# Things to see in Moncenisio (Italy): 71 places and when to go

> Moncenisio is a town in Italy, and this site lists 71 places in and around it, mainly Mountains (38), Hiking (30), Nature (28). The best known are Rocciamelone, Punta Sommeiller and Mont d'Ambin. The best time to come is September; also possible: October to August. In June there are 15 h 26 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 34. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/moncenisio/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Italy · 45.2054, 6.9822
- **Places:** 71 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Mountains](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/montana/) (38) · [Hiking](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/senderismo/) (30) · [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/naturaleza/) (28) · [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/historia/) (6) · [Temples](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/espiritual/) (3) · [Snow](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/nieve/) (3)
- **Best time:** September.
- **Also possible:** October to August.
- **Nearest airport:** MXP Ferno (VA), 144 km as the crow flies
- **Highest point:** Rocciamelone, at 3,538 m.

## What to see in Moncenisio

The places in and around Moncenisio, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Rocciamelone](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rocciamelone/): Mountain of the Graian Alps · 7.5 km
- [Punta Sommeiller](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pointe-sommeiller-punta-sommeiller/): Mountain of the Cottian Alps · 13 km
- [Mont d'Ambin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/mont-d-ambin-rocca-d-ambin/): Mountain in France and Italy · 9.4 km
- [Arch of Augustus](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/arco-di-ottaviano-augusto/): Archaeological site in Susa, Italy · 9.1 km
- [Mont Giusalet](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/mont-giusalet/): Mountain in France · 4.9 km
- [Rognosa d'Etiache](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rognosa-d-etache-rognosa-d-etiache/): Mountain of the Cottian Alps · 14 km
- [Grande Traversata delle Alpi](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/gta-salbertrand-san-giuseppe-di-mompantero/): Walking path in Italy · 11 km
- [Punta Sulè](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/punta-sule/): Mountain in Italy · 12 km
- [Novalesa Abbey](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/abbazia-di-novalesa/): Building in Novalesa, Italy · 3.6 km
- [Mont Malamot](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pointe-droset/): Mountain of the Cottian Alps · 5.8 km
- [Fort of Exilles](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/forte-di-exilles/): Fort in Exilles, Italy · 12 km
- [Monte Lera (Viù Valley)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/monte-lera-orientale/): Mountain next to Viù Valley, Italy (3355 m) · 14 km
- [Monte Niblè / Pointe Ferrand](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/monte-nible-pointe-ferrand/): Mountain in Italy · 10 km
- [Refuge d'Ambin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/refuge-d-ambin/): Mountains · Hiking · 10 km
- [Pointe Niblè / Punta Ferrand](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pointe-nible-punta-ferrand/): Mountain in Italy · 9.6 km
- [Porte de Savoie](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/porta-savoia/): Building in Susa, Italy · 9.1 km
- [Punta Galambra](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/punta-galambra/): Mountain in Italy · 15 km
- [Val Cenis Vanoise](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/val-cenis/): Ski resort in Haute-Maurienne, France · 11 km
- [Arnodera - Colle Montabone](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/arnodera-colle-montabone/): Protected area in Italy · 10 km
- [Castello della Contessa Adelaide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/castello-della-contessa-adelaide/): Building in Susa, Italy · 9.1 km
- [Glacier de Rochemelon](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/glacier-de-rochemelon/): Glacier · 7.2 km
- [Gros Peyron](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/gros-peyron/): Mountain of the Cottian Alps · 14 km
- [Punta Marmottere](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/mont-tour-punta-marmottere/): Mountain in the Graian Alps · 5.8 km
- [Monte Ambin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/monte-ambin-pointe-d-ambin/): Mountain of the Cottian Alps · 12 km

And the other 47, by what you come to do:

- **Nature**: [Monta Molaras](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/monte-molaras/), [Monte Palon (Graian Alps)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/monte-palon/), [Boscaglie di Tasso di Giaglione](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/boscaglie-di-tasso-di-giaglione/), [Cime de Bard](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/cime-de-bard/), [Glacier de Charbonnel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/glacier-de-charbonnel/), [Glacier de l'Arcelle Neuve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/glacier-de-l-arcelle-neuve/), [Glacier du Baounet](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/glacier-du-baounet/), [Oasi xerotermiche della Val di Susa-Orrido di Chianocco](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/oasi-xerotermiche-della-val-di-susa-orrido-di-chianocco/), [Punta Valletta](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pointe-de-la-vallette-punta-valletta/), [Punta Mulatera](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/punta-mulatera/), [Cime du Laro](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/cime-du-laro/), [Glacier du Vieux](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/glacier-du-vieux/)
- **Mountains**: [Rifugio Cà d'Asti](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rifugio-ca-d-asti/), [Rifugio Levi Molinari](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rifugio-levi-molinari/), [Rifugio Luigi Vaccarone](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rifugio-luigi-vaccarone/), [Rifugio Camillo Scarfiotti](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rifugio-scarfiotti/), [Rifugio Ernesto Tazzetti](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rifugio-tazzetti/), [Rifugio Avanzà](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rifugio-avanza/), [Rifugio Vulpot](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rifugio-escursionistico-vulpot/), [Baita Sezionale Candido Viberti](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/baita-sezionale-candido-viberti/), [Bivacco Colle Clapier](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-colle-clapier/), [Bivacco Fratelli Chiaberto](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-fratelli-chiaberto/), [Bivacco Piero Vacca](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-piero-vacca/), [Bivacco Walter Blais](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-walter-blais/), [Il Truc](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/il-truc/), [La Riposa](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/la-riposa/), [Posto tappa Valfredda](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/posto-tappa-valfredda/), [Rifugio Cibrario](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rifugio-cibrario/), [Rifugio Stellina](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rifugio-stellina/)
- **History**: [Fortino di Serre la Garde](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/fortino-di-serre-la-garde/), [Segusium amphitheatre](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/arena-romana/)
- **Museums and art**: [Museo Civico Alpino "Arnaldo Tazzetti"](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/museo-civico-alpino-arnaldo-tazzetti/), [Ecomuseo Terre Al Confine](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/ecomuseo-terre-al-confine/)
- **Hiking**: [Chemin d'Assise, Cluny - Montcenis](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/chemin-d-assise-cluny-montcenis/), [GTA: Giaglione San Lorenzo - Susa](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/gta-giaglione-san-lorenzo-susa/), [Grande Traversata delle Alpi](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/gta-il-truc-susa/), [Grande Traversata delle Alpi](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/gta-usseglio-il-truc/), [Via Alpina Blue](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/via-alpina-blue-d32/), [Via Alpina Blue](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/via-alpina-blue-d33/), [Via Alpina Blue](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/via-alpina-blue-d34/), [Via Alpina Blue](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/via-alpina-blue-d35/), [Via Alpina Blue](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/via-alpina-blue-d36/), [Via Alpina Blue](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/via-alpina-blue-d37/), [Via Francigena](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/via-francigena-moncenisio-variant/)
- **Snow**: [Chiomonte Frais](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/chiomonte-frais/), [Stadio del Ghiaccio e Centro Fondo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/stadio-del-ghiaccio-e-centro-fondo/)
- **Temples**: [Santa Barbara](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/santa-barbara/)

## When to go to Moncenisio

The best time to visit Moncenisio is **September**; also possible: October to August. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Possible | 8 h 55 |
| February | Possible | 10 h 10 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 37 |
| April | Possible | 13 h 17 |
| May | Possible | 14 h 40 |
| June | Possible | 15 h 26 |
| July | Possible | 15 h 07 |
| August | Possible | 13 h 54 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 18 |
| October | Possible | 10 h 42 |
| November | Possible | 9 h 16 |
| December | Possible | 8 h 34 |

In June there are 15 h 26 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 34. In September, 68 of the 71 places are at their best.

When to go to Italy in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Moncenisio

The nearest main airport is Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP, Ferno (VA)), 144 km as the crow flies. How to get around Italy (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=45.2054%2C6.9822)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.2054%2C6.9822)

## Other towns nearby

- [Roure](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/roure/): 63 places · 21 km
- [Groscavallo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/groscavallo/): 81 places · 25 km
- [Avigliana](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/avigliana/): 41 places · 34 km
- [Lanzo Torinese](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/lanzo-torinese/): 30 places · 39 km
- [Luserna San Giovanni](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/luserna-san-giovanni/): 44 places · 47 km
- [Turin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/turin/): 108 places · 56 km

And all of Italy, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Moncenisio?

The best known: [Rocciamelone](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rocciamelone/), [Punta Sommeiller](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pointe-sommeiller-punta-sommeiller/), [Mont d'Ambin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/mont-d-ambin-rocca-d-ambin/), [Arch of Augustus](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/arco-di-ottaviano-augusto/), [Mont Giusalet](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/mont-giusalet/). In all, 71 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Moncenisio?

September; also possible: October to August. In June there are 15 h 26 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 34.

### How do you get to Moncenisio?

The nearest main airport is Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP), 144 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.2054%2C6.9822) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Moncenisio as the destination and these 71 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).