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| | | | Valcamonica From Lake Iseo to Tonale , Valcamonica is a string of villages and towns where tourism has been developed around nature; it is an ideal winter or summer destination for mountain lovers. Valcamonica truly has much to offer: two unspoilt national parks- Adamello and Stelvio - among the most important in the Alps, an impressive network of paths and mountain huts for walkers and climbers, cycling paths, three well-known ski stations (Montecampione - Pontedilego-Tonale and Borno) and many others less well-known, summer skiing on the Presena glacier, spa in Boario Terme, a World Heritage national park that documents art and history from 10.000 years ago, a Roman theatre, medieval villages and much more. | | | | Boario Terme  Boario SPA park The writer Alessandro Manzoni and many other praised the water of Boario which is famous all over Italy. Marketed since the early 1900's , the waters gush from four springs in the modern resort situated in a park of over 140.000 mt. Luine Park is well worth a visit for the first rock engravings of the valley. Lake Moro is very beautiful with its charming village of Capodilago.   Lake Moro Rock Engravings
| | | | Capodiponte Valcamonica has the highest concentration of rock engravings in the world (over 200.000 have so far been discovered). They tell the story of this valley over a period of 10.000 years from Paleolithic to Roman times. They are unique in that the story of the Camuni tribes is continuous from primitive tribes of hunters to a people more or less assimilated into the Roman World. For generations the Camuni carved their symbols of everyday life , hunting, war, religious and propitious rites onto rocks to document their history. 
Looked after by UNESCO, the rock engravings at Capodiponte are mostly found in the Naquane National Park, the largest in Europe dedicated to rock art. Over 30.000 figures have been carved into a hundred or so rocks, the most impressive being the "Big Rock" with over 1.000 figures, some overlaid on others. These were carved from Neolithic times until the Iron Age. The other park that worths a visit is Bedolina and Seradina, where the oldest map is represented.
| | | | Cividate Camuno Once upon a time this tiny village was the "Civitas Cammunorum", the centre of the valley's affairs during Roman times. The archaeological remains of the Theatre and Amphitheatre park bear this out (baths, theatre, houses, burial groundsetc.) but also the valuable finds now on display in the National Archaeological Museum. There are floor mosaics, vases, sarcophagi and a rare statue of Minerva made from Carrara marble, almost 2 metres high and dating from the 5th century B.C.   Bienno Crenellated towers and houses with stone loggias and doorways, Bienno has maintained its medieval features intact. The real curiosity of the village is the old forges where the visitor can see how iron used to be worked using only hammers powered by the rush of the waters. Once there were over 80 forges in the valley and today the methods of three hundred years ago are used in Bienno. In fact the local smiths still use the ancient methods of working. To know the history of the old forges the visitor can go to the Forge Museum. There is also an old mill in use to grind the grain into flour. |
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