{"id":1091,"date":"2026-06-07T19:45:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/item\/centovalli\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:04:10","slug":"centovalli","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/item\/centovalli\/","title":{"rendered":"Centovalli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.6;color:#3a352f;\">The Centovalli, the valley of a hundred valleys, links Locarno with the Italian Domodossola. Through the wild gorge landscape runs the Centovalli Railway, a narrow-gauge line over numerous bridges and through tunnels, past chestnut forests and waterfalls, especially impressive in autumn.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Centovalli Railway over bridges and through tunnels<\/li>\n<li>Wild gorges and chestnut forests<\/li>\n<li>Cross-border to Domodossola<\/li>\n<li>Autumn colours especially beautiful<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<table class=\"at-vergleich\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Route<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Locarno \u2013 Domodossola (Italien)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Railway<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Centovalli Railway (narrow-gauge)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Landscape<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Gorges, chestnut forests<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Tip<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Autumn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Practical info<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f1ec;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Getting there:<\/strong> Boarding in Locarno; cross-border to Domodossola.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Best time:<\/strong> Year-round; autumn colours in October.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Cost:<\/strong> Train ride payable (please verify).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Safety:<\/strong> Comfortable train ride.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:12px 0 4px;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;\">\n<li>Plan stops in mountain villages for short hikes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Background &amp; History<\/h2>\n<p>The Centovalli, the \u201chundred valleys\u201d, are a wildly romantic gorge in Ticino through which the river Melezza carves its way from Locarno to the Italian border. The region owes its vivid name to the countless side valleys and steep ravines that fall away from the slopes into the main gorge and strongly fragment the terrain. For centuries the people in the scattered mountain villages lived in great poverty from meagre arable farming, from chestnut forests and from livestock farming, which is why many of them had to seek their fortune as emigrants in distant lands and in some cases returned only late.<\/p>\n<p>An old tradition of the region is the working of lavez, a soft soapstone from which the inhabitants made heat-resistant pots, stoves and crockery, a craft deeply rooted in the history of the valley and reaching back into prehistoric times. The Centovalli became famous above all through the Centovalli Railway, opened in 1923, which runs on a narrow gauge from Locarno across to Domodossola in Italy. On its journey it crosses bold viaducts and passes through deep gorges, past chestnut groves, hamlets and waterfalls. This railway made the once secluded valley accessible and today ranks among the finest mountain routes of the Alps.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#221c1a;color:#fff;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 22px;margin-top:28px;\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.08em;\">Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0 12px;color:#d8d2cc;font-size:14px;\">To make your trip run smoothly , our guides and gear tips for this destination:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;\"><a href=\"\/en\/wanderschuhe\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hiking boots \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/ausruestung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Gear &amp; reviews \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Centovalli, das Tal der hundert T\u00e4ler, verbindet Locarno mit dem italienischen Domodossola. Durch die wilde Schluchtenlandschaft f\u00e4hrt die Centovalli-Bahn, eine Schmalspurbahn \u00fcber zahlreiche Br\u00fccken und durch Tunnel, vorbei an Kastanienw\u00e4ldern und Wasserf\u00e4llen, besonders eindrucksvoll im Herbst. Highlights Centovalli-Bahn \u00fcber Br\u00fccken und durch Tunnel Wilde Schluchten und Kastanienw\u00e4lder Grenz\u00fcberschreitend nach Domodossola Herbstf\u00e4rbung besonders sch\u00f6n Gut [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1120,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","citadela-item-category":[39],"citadela-item-location":[67],"class_list":["post-1091","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-ausflugsziele-sehenswuerdigkeiten","citadela-item-location-tessin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1091"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1477,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1091\/revisions\/1477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=1091"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=1091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}