Sentiero Balcone della Valsusa: Stage 2 Frazione Cels - Salbertrand | Lake Maggiore, Lake Orta, Lake Mergozzo and Ossola Valleys

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Highlights and tour details

After passing the ancient village of Cels, a mule track among the chestnut trees leads to Case Armeita and reaches the hamlet of San Colombano on a dirt track, where there is a stop-off point at the former primary school. After a short stretch of road, you reach the locality of Mergeria on a path and then the hamlet of Combe in the Municipality of Salbertrand; following the itinerary of the Glorioso Rimpatrio dei Valdesi (Glorious Repatriation of the Waldensians), you reach the hamlet of Eclause and, with slight differences in height, the hamlet of Moncellier, from which you descend directly to the town of Salbertrand. Here it is possible to visit the headquarters of the Gran Bosco Natural Park and the Colombano Romean Ecomuseum, which includes the precious chapel of the Annunciation of Oulme with 16^th-century frescoes both inside and out.

Attractions

Chapel of the Annunciazione of Oulme with sixteenth-century frescoes both inside and out.

Support points

Municipality of Exilles to use the stop-off point of San Colombano

Access

Cels, in the municipality of Exilles, is reached by car or on foot. Salbertrand is reached by car on state road SS24, the A32 motorway Oulx Est exit and the Metro Railway Service Line 3.

Other information

Source: Unione Montana Alta Valle Susa
Itinerary code: SBV
Phone coverage: Full
Recommended period: May - September
Access by public transport: Yes
Classification: Medium and low mountain provincial
Provinces crossed: Torino

Notes on public transport

Salbertrand: railway station of the Metropolitan Railway service line 3

Departure, arrival and municipalities crossed

Departure

Frazione Cels
10050 Exilles (TO)
Torino

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Arrival

Salbertrand
10050 Salbertrand (TO)
Torino

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Lake Maggiore, Lake Orta, Lake Mergozzo and Ossola Valleys