Facilities
Facilities in Sacro Monte di Varallo Reserve
- Directions: take the SS road to Novara-Varallo. From Varallo take the carriage road or the pedestrian road from Piazza Ferrari. You can also reach the place by train or by coach.
- Picnic areas
- Welcome structure: guest house with 6 beds for students and researchers
- Thematic Library (about 100 volumes)
- Herbarium
- Guided visits and didactic activities
- Self-guided Botanic Trail
- Visits to the Devotional complex of Sacro Monte
- Guidebook
- Topographical map
- Audio guide
Audio Guide Service
Available a guided visit with audio guide, you can rent at the two offices of the Nature Reserve mentioned below. The audio guide service is also available via private mobile phone by contacting the reception of the two hotels you will find in Sacro Monte:
Hotel Vecchio Sacro Monte (at the entrance of Sacro Monte), Tel. +39 0163 54254
Hotel Casa del Pellegrino (next to the Basilica), Tel. +39 0163 564458
- Rental price: Euros 3.00
- Language: Italian and English
- Duration of the visit with audio guide: about 2 hours.
Administrative Offices
Casa Valgrana - Piazza Giovanni Paolo II (former Piazza della Basilica)
Tel. +39 0163 53938
Monday - Thursday 9.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m.; Friday 9.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m.
Casa D'Adda (at the entrance of Sacro Monte)
Tel. +39 0163 564518 - mobile +39 349 1678060
Standard time (winter): 9.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m.; 1.45 p.m.-5.15 p.m.
Daylight saving time (summer): 9.45 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.; 2.15 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.
Note: in case the office is closed, contact the Administrative Offices, Tel. +39 0163 53938 (Monday - Thursday 9.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m.; Friday 9.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m.)
