Canon EOS 250D | 18mm | 1/60s | f/16 | ISO 100 Taken on 27/07/2020. Val Formazza is the extreme offshoot of the Piedmont region, a peg stuck right into Switzerland that is connected through the Graies mountain pass. It was once a major trade route where a mule track linked the Swiss Valais canton through the Graies Pass and all the way to Lombardy. Having arrived at Riale, the northernmost village in the whole of Piedmont at 1,730 metres above sea level, I went for a peaceful stroll through the bucolic pastures of the plain and arrived at Lake Morasco, a dam built between 1936 and 1940 that feeds the Ponte power station and produces sufficient energy for 30,000 families. From there I went on a ring-shaped walk along the shores of the lake in an awesome alpine environment that left my jaw well and truly dropped. This shot best sums up the extraordinary beauty and majesty of the Alps. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: First take a train from Milan or Novara to Domodossola. Then catch a bus (Comazzibus) to Riale. The bus will only stop at the village during the summer while schools are on break. Otherwise, the final stop is Ponte Formazza, 8km from Riale. ______________________________________ #ValFormazza #VisitOssola #Mountains #Alps #Italia #Italy #Piedmont #IlPiemonteCheNonTiAspetti #Ig_Piemonte #YallersPiemonte #VolgoPiemonte #Trekking #SlowTrekking #ValdOssola #NaturePhotography #Landscape #PicOfTheDay #LonelyPlanet #NatGeoLandscape #NatGeoTravel #VolgoItalia #WellTravelled #VerbanoCusioOssola #VCO #LagoDiMorasco #IgVerbania #Hiking #Escursioni #Summer #Ig_Europe (at Lago di Morasco) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFr8vdGo7dt/?igshid=w788z728eds0













