Ski Area
Ski Area in Piemonte
8 towns
Piemonte holds 8 Ski Area sites inside our catalogue. They are in the Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Cuneo, and Vercelli provinces.
The three most recognized in our catalogue are Chiusa di Pesio, Alagna Valsesia, and Domodossola. 5 more towns carry the mark alongside them.
The towns
Chiusa di Pesio
Province: Cuneo · 575 m
The valley mouth town at 575 meters where the Pesio leaves the mountains, founded around a Carthusian monastery donated in 1173.
Alagna Valsesia
Province: Vercelli · 1,191 m
A Walser village at 1,191 meters, at the head of the Valsesia, known to off-piste skiers worldwide.
Domodossola
Province: Verbano-Cusio-Ossola · 272 m
The Ossola capital at 272 meters at the foot of the Simplon Pass.
Garessio
Province: Cuneo · 621 m
A four-borgo medieval town at 621 meters on the Liguria-Piemonte border, built on the salt road and the source of the Acqua San Bernardo.
Limone Piemonte
Province: Cuneo · 1,000 m
A ski village at 1,000 meters in the Vermenagna valley, the southern end of the Alps where the Tenda tunnel drops toward the Côte d'Azur.
Macugnaga
Province: Verbano-Cusio-Ossola · 1,327 m
A Walser village at 1,327 meters at the foot of the east wall of Monte Rosa, founded in the 13th century by colonists from Valais.
Omegna
Province: Verbano-Cusio-Ossola · 295 m
The Lake Orta town at 295 meters where Bialetti, Lagostina and Alessi turned a steel valley into Italy's household-goods capital.
Stresa
Province: Verbano-Cusio-Ossola · 200 m
A Lake Maggiore resort town at 200 meters, facing the Borromean Islands and running the Settimane Musicali since 1962.
From elsewhere in Italy
Five more towns
Alghero
Province: Sassari
The Catalan city of northwest Sardinia, repopulated by Peter IV of Aragon in 1354.
Valdobbiadene
Province: Treviso
The Prosecco Superiore capital at 253 meters in the Treviso Prealps, where Glera grown on Cartizze's 108 hectares produces Prosecco's top cru.
San Nicola Arcella
Province: Cosenza
A cliff village above the Tyrrhenian Riviera dei Cedri, where a sea arch fronts a cove only reachable on foot or by boat.
Manduria
Province: Taranto
The Messapian capital thirty-five kilometers east of Taranto, ringed by three concentric stone walls and the home of Primitivo.
Cuglieri
Province: Oristano
A Montiferru town at 428 meters, with the first minor basilica in Sardegna above it and the ruins of Punic Cornus below.