Bormio

Bormio is a town located in the Alps in northern Italy. It's a very beautiful old medieval town surrounded by the amazing landscape of Stelvio National Park. You can find good ski slopes and thermal baths.

Understand

Get in

The nearest airports to Bormio are around 3 hrs away:

By car

State Road 38 of the Stelvio.

By bus

The Gianolini company provides buses from Milan

The Perego automobile offers connections between Bormio and Tirano, Livigno, Santa Caterina di Valfurva and many other Valtellina towns.

Get around

See

Do
  • The plaza
    Hot springs
    • The historic ones Bagni Vecchi or the modern ones either in Terme or in the luxury Bagni Nuovi or the free ones outdoor into a creek.
  • Outdoors activities.
    • Walking (in the forest or through the hundreds years historical buildings).
    • Hiking.
    • Trekking.
    • Skiing: alpine ski (worldwide known for the male FIS world cup downhill race), cross-country ski, ski touring.
    • Skating (local top worldwide athletes in short track ice skating competitions).
    • Mountain climbing (historically top mountain climbers, e.g. also members of the first and following K2 expeditions).
    • Biking (flat areas or uphill and downhill, mountain biking, downhill mountain biking).
    • Hunting mushrooms and blueberries.
    • Riding horses.
  • Enjoy local culture.
    • Eating local food and drinking local wines, liquors and water.
    • Shopping in the historical center.
    • Enjoying historical mountain art, architecture and handicraft.
    • Events.
    • Watching some Italian Basketball teams and soccer teams summer pre-season training.
  • Relaxing (slow down!).

Buy

Eat
  • Bresaola
  • Pizzoccheri
  • Sciatt.
  • Polenta taragna
  • Formaggi e salumi locali (local cheese and cold cuts).
  • Porcini e finferli (porcini and finferli mushrooms).

Drink
  • Vini rossi locali della Valtellina (Local red wines from Valtellina Valley).
  • Amari locali (local after dinner liquors).
  • Local bottled water(a leader bottled water in Italy, water from a local glacier).

Sleep

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