HIKES

Circular hike Giro della Valle del Salto (starts directly next to holiday apartment Casa alla Cascata in Maggia)

OutdoorActive: Hiking routes and maps (Hiking in Vallemaggia)

PLACES TO VISIT

Waterfall Cascata del Salto, Maggia (map / best route from Casa alla Cascata / details)

Waterfall in Aurigeno (map) (4 minutes from Maggia)

Waterfall Cascata di Giumaglio (Cascata Pózz Fróda), Giumaglio (map / details) (4 minutes from Maggia)

Waterfall Cascata delle Sponde, Riveo (map / details) (6 minutes from Maggia)

Waterfall Cascata di Foroglio, Bavona Valley (map / details) (22 minutes from Maggia)

Museum of Cevio: exhibition of the rural history of the valley (12 minutes from Maggia)

Picturesque towns of Ascona und Locarno on Lake Maggiore (15 minutes from Maggia)

Bavona Valley (Val Bavona), one of the wildest and most beautifal valleys in the Swiss Alps (off-grid) (Guardian article) (16 minutes from Maggia)

Mountain church by architect Mario Botta made of white Peccia marble and Vallemaggia granite, Mogno, Val Lavizzara (36 minutes from Maggia)

Alpine lakes of Robiei: The lakes at the foot of the Basodino glacier can be reached by cable car from San Carlo in Val Bavona (San Carlo: 30 minutes from Maggia)

Bosco Gurin, Maggia Valley: Ticino's highest village at 1500 m asl, settled by the Walser community back in the 13th century, with a museum depicting the Walser way of life (45 minutes from Maggia)

Rasa, Centovalli: a picturesque village of stone houses accessible only on foot or via cable car from Verdasio (Verdasio: 27 minutes from Maggia)

Verzasca Valley: river and hydroelectric dam (30 minutes from Maggia)

Botanical Gardens of the Brissago Islands. Also reachable by boat from Ascona) (Brissago: 25 minutes from Maggia

RESTAURANTS AND GROTTI

Grotto Pozzasc, Peccia (26 minutes from Maggia) - an absolute must! Book a table directly overlooking the river in advance.

Grotto America, Ponte Brolla (9 minutes from Maggia)

Grotto Mai Morire, Avegno (4 minutes from Maggia)

Restaurant Eco-Hotel Cristallina, Coglio (4 minutes from Maggia)

Restaurant Quadrifoglio, Maggia