A beautiful walk suitable for everyone leads to the Giant Bench, located in a very panoramic position overlooking the beautiful Lozio Valley and the surrounding mountains, with a picnic area.
The Giant Bench can be reached from the hamlet of Laveno (Lozio), where there is a large parking lot, following the specific signs along a dirt road of about 2 km, flat and also suitable for families with children.
An easy route that even a child can do; the road is single, with a travel time of about 40 minutes on foot.
Lozio, also known as the Mountaineers’ Village, does not exist as a town; it is a district made up of four hamlets: Villa, Sommaprada, Laveno, and Sucinva.
The Giant Bench, aquamarine in color and marked with the number 83, is located in a place called “Dos de l’Ora“.
A few meters from the bench is also a small Picnic Area called “dei Balocchi” with charming wooden sculptures.
On this small hill, in times gone by, shepherds from the various hamlets of Lozio and neighboring municipalities would meet to spend long evenings together, admiring the view that stretches all the way to the tip of Lake Iseo and waiting for the wind (the Ora) to bring news from the valley floor.
Some trails along the route
– “The Resistance Trail” a historic trail used by partisans during World War II, approximately 15 km long, which also passes through the municipalities of Losine, Cerveno, and Malegno;
– “The Nature Trail” which runs entirely through the municipal area for approximately 20 km, reaching each of the four hamlets (Laveno, Sommaprada, Sucinva, and Villa) and passing through the varied natural landscapes of the Lozio Valley.
Free Entry
The Giant Benches, born from a simple and ingenious idea, have now become a successful phenomenon worldwide.
See also the other Giant Benches in Val Camonica
Curiosity
There’s the BBCP Passport (Big Bench Community Project). It’s a way to collect Stamps from every bench you visit on the “BBCP Passport.”
To obtain it and have it stamped, simply go to a participating point of sale (such as a café, stationery store, or newsstand) indicated by a sign near the giant bench.
The list of points of sale and updates are available on the official website of the project.
Giant Bench and Picnic Area
Location Laveno
Lozio District (Brescia)
Lombardy – Italy
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