Northern Italy’s Piedmont region offers visitors innumerable opportunities to enjoy a great vacation. From its shimmering lakes to its awesome mountains, Piedmont has it all.
The Mountains:
Piedmont boasts a plethora of skiing resorts. The Susa Valley was propelled into the limelight in 2006 when Turin hosted the Winter Olympics, today resorts such as Bardonecchia, Claviere, Sauze d’Oulx and Sestriere are venues for budding Olympians as well as beginners. On offer are some 1500 km of ski runs, extremely long off-trail routes through fresh snow, night skiing on illuminated slopes, all set in a wonderful natural landscape. In summer the mountains offer walkers and trekkers countless opportunities to admire the rich and varied fauna and flora within the three national parks of this region. In southern Piedmont resorts such as Limone Piemonte, one of Italy’s oldest Alpine ski resorts with an extensive ski area and a very picturesque old village is located just a few kilometres from the French border and is equidistant from Nice and Turin.
The Lakes:
The best known, Lake Maggiore with its much admired islands, Isola Bella, Isola Madre and Isola Pescatori, is a shimmering jewel in the heart of Piedmont, but there are many more. Next to Lake Maggiore is Lake Mergozzo, whilst tiny Lake Orta, nestling romantically amid the hills, lies on the other side of the mountain of Mottarone. Hidden in the northern mountains are small alpine lakes awaiting the arrival of walkers and trekkers, on the plain close to Piedmont’s capital, Turin, lie the lakes of Avigliana, Candia and Viverone. The lakes and the surrounding countryside provide the opportunity to practice a wide range of sports including, fishing, golf, riding, rowing, swimming, tennis, water-skiing, windsurfing and yachting.
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