Grande Traversata del Biellese: Stage 2 Santuario di Graglia - Torrazzo

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Highlights and tour details

After crossing the hamlet of Campiglia, you go along a nice panoramic stretch before entering the woods, and after a small bridge over the Rio Ara, continue on a nice path that crosses the asphalt road that leads to Netro. After about 1 km, take a steep cart track before reaching the village, which goes up on the right towards Regione Canagge, and after a stretch along the hillside, descend along an asphalt road. You turn right in the direction of Ceresito, following a wonderful stretch through meadows and farmsteads and then return to the woods and cross the pretty village of Casale. From here, take a steep uphill mule track to an asphalt road that becomes a dirt road, which leads to Donato. Leaving Donato along via Martiri, take a beautiful cobbled road that descends towards the hamlet of Mulino, where you cross the Viona stream and enter the thick wood, crossed by an uneven cart track that ends along the provincial road that connects Sala Biellese with Andrate. After a short stretch to the south, turn right at the Cossavella lake along the firebreak line, which you leave after a few hundred metres for a cart track on the left. Proceed for a couple of kilometres along the moraine ridge, until you reach Torrazzo.

Attractions

Eco museum dedicated to emigration in Donato, Morainic amphitheatre of Serra di Ivrea, Cossavella Lake

Other information

Source: Ente Provincia di Biella
Itinerary code: GTB
Classification: Medium and low mountain provincial
Provinces crossed: Biella Valsesia Vercelli, Torino

Departure, arrival and municipalities crossed

Departure

Santuario di Graglia
13895 Graglia (BI)
Biella

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Arrival

Torrazzo
13884 Torrazzo (BI)
Biella

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Links

http://www.atl.biella.it/gtb-graglia-torrazzo http://www.santuariodigraglia.it/ http://www.ecomuseo.it/cellule/emigrazione_donato.htm

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