Bognanco, also known as ‘the land of a hundred waterfalls’, is the smallest valley of the Ossola and 1600 m height can be easily reached by car. It borders to the West with Switzerland, to the North with the towns of Varzo and Trasquera, to the East with the towns of Crevoladossola and Domodossola and to the South, again with Domodossola and with the Antrona valley. The main direction of the valley is East-West, parallel to the nearby Vigezzo valley and to the more distant Valtellina. Covering an area of approx. 58 sq km, it is full of terraces and mountain pastures, so much so as to have lived comfortably for centuries only through agriculture and farming, while today Bognanco lives mainly on tourism. Bognanco became famous worldwide in 1863 when a young girl discovered mineral water. Since then and until the sixties, the small spa resort became a health and wellness destination. In recent years, the valley has been equipped with a new wellness centre in the spa park and with new hotels, also at altitude, as well as with an enviable network of well looked after trails which, with the streams and cliffs, make Bognanco even more interesting for those who want to relax and practice sports.
