{"id":1557,"date":"2023-09-22T15:47:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T15:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guidesi.ch\/2023\/alpine-valleys\/"},"modified":"2023-09-26T16:44:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T16:44:05","slug":"alpine-valleys","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/guidesi.ch\/en\/alpine-valleys\/","title":{"rendered":"ALPINE VALLEYS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1557\" class=\"elementor elementor-1557 elementor-1547\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c34fcbf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c34fcbf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c0db361 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c0db361\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/guidesi.ch\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1400x700_territorio_valli_bavona.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1550\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guidesi.ch\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1400x700_territorio_valli_bavona.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/guidesi.ch\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1400x700_territorio_valli_bavona-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/guidesi.ch\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1400x700_territorio_valli_bavona-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/guidesi.ch\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1400x700_territorio_valli_bavona-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bcb29b2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3bcb29b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fead3ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fead3ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Despite its southern position which might suggest otherwise, the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland is a fairly mountainous area, where precipitous cliffs and steep mountain sides contain pristine valleys, which are relatively unexplored. These remote valleys, of unique beauty, hide small hamlets, each with stone or wooden houses and its own little church, witnesses to a simple and hard life, yet one based on priceless human values. Here, history and traditions are the foundations of the present. 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