The Val di Peio, a small valley located in the Trentino sector of the Stelvio National Park, is dotted with fir and larch forests and patches of green pastures, overlooked by the mighty spectacle of glaciers, from which clear streams flow into the valley creating waterfalls.
The horizon is occupied by the massive snow-covered mass of Vioz, on which stand out the refuge and the church, until a few years ago the highest in Europe. Then there are the larch trees of Comàsine, cradle of the Solandra mining activity, and a little further on, solitary, the church of S. Lucia.
Already inhabited by Gallic peoples, Val di Peio is a land of ancient colonization, due to the resources of the subsoil, but also to the fact that it is the corridor of passage towards Lombardy to the west, from the Montozzo pass towards Valtellina, Bormio, and towards Switzerland, further north, from the Sforzellina pass to the Gavia pass, a passage for smugglers.
