Risotto alla Milanese rice, saffron, beef marrow and butter, creamy and soft
Rice, saffron, beef marrow and butter: Milan's golden dish, tied by legend to a glassmaker of the Duomo in 1574.
Read more →Few Italian provinces are better known by the name of a valley than by the name of their capital. Sondrio is one: the Valtellina, the main valley running through it, has effectively lent its name to the whole province. This is mountain country, 77 municipalities and just over 180,000 people, with a provincial capital that stops short of 22,000 residents and villages down at a few dozen.
Bormio and Livigno draw more visitors than Sondrio itself. Bormio rewards anyone who looks past the ski slopes: the Rezia alpine botanical garden, the church of Santi Gervasio e Protasio, the church of Sant'Antonio Abate. Lower down the valley, Morbegno, Tirano and Chiavenna are working towns rather than resorts, and they are where you see what the Valtellina is like outside the tourist season.
Towns in the province of Sondrio
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77 towns
Albaredo per San Marco Albosaggia Andalo Valtellino Aprica Ardenno Bema Berbenno di Valtellina Bianzone Bormio Buglio in Monte Caiolo Campodolcino Caspoggio Castello dell'Acqua Castione Andevenno Cedrasco Cercino Chiavenna Chiesa in Valmalenco Chiuro Cino Civo Colorina Cosio Valtellino Dazio Delebio Dubino Faedo Valtellino Forcola Fusine Gerola Alta Gordona Grosio Grosotto Lanzada Livigno Lovero Madesimo Mantello Mazzo di Valtellina Mello Mese Montagna in Valtellina Morbegno Novate Mezzola Pedesina Piantedo Piateda Piuro Poggiridenti Ponte in Valtellina Postalesio Prata Camportaccio Rasura Rogolo Samolaco San Giacomo Filippo Sernio Sondalo Sondrio Capital Spriana Talamona Tartano Teglio Tirano Torre di Santa Maria Tovo di Sant'Agata Traona Tresivio Val Masino Valdidentro Valdisotto Valfurva Verceia Vervio Villa di Chiavenna Villa di Tirano
The best of Province of Sondrio
The top 3 places in Sondrio
Our editors' ranking: the area's most important places, drawn from the individual town guides. See the national rankings →
1 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries chiesa dei Santi Gervasio e Protasio 📍 Bormio Bormio's main parish church, first recorded in 803 and rebuilt in the 17th century by architect Gaspare Aprile. 
2 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate 📍 Bormio Historic church in Bormio known for its 14th and 16th-century frescoes and a revered 16th-century wooden crucifix. 
3 🌿 Gardens & spas Giardino botanico alpino Rezia 📍 Bormio A botanical garden in Bormio preserving 1,300 plant species native to Stelvio National Park and global mountains. Sondrio and around, on the map
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🍝 At the table: Lombardy
Sbrisolona crumbly almond and cornmeal cake, broken by hand
White and yellow flour, almonds, butter and sugar, broken by hand: sbrisolona is Mantova's cake, already served at the Gonzaga court.
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🛶 Lakes 6 🏛️ UNESCO heritage 4 🏘️ Villages 3 🏔️ Mountains 3 🍷 Food & wine 2 ♨️ Spa towns 2
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Feast of Saint Fidelis of Como
📅 Every year, on 28 October
On 28 October Mello celebrates its patron Saint Fidelis of Como; the town also preserves the Torre di Domofole.
Feast of Saint Charles
📅 Every year, on 4 November
On 4 November Faedo Valtellino celebrates its patron Saint Charles; the town also preserves the Sasso della Nona.
Saint Martin, patron of the Homo Salvadego
📅 Every year, on 11 November
Cosio Valtellino celebrates Saint Martin on 11 November.
Feast of Saint Martin
📅 Every year, on 11 November
On 11 November Castione Andevenno celebrates its patron Saint Martin; the municipal territory preserves the Sito delle Incisioni Rupestri della Ganda.