Going down from the Formazza Valley it is possible to reach – to the south – the Antigorio Valley.
The Antigorio Valley (Val Antigori in Piedmontese and in Lombardy, Eschental in German) is one of the alpine valleys that branch off from the Val d'Ossola (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province).
Here nature offers shows created by water throughout history: the most famous are the Orridi di Uriezzo, deep and winding cavities carved into the rock by the millennial action of glaciers and streams (including the water of the Toce river). You can visit the interior of the horrid on foot (with ease in periods of less water flow) and admire the overhanging walls from the wavy lines. In Premia, in Uriezzo, there are Orridi di S. Lucia, from Balmasurda and Arvera, equally spectacular. In Croveo, a hamlet of Baceno, you can visit the Marbles of the Giants, fascinating forms of circular erosion in the rock, beautiful coves and hemispherical cavities dug by the force of water.
The Antigorio Valley is entirely covered by the Toce river and extends from Domodossola to the hamlet of Chioso di Premia, including the municipalities of Crodo, Baveno and Premia. Its continuation to the north is called Valle Formazza, while from Baceno the Valle Divedro opens to the north-west, from which you reach the Alpe Devero.
Worthy of cultural mention is the ancient Walser village of Salecchio (1,320 meters above sea level) and the Parish Church of San Gaudenzio a Baceno, which stands majestically on the rocky outcrop that dominates the Orrid of Silogno, right in the center of the village. The importance of the village increased during the century. XIII, a period in which several extensions were also made to the parish church, of which there is already evidence of a document dating back to 1,039, when the building consisted of a chapel then incorporated in the twelfth century in what is now the central nave.
The Antigorio Valley is entirely covered by the Toce river, and extends from Domodossola to the hamlet of Chioso di Premia, including the municipalities of Crodo, Baceno and Premia. Its continuation to the north is called Val Formazza, while from Baceno the Devero Valley opens to the north-west, from which you reach the Alpe Devero.
From the orographic point of view, the valley separates, in the Lepontine Alps, the Alps of Monte Leone and the Gotthard to the west by the Ticinese Alps and Verbano to the east.
The main activity of the valley is the extraction of the local stone, the serizzo. Crodo is a spa of considerable importance and is home to the production of the “Crodino” non-alcoholic aperitif, known all over the world, while at Premia a spa center has been developed using the properties of a hot water source.
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