.

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Public Facility Valposchiavo

Devon House (Station 1 Rundgang Hildesheimer)

The Devon House in Via dei Palazzi is the first stop on our tour. Built in 1863 according to the plans of the Italian architect Giovanni Sottovia (1827-1892) for Pietro Pozzi, an emigrant who became very wealthy as a confectioner in Porto, the house came into the possession of the Semadeni family in 1908, another emigrant family that ran a successful coffee house in Ilfracombe in the southwest English county of Devon.

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Art Gallery Valposchiavo

Casa Gay (Station 5 Rundgang Hildesheimer)

In the year 1961 Wolfgang Hildesheimer and his wife moved to the first floor of Casa Gay, where Wolfgang Hildesheimer lived until his death in 1991.

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Public Facility Valposchiavo

Via dei Palazzi (Station 2 Rundgang Hildesheimer)

An imposing series of stately buildings from the 2nd half of the 19th century border the historic village centre of Poschiavo to the south. The builders of these residences were returned emigrants, mostly Protestants, who had come to wealth as confectioners with coffee houses in the great metropolises of Europe.

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Church Valposchiavo

Kirchplatz bei der Kirche San Vittore Mauro (Station 7 Rundgang Hildesheimer)

The square behind the church of San Vittore Mauro forms the religious center of the Borgo di Poschiavo. It is framed by the church of San Vittore Mauro in the north, the oratory of Sant'Anna in the south and the Old Monastery in the east.

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