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Parco di Germagno – Alpe QuaggioneGermagno’s Park – Alpe Quaggione
Germagno’s Park was born during the 1960s on the initiative of a group of inhabitants whose aim was the construction of a route connecting the suburb with Alpe Cardello.
In about ten years the task has been completed by the consortium for the private inter-estate route, leading the road up to Alpe Quaggione, at a height of 1167 meters above sea level.
During the 1990s, a municipal committee was set up to protect and increase the value of this work and the surrounding natural environment. Thus, Germagno’s Park - Alpe Quaggione was created: a network of equipped areas, car parks and itineraries, exploited by the Commue of Germagno and directed to the protection of the territory too, thanks to a set of rules that regulates its fruition.
The Park offers a variety of excursions for all ages and of different degrees of difficulty that lead up to the top of Mount Zuccaro, at a height of 1338 meters above sea level. The view that you can enjoy from the peak is peerless, and the mountain is often the launch site of paragliding.
From the small chapel on the top, the view sweeps over Lake Orta, Omegna and Mount Mottarone, and farther over Lake Maggiore and Verbania. From that point it is possible to continue walking up to one of the highest peaks of Strona Valley that divides the first tract from Ossola, Mount Massone, at a height of 2161 meters above sea level; this itinerary is fairly considered one of the most appreciated Alpine panoramic points.
A town Park offering all the charm of big Nature Parks: Germagno’s Park—Alpe Quaggione is always run by a municipal committee whom the care of the private inter-estate route leading to Alpe Quaggione is due to.
Germagno’s Park – Alpe Quaggione
Piazza della Chiesa, 4 - Germagno (VB)
Tel. 0323 866836
Zone
Le Valli
Locality
Germagno