Valsassina

This area is one of the most pleasant of the Lombardy; the merit is the variety of its landscape: the splendid coast of the middle and western Lario and the colorful prealpine valleys, rich of grasslands, chestnut woods, thick woods that scramble up on the flanks of mounts, until the high pastures where there are ancient mountain huts and alpine shelters.

The Valsassina offers the higher mountains of the PreAlps Orobiche: the group of the Grigne, the Legnone, the Peak Tre Signori, the Campelli and the famous Resegone, where the lover of the mountain will be able to find uncontaminated spaces, and the tourists, the hikers, the sportsmen, those who need rest and tranquillity, will find the ideal atmosphere for a serene and healthy stay.

This is a wide valley, lied down in the heart of the PreAlps, that goes by from lacustrine landscapes to summits that reach 2,500 meters of height; it is placed in a barycentric position regarding the two great Lombardic areas of the Alps and the plain and, for this reason, it is considered transit area, disproving the impression of difficult access. In the valley, there are a lot of towns, along the slopes of the mountain, until approximately 1000 meters of height. These are disposed on two sides of the road and are connected one to the other by the route 36 that offers the most immediate accesses to the Valsassina, from Lecco (Via Ballabio) and Bellano (via Taceno), to the Coast of the Lario from Bellano to Colico.

The best characteristic of this area are, of course, the green, the tranquillity, the silence that the lake, the valleys, the mountains offer to those who, obsessed and dazed from the phrenetic city life, is looking for peace. In the towns there are lodges, hotels and pensions - apartments for vacations - camping sites - stores - sources of mineral water - clubs - religious, medical and first aid services.