Top Things to do in Italian Alps
Top Hotels in Italian Alps
- 1. Verona - Hotel Giulietta E Romeo
- 2. Excelsior Dolomites Life Resort
- 3. Du Lac et Du Parc Grand Resort
- 4. Opera Relais de Charme
- 5. Astoria Resort
- 6. Corte San Mattia - Agriturismo Verona
- 7. Hotel Diana Jardin & Spa
- 8. Hotel Benacus Malcesine
- 9. Hotel Angelo Engel
- 10. Gran Baita Hotel & Wellness Resort
Things to do in Italian Alps, Italian Alps: The Best Caverns & Caves
Discover the best top things to do in Italian Alps, Italy including La Balma del Messere, Grotte di CastelloTesino, Grotta di Monte Capriolo, Grotte di Toirano, Grotta di Bossea, Grotte di Borgio Verezzi, Ponte de Veja, Ex Gallerie, Santuario Madonna della Cornabusa, Grotta Remeron.
Restaurants in Italian Alps
1. La Balma del Messere
2. Grotte di CastelloTesino
3. Grotta di Monte Capriolo
4. Grotte di Toirano
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,126 reviews
The Toirano cave site is one of the main tourist attractions in Liguria and consists of the natural cavities of Basura and S. Lucia Inferiore. The Grotta della Basura (which means "witch"), discovered in 1950, is characterized by the presence of prints of men from the Upper Paleolithic Age and important palaeontological finds, mainly Cave Bear bones ("Ursus Spelaeus"). The bones of these plantigrades, which were typical of the Pleistocene Epoch and used to visit the cave during hibernation, can still be seen in the "Bear Cemetery" (about 30,000 years old). Foot, hand and knee prints of Homo Sapiens Sapiens can be found in the clay concretions of the "Print Corridor" (about 12,000 years old). In the cave rooms you will find a wide variety of stalactites and stalagmites, different in shape and size, as well as the typical "mammillary" concretions. The last part of the cave, which used to be under water, is very picturesque, with its peculiar, rounded concretions entirely covered in a uniform, light-yellow layer of tiny calcite crystals. In the Grotta di S. Lucia Inferiore, discovered in 1960, both the limestones and the walls of the wide rooms are covered in calcite flowers and aragonite crystals. The two caves, connected by an artificial tunnel, are about 1,300m long and can be visited in about 70 minutes.
5. Grotta di Bossea
6. Grotte di Borgio Verezzi
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 546 reviews
The caves of Borgio Verezzi offer a tourist path that winds for about 800 meters inside large rooms, among huge blocks detached from the vault in remote eras. Very rich concretions of every shape: from the cannulae, thin and almost transparent, to the drapes, thin as sheets, to the large columns that seem to support the vault up to the eccentric stalactites, that defy the gravity force developing in all directions. And everywhere the colors: white, yellow, red in a thousand different shades. Due to the presence of various minerals, they make the Grotte di Borgio Verezzi the most colorful tourist cave in Italy.
7. Ponte de Veja
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 5 reviews
8. Ex Gallerie
9. Santuario Madonna della Cornabusa
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 182 reviews
Reviewed By Tualie - Varese, Italy
It is said that in the Middle Ages, the locals used to shelter in this cave to escape the rampage between the guelphs and the ghibellines bringing with them a small wooden statue of the Virgin Mary that was left behind. Time after a deaf-mute girl shepherding the area, found this statue and miraculously got back her voice and hearing, since then started the worship and pilgrimage to this cave. Interesting religious sanctuary/church with a puddle and water that springs from the mountain walls. Nearby there are clean toilets, a shop and a restaurant where can enjoy nice valley views (only from the terrace but be there before 12:00 to get the best tables!) Plenty of carpark but need to walk uphill, easy if bringing someone handicap. Be sure to wear comfy and anti-slip shoes! P.S. Opens after Easter and closes during the wintertime.
10. Grotta Remeron
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 44 reviews
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