Altavilla

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In this charming Alpine guesthouse and restaurant you'll find one of the region's gastronomic treats. Owner and Slow Food connoisseur Anna Bertola spreads a culinary feast for her guests with traditional mountain dishes like sciàtt (buckwheat fritters stuffed with Bitto cheese) and pizzoccheri (buckwheat pasta). The artisanal salami, mountain venison and aged Bitto cheese are particular highlights, as is the 500-label wine list.

Reserve a room for the night and you can sleep it all off afterwards.

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

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  • Val di Genova

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    28.26 MILES

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  • Rock Drawings in the Parco Nazionale delle Incisioni Rupestri di Naquane, Capo di Ponte, Italy.

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    17.17 MILES

    About halfway between Darfo and Edolo, the Parco Nazionale delle Incisioni Rupestri is a 30-hectare open-air museum containing rock engravings that date…

  • The cable car to the Diavolezza glacier.

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    18.38 MILES

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  • View of Celerina, the Upper Engadine Valley and the four Upper Engadine Lakes from inside the Mouttas Muragl Bahn funicular train, waiting at the top station Muottas Muragl.

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    24.57 MILES

    This fun old funicular railway, the first in the Engadine Valley dating from 1907, takes its passengers up over 700 vertical metres to Punt Muragl (2454m)…

  • Historical square and houses of the old town of Poschiavo.

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    9.69 MILES

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  • Church and old houses of mountain village Soglio, Switzerland.

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    29.24 MILES

    Soglio (1090m), a hamlet of 300 near the Italian border, faces the smooth-sided Pizzo Badile (3308m). Segantini claimed it was 'the gateway to paradise'…

  • Segantini Museum

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    24.75 MILES

    Housed in an eye-catching stone building topped by a cupola, this museum shows the paintings of Giovanni Segantini (1858–99). The Italian artist…

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