Are you ready to climb one of the most authentic valleys of Canavese? You must choose to come here, as it’s not a place you just pass through by chance. It’s Valle Soana, wild and pristine, which its inhabitants don’t exaggerate in calling “a Fantastic Valley”.

Here is pure mountain, the kind that relaxes you, oxygenates you, rejuvenates you; here nature is truly “wild”; here everything seems to have stopped. The best way to discover it is to participate in the life of its community, made up of residents, vacationers, and emigrants.

Everything is deeply marked by the flow of the Soana stream, by the woods, the pastures, and the typical Franco-Provençal dialect. Everything is enclosed in 4 micro-villages from which, in the past, entire generations of youngsters, whole families, left in search of a better life, in search of a bit of fortune: it is time to reverse the trend, it is time for new people to come and discover this piece of Paradise!

Leave the frenzy behind!

Here is a small list of absolutely must-see things to see and do in this slice of Canavese:

A walk through Ingria, recently entered into the club of “Italy’s Most Beautiful Villages”: 46 inhabitants and 21 hamlets!

A walk to the beautiful Pian dell’Azaria, defined by Mario Rigoni Stern as “the most beautiful place in the world.”

In Ronco Canavese, a visit to the Fucina del Rame, for a leap back in time, when the processing of this metal was an important economic source, and to the visitor center of the Gran Paradiso National Park, to discover and learn about the traditions and biodiversity of this valley.

A thrill on the zipline in Frassinetto, to see the world from another perspective!

A hearty hike up to the Sanctuary of San Besso in Valprato Soana.

We’ve just given you a few ideas, but can you imagine how much the people of Valle Soana could tell you?

For example, Valle Soana has been a land of great emigration, so much so that now, in Paris, there are more descendants of Valle Soana than the current inhabitants of the entire valley! Or that the Clerico brothers, originally from Campiglia Soana, emigrated with a one-way ticket, were owners and creators of the famous Lido and Moulin Rouge in Paris!

This is also CANAVESE VILLAGE: one territory, a thousand opportunities!