A medieval village on a wooded promontory of Lake Orta, gazing out at the Isola San Giulio with its ancient basilica and silent convent of Benedictine nuns.
Above the rooftops climbs the Sacro Monte, a UNESCO woodland path of chapels devoted to Saint Francis.
When to visit Orta San Giulio
Average highs and lows across the year.
What to see first
UNESCO
Sacro Monte di Orta
Orta's devotional hill of twenty frescoed chapels above the lake.
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