The most beautiful place in Italy's tourism revenues in the early days?

The most beautiful place in Italy's tourism revenues in the early days?

One day in September last year we went to the Valtellina valley, which is famous for the ancient town situated between vineyards planted in terraces on Alpine style. Still a little early, the party still hopes to be watching vineyards are gradually discolored leaves.

The old town in the valley

From Milan, two hours by train to the shores of Lake Como then. This lake is located near the border with Switzerland, and is well known in Italian literature for gorgeous scenery. Under sunny collection, blue water lakes reflecting snowy peaks Budding white.

Came all the lakeshore ship started in the Alps. The trees are still green, only vines new leaves turn slightly red.Buildings beautifully undulating mountains, vineyards unfortunately still not discolored. To the city of Sondrio, we go way into the plaza area, enjoy pure air and quiet Highlander.

Sondrio carry many medieval features with deep hun smoking alleys and stone stairs. Everywhere are hiding indoors inn neck. The tiny shop in close proximity, is listed for sale of the two specialties are wine and salt beef.

Cows on Alps meat make excellent fresh, local people brought salted and smoked every major platform, until the meat hard as wood that remains red au. Thin slice of meat look fresh, smooth as rose petals, with a little sip of wine was found living in the mountains of this suction rolls pigs as boring at all!

The scenery in the valley of Valtellina

To go to the north of Sondrio, the party must follow the trail through ancient stone villages located on the slopes.Here the family has vineyards, the grapes are grown all over the balcony. In the village, pink, pomegranate, kiwi, fig, olive branches laden with fruit and ripe. Leo a little while through houses, vineyards, we head to the famous scenic route.

This road is long four kilometers away from Sondrio to tresivio, ie running between the center axis Valtellina valley from west to east.

Going on the road, passengers can enjoy panoramic valley, watching the majestic Alps are all snow-capped peaks, surrounded Sondrio has ancient bell tower is on the outskirts of green grass smooth as silk with river jade flow through. Looking up, the terraced vineyards on the mountainside with the white church looks like a fairy scene.

Sondrio, city Northern Italian wine

Take a moment to see under vineyards have downloaded some small cars. Then here is the harvest of black to red wine. However, around here there are many vineyards are not harvested, leaf wilting, stunted fruit had smelled alcohol.

At noon, the group base in Grumello fortress. Lavender and rosemary still blooming fragrant large trees and stone walls leg. In the main courtyard of the fortress was to carry wine casks, a bronze roosters stand on the highest window. From his fortress started way down the valley, through the vineyards.

Winding road but easy to go for flat and slightly slanting. From the bottom looking up the mountain can see the sea of ​​brand name wines huge stone on the walls of the vineyard.

Here the family-vineyards, distilleries, and visitors can get to the cellar to try and buy this drink is always in place.Therefore Sondrio city also known as wine.

White Castle on Lake Maggiore

Before the Milan, we also had city located on Lake Maggiore Arona. Boats in close to the station, heading across the blue lake has seen the rolling mountains and white Angera castle looming over the mountain. Faced with tourist station, people would like a map and leaflet then immediately nearby pier to buy tickets to go to the castle Shipbuilding Angera.

Arona is the southernmost city of Lake Maggiore, a large lake located on the Alps. This lake many famous sights but not in Lake Como. Lakeshore is also the city park, leaves here sometimes have turned red and yellow looks beautiful, especially when combined with blue lakes and the white ship.

City Angera on Lake Maggiore

Ships go from Arona to Angera took only five minutes, but the scene two beautiful lake, great for taking photos in a beautiful weather day like this, is the fall when the leaves turn brilliant colors.

Road to the castle went through a quiet neighborhood, with colorful painted houses, and a large farm with grazing sheep, donkeys, goats and horses. From a castle here was seen in chestnut forest on the mountain. Turned out to climb not so tired to follow roads, wide and not too steep.

This season is the fall picking chestnuts, chestnut fall fruit throughout the hills. Medieval castle towering massive white stone with a lot of yards, gardens, and the rooms upstairs large fresco painting colorful wall, door carved ebony, while saving a lot of precious artworks, and the museum features the largest doll in Europe on the 1st floor and 2nd floor.

Valtellina day Receiver

Go see the dolls enough materials, sizes, from all over the world is interesting, but not well liked by some of stairs climbed the castle, to take the highest watchtower guard, to watch the four sides : Lake Maggiore blue, city Angera with ancient churches and red-tiled roofs with rows au leaves are turning yellow and red, the other side is the Arona lake with mountains sacred saint statue towering San Carlo, the green forest that stretches away to the small island on the lake.

Terraced vineyards on the Alps

See all the premises in the castle, we went to play in the vast gardens. It vineyards were harvested only leaves are turning red, in the fragrant smell of flowers planted lavender, rosemary and violet. There is even a very old wells.This garden wall railing looking the lake.

The mistress of a home-grown grapes and homemade wine

Favorite is here a lot of fruit trees. Lakeside railing is surrounded by olive branches left nine full black, full of original loss. In the garden with ripe red fruit as big as a cup, red pomegranate, kiwi Liu clusters at the stake, apple, hawthorn are also seasonal. Then there is the whole area planted herbs and spices, and a lovely wooden hut at the bottom of the garden ...

Delicious salt beef famous Valtellina

Mountainous northern Italy no city like Florence or Venice regal, but also very difficult to forget the natural beauty and the lovely small castle like!