Val di Sole - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

The Stelvio National Park is one of the oldest Italian natural parks, established in 1935, created with the aim of protecting the flora, fauna, and naturalistic beauties of the Ortles-Cevedale mountain group, and promoting the development of sustainable tourism in the alpine valleys of Lombardy, Trentino and Alto Adige. It covers the territory of 24 municipalities and 4 provinces and is in direct contact to the north with the Swiss National Park, to the south with the Adamello-Brenta Provincial

The Tonale Pass is a mountain pass in the southern Rhaetian Alps separating the Ortler Alps to the north of the Alps of 'Adamello and Presanella to the south, connecting the Val di Sole to the east with the Alta Valle Camonica to the west. The Tonale pass is a base for numerous mountaineering and hiking itineraries that allow you to make contact with the nature of the Rhaetian Alps and the historical reality of the White War which here has left numerous signs still alive in the landscape.

Mount Cevedale is a mountain of the Alps of the Ortles-Cevedale Group, in the southern Rhaetian Alps, on the border between Lombardy to the west and Trentino-Alto Adige to the east. Mountaineering history indicates the first ascent to the minor peak of Cevedale on 13 August 1864, by E. Mojsisowicz and S.Janiger from the north side, starting from the "Passo del Cevedale". The ascent to the main summit is dated 7 September 1865 by J. Payer, J. Pinggerra, and J. Reinstadler.

The Lake Tovel is a lake Alpine located in the Tovel valley, on the territory of the Anaunia Villas in Val di Non, at an altitude of 1178 m above sea level and within the Natural Park Adamello Brenta. The valley winds from the town of Tuenno for 17 km between Monte Peller to the west and the Campa massif to the east, up to the imposing rocky cirque of the Brenta Dolomites that circumscribes the upper valley, where the lake is located.

Passo di Gavia is a high mountain pass at an elevation of 2.627m (8,618ft) above the sea level, located in the Lombardy region, Italy. The pass is traversed by the SP29 road, and it’s often used on the route of the Giro d'Italia road bicycle race. It is one of the highest and even most beautiful passes of the Alps and divides the province of Sondrio to the north and the province of Brescia to the south.

Martello is an Italian town of 831 inhabitants, in the Val Martello , side of the Val Venosta, in the autonomous province of Bolzano. It belongs, along with 12 other municipalities in the district of Val Venosta. Val Martello, about 24 km long, crossed by the Plima stream is a side valley of the Val Venosta, entirely included in the Stelvio National Park.