Historic cobblestone trail to San Bartolomeo Church (via S02)

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Historic cobblestone trail to San Bartolomeo Church (via S02)

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Historic cobblestone trail to San Bartolomeo Church (via S02)

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10.2km

450m

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Historic cobblestone trail from Lake Maggiore to a remote 12th-century mountain church.

Last updated: September 17, 2025

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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727 m

Start of the Walk to Lake View

Highlight • Trail

2.06 km

View of Lake Maggiore from Sant'Agata

Highlight • Viewpoint

4.67 km

Fallen Tree and Forest Stream

Highlight • Forest

Can you get to Jurassic Park through this secret passage? Try it out!

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5.04 km

View of the Church of San Bartolomeo in Montibus

Highlight • Religious Site

Halfway between Formine and Cinzago, you will come across a 12th century church with a cemetery next to it: San Bartolomeo in Montibus
The surrounding area shows that it is …

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5.41 km

Entrance to the Village of Formine

Highlight • Settlement

The village of Formine is located about 300 m above Lake Maggiore in the municipality of San Bartolomeo near Cannobio, close to the Swiss border and can only be reached via hiking trails.

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10.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.25 km

1.51 km

604 m

540 m

258 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.09 km

3.08 km

593 m

295 m

103 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (550 m)

Lowest point (200 m)

Weather

Saturday 10 October

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Comments

July 7, 2022,🇮🇹 La Marenca 3 / Runde von Cannobio über Formine und Ronco

Beautiful hike starting in Cannobio. After a decent climb to Campeglio, there are great forest passages with countless streams and small waterfalls. Via the towns of Socragno and Cinzago you come to an old Romanesque church called "San Bartholomeo in Montibus". A little further down you come to Formine, the turning point of this circuit. On the way back you …

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July 30, 2025,WfdS -85.- Cannobio - Campeglio - San Bartolomeo - Formine - Ronco

This hike leads to mountain villages where residents sometimes have different lifestyles. A freight elevator carries groceries up to 40 minutes to the house. We encountered the electricity and sewage "cables" every now and then.
We had chance encounters and struck up pleasant conversations.
Wandering through the narrow, stony alleys was very impressive.
Ronco seems to be a village where …

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June 30, 2024,Giro da Cannobio 🇮🇹

Long walk mainly in the forest with gorgeous views. Frequent fountains for drinking water. Can be hiked in half of the time it took us. But we enjoyed the great company, took many breaks and stopped by at friends.

May 23, 2023,Von Cannobio nach Formine (❗siehe meinen Kommentar❗)

We met a bear at Formine. Please walk this tour with the necessary caution.

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October 27, 2023,🇮🇹 Bergdörfer am Lago Maggiore

🔹️Sant'Agata
🔹️Socragno
🔹️Cinzago
🔸️San Bartolomeo in Montibus
(Church from the 12th century)
🔹️Ronco
🔹️Campeglio

Hiking in Italy requires a sense of adventure. Mostly. We're experiencing this 'mostly' again today, including about 4 meters wading knee-deep through a riverbed😅. There's no turning back, we agree on that. 😆
We will be rewarded with a great view of the L. M., which …

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