Holiday apartment in Druogno – Culture, Nature and Special Experiences
Accommodation in Druogno
A holiday apartment in Druogno can be combined with a cultural programme that goes far beyond a single sight. The Chiesa Parrocchiale di San Silvestro preserves wall paintings by local artists as well as a painting by Gustavo Maes from 1685. It was acquired in Antwerp by emigrants from Val Vigezzo. The church is also the only church in Ossola dedicated to Saint Sylvester. This gives you a direct connection to sacred art and the history of emigration, without nature and family experiences taking a back seat.
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Sacred Sites and Memories in Gagnone
In Gagnone, the Oratorio di San Defendente has a polychrome marble altar and a valuable historic organ. The Cappella dell’Addio is also located in Gagnone. It features frescoes by Giovan Battista Ciolina and marks the place where emigrants said goodbye to their relatives before departing. Together, these two places give the cultural journey different points of emphasis: here you encounter artistic craftsmanship, while there you find a memorial site connected with emigration.
Museum Insights into Val Vigezzo
The Polo museale UniversiCà is located in the east wing of the Colonia Montana di Druogno. In the “Museo vivo”, people, stories, crafts and traditions of Val Vigezzo are presented through reconstructed rooms, large-scale scenographies, multimedia content and effects, large-format photographs, and traditional objects. The “Geo d’Etica” tour is dedicated to the geography and craft of cartography. Here, you can see lithographic stones, work tools and multimedia experiences. Both areas make culture accessible in different ways: one through reconstructed living environments, the other through work with maps and a view of the landscape.
Alpe Campra: Forests, Meadows and Blueberries
The route from Orcesco to Alpe Campra follows a broad mule track through colourful beech forests to an alpine hollow with meadows, pastures and numerous huts. The transition from the forest to the open hollow gives a hiking day a clearly recognisable landscape progression. The Alpe Campra area is known for its blueberries; they are the reason for a special festival in August. This combines nature observation, physical activity and a regionally rooted event that adds a special facet to the summer.
Experiences for Children in Summer and Winter
The Parco Educazione Stradale has classrooms and a practice course with roads, junctions, roundabouts, signs, cars, bicycles and other vehicles. This allows children to experience traffic in a dedicated, visually engaging environment. In winter, La Baitina offers skiing opportunities for children and beginners, runs for bobsleighs and sledges, equipment rental, snowshoe excursions, and individual and group ski lessons. In summer, in addition to the playground, slides and elastic nets, La Baitina also offers a tubing track. Depending on the season, different activities therefore take centre stage, from first experiences in the snow to active hours outdoors.
Choose a Holiday Apartment in Druogno Based on Your Travel Interests
The Castagnata Coimese takes place on the second Sunday in October and includes barbecues, folk singing and guided tours of Coimo. You can reach Gagnone via a turn-off from the SS337, the Valle Vigezzo bus service and the Gagnone-Orcesco stop of the Vigezzina railway. If you choose a holiday apartment in Druogno, you can use your preferred travel pace as your guide: cultural and museum interests, days in nature at Alpe Campra, a festival date or seasonal activities for children each create different priorities.
Discover More Destinations
More destinations: Passo, Villadossola, Brovello-Carpugnino, Alpe Devero, Re, Gurrone, Mergozzo and Trarego Viggiona.
To the overview of the wider travel area: Verbano-Cusio-Ossola.
