Attractions and sport
A UNIQUE VALLEY FOR YOUR HOLIDAYS
From the river Adda to 1000 m of Bernina Peak.
Thank to its morphology and its geographical position, the valley around Sondrio offers a huge range of views where human activities and ecosystem are perfectly mixed. From cultivated fodder plants that serve as frame to the river Adda, from the appleorchards in orderly rows ont he cones of the valley bottom you clim up to the castings of the glaciers and to the rocks of the uncontaminated crests. In the middle, the rich variety of diversifiel vegetable environments according to the altitude and the exposure.
To the left for those travelling from Lake Como, the sunny rhaetic slope, where ancien terraces supported by characteristic drystone walls get back on top to 700 metres: 25 miles of wineywards now clung on rocky crags to exploit even the smallest indentations now lying on the more docile slope in relaxing parallel sequences of terracing, testimony of stubborn willingness of peasant. In front, facing north, the shaded side orobico characterized by thick mantle of chestnut trees that for centuries have accompanied the lives of villagers, ensuring their sustenance and raw material for the processing of the grapes. Further up the dark band of fir-woods, refuge of a rich wildlife, gradually fading in vast stretches of alpine meadows and nival amphitheatres.
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