July 23, 2026
Starting from 10,00 €Inaugurated in 1903, it was the first sanatorium in Italy. The main building, surrounded by smaller buildings and set amid the pine forest, offers breathtaking views over the valley. Built to a design by architect Giuseppe Ramponi in an elegant Art Nouveau style, it represents the first type of sanatoriums, more similar to luxury hotels for affluent patients, with rooms for conversation, reading and music, large lounges with wide windows for meals, and single rooms with verandas and paths through the garden and the surrounding pine forest. To this day, it retains the elegance and charm of the early 20th century, bringing back to life the typical world of “The Magic Mountain.”
Guided tour by Giacomo Menini, architect, ASST Valtellina, Politecnico di Milano
Paid visit, in Italian
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Meeting point at APT Sondalo 30 minutes before the start of the visit (2:00 p.m.), transfer by shuttle bus
Bookings
By 5:30 p.m. on the previous day
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