# Things to see in Santa Maria Maggiore (Italy): 76 places and when to go

> Santa Maria Maggiore is a town in Italy, and this site lists 76 places in and around it, mainly Mountains (55), Hiking (34), Nature (33). The best known are Val Grande National Park, Pizzo dell'Alpe Gelato and Pizzo di Madéi. The best time to come is September; also possible: October to August. In June there are 15 h 33 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 27. 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/santa-maria-maggiore/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Italy · 46.1346, 8.4664
- **Places:** 76 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Mountains](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/montana/) (55) · [Hiking](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/senderismo/) (34) · [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/naturaleza/) (33) · [Museums and art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/museos/) (5) · [Temples](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/espiritual/) (3) · [Wildlife](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/fauna/) (2)
- **Best time:** September.
- **Also possible:** October to August.
- **Nearest airport:** MXP Ferno (VA), 60 km as the crow flies
- **Highest point:** Pizzo dell'Alpe Gelato, at 2,617 m.

## What to see in Santa Maria Maggiore

The places in and around Santa Maria Maggiore, 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.

- [Val Grande National Park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/val-grande-national-park/): National park in Italy · 13 km
- [Pizzo dell'Alpe Gelato](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-del-lago-gelato/): Mountain shared by Switzerland and Italy · 13 km
- [Pizzo di Madéi](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-di-madei/): Mountain of the Lepontine Alps · 11 km
- [Pilone](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/cima-pian-del-bozzo/): Mountain shared by Switzerland and Italy · 11 km
- [Pizzo di Porcaresc](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-di-porcaresc/): Mountain shared by Switzerland and Italy · 12 km
- [Sacred Mount Calvary of Domodossola](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/sacro-monte-di-domodossola/): Church in Domodossola, Italy · 14 km
- [Bagni di Craveggia](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bagni-di-craveggia/): History · Hot springs · 9.0 km
- [Valle Cannobina](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/la-piota/): Italian valley · 9.6 km
- [Monte Zeda](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/monte-zeda/): Nature · Mountains · 11 km
- [Santuario della Madonna del Sangue](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/santuario-della-madonna-del-sangue/): Church building in Re, Italy · 6.1 km
- [Cima della Laurasca](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/cima-della-laurasca/): Mountain in Italy · 8.5 km
- [Pioda di Crana](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pioda-di-crana/): Mountain in Italy · 6.9 km
- [Pizzo La Scheggia](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-la-scheggia/): Mountain in Italy · 6.8 km
- [Cima Pedum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/cima-pedum/): Mountain in Italy · 10 km
- [Museo dello spazzacamino](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/museo-dello-spazzacamino/): Museum in Santa Maria Maggiore, Italy · 2 m
- [Palazzo Silva, Domodossola](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/palazzo-silva-museo-civico/): Late Renaissance noble house, housing the homonymous museum in Domodossola · 14 km
- [Pizzo Proman](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-proman/): Mountain of Italy · 13 km
- [Pizzo Ragno](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-ragno/): Mountain in Italy · 5.0 km
- [Church of Santa Maria Assunta](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/chiesa-parrocchiale-di-maria-santissima-assunta/): Temples · 40 m
- [Monte Togano](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/monte-togano/): Mountain in Italy · 7.4 km
- [Pizzo del Corno](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-del-corno/): Summit · 7.4 km
- [Pizzo Ruggia](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-ruggia/): Summit · 6.6 km
- [Bivacco Greppi Emilio](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-emilio-greppi/): Bivouac hut in Toceno, Italy · 5.6 km
- [Capanna Alpe Arena](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/capanna-alpe-arena/): Mountains · Hiking · 12 km

And the other 52, by what you come to do:

- **Nature**: [Cima del Sassone](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/cima-del-sassone/), [Cima Marsicce](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/cima-marsicce/), [Cima Saler](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/cima-saler/), [Monte Margineta](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/monte-margineta/), [Pianta Maria Bona](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pianta-maria-bona/), [Pizzo del Fornale](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-del-fornale/), [Pizzo della Rossola](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-della-rossola/), [Pizzo di Campolatte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-di-campolatte/), [Pizzo Formalone](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-formalone/), [Pizzo Nona](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-nona/), [Pizzo Stanga](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-stanga/), [Pizzo Tignolino](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-tignolino/), [Punta di Pezza Comune](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/punta-di-pezza-comune/), [Riserva naturale Monte Mottac](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/riserva-orientata-monte-mottac/), [Testa di Menta](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/testa-di-menta/), [Tramalitt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/tramalitt/)
- **Museums and art**: [Ecomuseo di Leuzerie e Scherpelit](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/ecomuseo-ed-leuzerie-e-di-scherpelit/), [Museo del Parco Nazionale della Val Grande](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/museo-del-parco-nazionale-della-val-grande/), [Museo UniversiCà](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/universica/)
- **Mountains**: [Rifugio al Cedo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rifugio-al-cedo/), [Rifugio Primo Bonasson](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rifugio-primo-bonasson/), [Rifugio Regi](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rifugio-regi/), [Bivacco Alpe Bondolo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-alpe-bondolo/), [Bivacco Alpe Cavegna](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-alpe-cavegna/), [Bivacco Alpe Fornà](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-alpe-forna/), [Bivacco Alpe Mottac](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-alpe-mottac/), [Bivacco Alpe Ragozzale](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-alpe-ragozzale/), [Bivacco Alpe Rina](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-alpe-rina/), [Bivacco Alpe Straolgio](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-alpe-straolgio/), [Bivacco Bocchetta di Campo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-bocchetta-di-campo/), [Bivacco Colma di Premosello](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-colma-di-premosello/), [Bivacco Cortechiuso](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-cortechiuso/), [Bivacco Cortina](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-cortina/), [Bivacco Lidesh](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-lidesh/), [Bivacco Pietro Amodei](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-pietro-amodei/), [Bivacco Scaredi](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-scaredi/), [Bivacco Usuelli](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-usuelli/), [Ricovero Baitin dul Peurat](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/ricovero-baitin-dul-peurat/), [Rifugio Alpe Parpinasca](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rifugio-alpe-parpinasca/), [Rifugio Casa dell'Alpino](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rifugio-casa-dell-alpino/), [Rifugio Monte Zeus](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rifugio-monte-zeus/), [Rifugio Nigritella](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rifugio-nigritella/)
- **Hiking**: [Alpe Croso Fuori](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/alpe-croso-fuori/), [Bivacco Alpe Pian di Boit](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-alpe-pian-di-boit/), [Bivacco in La Piana](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-in-la-piana/), [Bivacco Orfalecchio](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-orfalecchio/), [Bivacco Pozzolo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-pozzolo/), [Bivacco Punchia Stefano Alpe Bósa](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-punchia-stefano-alpe-bosa/), [Bivacco Val Gabbio](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-val-gabbio/), [Bivacco Velina-Baserga](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/bivacco-velina-baserga/), [Rifugio Fondomonfracchio](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rifugio-fondomonfracchio/)
- **Food and drink**: [Azienda vitivinicola Edoardo Patrone](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/azienda-vitivinicola-edoardo-patrone/)

## When to go to Santa Maria Maggiore

The best time to visit Santa Maria Maggiore 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 49 |
| February | Possible | 10 h 06 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 37 |
| April | Possible | 13 h 19 |
| May | Possible | 14 h 46 |
| June | Possible | 15 h 33 |
| July | Possible | 15 h 14 |
| August | Possible | 13 h 58 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 18 |
| October | Possible | 10 h 39 |
| November | Possible | 9 h 11 |
| December | Possible | 8 h 27 |

In June there are 15 h 33 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 27. In September, 76 of the 76 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 Santa Maria Maggiore

The nearest main airport is Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP, Ferno (VA)), 60 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=46.1346%2C8.4664)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.1346%2C8.4664)

## Other towns nearby

- [Trarego Viggiona](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/trarego-viggiona/): 41 places · 21 km
- [Quarna Sotto](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/quarna-sotto/): 45 places · 31 km
- [Rothwald](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/rothwald/): 56 places · 33 km
- [Formazza](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/formazza/): 64 places · 34 km
- [Varese](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/varese/): 47 places · 42 km
- [Macugnaga](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/macugnaga/): 148 places · 44 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 Santa Maria Maggiore?

The best known: [Val Grande National Park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/val-grande-national-park/), [Pizzo dell'Alpe Gelato](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-del-lago-gelato/), [Pizzo di Madéi](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-di-madei/), [Pilone](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/cima-pian-del-bozzo/), [Pizzo di Porcaresc](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/italia/pizzo-di-porcaresc/). In all, 76 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Santa Maria Maggiore?

September; also possible: October to August. In June there are 15 h 33 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 27.

### How do you get to Santa Maria Maggiore?

The nearest main airport is Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP), 60 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.1346%2C8.4664) opens the route on the map.

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

Create a trip with Santa Maria Maggiore as the destination and these 76 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).