Valsesia
& Vercelli

The Monterosa Ski District will open for the 2024/2025 season on Friday 6 December. Valsesia is thus preparing to welcome all winter sports enthusiasts! Snow conditions permitting, the following routes will be active: ALAGNA VALSESIA Lifts 31 Alagna-Pianalunga cableway 30 Funifor Pianalunga-Cimalegna-Salati 36 Treadmill Pianalunga 32 Chairlift Pianalunga-Bocchetta delle Pisse 37 Chairlift Cimalegna Slopes V2 Mullero V4 Cimalegna V4a Bodwitch V3 Olen V15 Pianalunga School Field Connections: Passo dei Salati open Visit the official website of the Monterosa Ski District and discover all the slope openings in real time.

With the arrival of winter, Vercelli’s museums are changing their opening hours and taking a few days off for the holidays. Here are all the closure notices and the new opening hours: Leone Museum and MAC and Archaeological Museum of Vercelli Closure to the public on Friday 1 November 2024 Winter opening hours from 1st November to 31st March 2024: Tuesday to Friday from 3.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m; Saturday and Sunday from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Francesco Borgogna Museum Closed to the public on Friday 1 November 2024 Christmas closure from Saturday 21 December 2024 to Monday 6 January 2025 inclusive. Reopening Tuesday 7 January 2025. Regular opening hours: Mondays closed; Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.; Thursdays open 1.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.; Saturdays open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (regular opening hours). Cathedral Treasury Museum Closed to the public on Friday 15 and Saturday 16 November 2024 Christmas closure from 21 December 2024 to 6 January 2025 – reopening on 8 January 2025 Regular opening hours: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 15 – 18; Saturday 10 – 12 / 15 – 18; Sunday 15 – 18

On 20 September, the Association of the Valsesian Puncetto Museum was presented in Varallo, with plans for a museum that will be set up on the ground floor of the Salone dell’Incoraggiamento in the Palazzo dei Musei in Varallo. The museum will be dedicated to one of the oldest arts and activities in Valsesia, puncetto. The museum will also offer multimedia aspects.

It was announced a few days ago during the Ente Nazionale Riso conference at the G7 Agricoltura di Ortigia: in 2025, Vercelli will host the International Rice Fair entitled ‘Risò’! The fair will involve, in addition to the Municipality of Vercelli, various organisations and entities in the area and beyond, and will take place in September.