Holiday apartment in Borgo Ticino: Culture, Nature and Activity

Culture between Romanesque traces and Baroque forms

The historic centre of Borgo Ticino includes palazzi and traditional buildings. As a result, the townscape presents you with various architectural styles. For a culturally focused day plan, the town therefore offers a concrete setting in which civic and traditional building styles can be viewed side by side.

The Santuario di Santa Maria delle Grazie has been documented since the 12th century. It preserves a five-storey Romanesque bell tower and a section of the northern wall featuring a fresco of the Madonna and Child dated to around the 14th century. Following its reconstruction in 1631, the Santuario now displays Baroque forms. This building therefore allows several historical periods to be traced through its architecture, masonry and sacred art.

The remains of the 13th-century Chiesa di San Zeno include sections of wall, the apse and the nave. San Zeno is considered the oldest religious building in Borgo Ticino. Together with the Santuario di Santa Maria delle Grazie, the church provides a cultural focus for anyone wishing to explore religious architecture and regional history during their holiday.

Natural surroundings and distinctive landscape features

The Bosco Solivo nature reserve extends across approximately 300 hectares in Borgo Ticino. The main entrance to the protected area is at the end of Via Valle.

The Preaguzza is also known as Preia Guzzana and is a large erratic boulder made of green serpentinite. The movements of ancient glaciers transported the stone down the valley. The Preaguzza is also associated with a magical tradition connected with fertility. Geological origins and traditional significance come together here in a special way, without reducing the boulder to a purely natural-history attraction.

Active days on two wheels

The pump track in Borgo Ticino features banked curves and whoops. It is ridden without pedalling by deliberately moving your body and the bike. This makes the facility a concrete destination for anyone who wants to discover a technical form of cycling or add variety to their time on a bike.

The pump track is approximately 78 metres long. A minimum age of six applies to its use, and helmets are mandatory. If you are travelling with children, both requirements form part of the practical planning for such a day of your holiday. The age limit and helmet requirement should therefore be taken into account before including the facility in your shared activities.

A section of the bank of the Piedmontese Valle del Ticino nature park can also be explored on foot or by bike. This adds a different way of exploring a stretch of riverbank on foot or by bike to the curves and whoops of the pump track. Depending on your preferred pace for the day, you can choose between a sporty, technical activity and an exploration on foot or by bike.

The right holiday apartment for planning your trip

When looking for a holiday apartment in Borgo Ticino, choosing your preferred ideas for the day provides an initial point of reference. Those interested in culture can focus on the historic centre and the two religious buildings. If nature is a higher priority, Bosco Solivo and the Preaguzza take centre stage. For active days, the pump track and the section along the banks of the Valle del Ticino are available. This allows you to base your accommodation choice on the travel profile you and your fellow travellers prefer, without reducing Borgo Ticino’s different facets to a single type of holiday.

Further places to include in your plans

For further orientation, you can also include Oleggio, Lesa, Suno, Gargallo, Sillavengo, Recetto, Gattico and Massino Visconti in your plans.

For the overarching travel overview: Novara.