Hike & Fork

Trail 530Surveyed by the Italian Alpine ClubGood for kids

Fattoria Gaggio to Galliate Lombardo

Bodio Lomnago, Galliate Lombardo · about 30 min by car from Stresa

Distance
5.5 km
Walking time
1 h 45 min
Total ascent
129 m
Shape
Out & back
Grade
T · Easy path

The walk

5.5 km out-and-back walk between Bodio Lomnago and Galliate Lombardo, up to Galliate Lombardo, 129 m of total ascent: about 1 h 45 min of walking. Easy paths and dirt roads. Along the way: Chiesa dei Santi Gervasio e Protasio, Chiesa di Santa Maria Nascente e San Giorgio and Lomnago. After the walk: wine tasting at Vitivinicola Laghi d'Insubria (7.0 km).

Easy path (grade T): wide tracks and short climbs, trainers are fine in dry weather.

How to get there

By car

From Stresa: about 30 min (21 km as the crow flies). Most trailheads have roadside parking or a small car park in the nearest village.

Driving directions

By train and bus

Take a train to Stresa, then a regional bus or a taxi for the last stretch. Our link plans the whole trip with Google Maps public transport.

Public transport route

Start point

45.79201,8.76074

Coordinates of the first waymark. Paste them into any map app.

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Country buses run less often on Sundays and holidays, and some not at all: check the return journey before you set off.

Also within reach: Como, about 35 min by car

Along the way

Wikipedia (Italian)

Where to eat and drink

Independent winemaker

Vitivinicola Laghi d'Insubria

Albizzate · 7.0 km from the trail

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Recommended osteria

Impero

Sizzano · 34 km from the trail

Directions

Recommended osteria

La Piana

Carate Brianza · 39 km from the trail

Directions

Book tastings ahead, and check opening days: many osterie close one day a week.

A good day here

  1. 10:00Park near Bodio Lomnago and start the walk.
  2. 11:45Back at the start after about 1 h 45 min.
  3. 13:00Lunch at Impero in Sizzano, 34 km by car.
  4. 15:30Tasting at Vitivinicola Laghi d'Insubria, 7.0 km from the trail.