Getting to know Alta Valtellina surely also includes the local cuisine. Pizzoccheri, a buckwheat pasta, topped with casera and bitto cheese, Savoy cabbage and butter, and sciatt, morsels of melted cheese. Then there’s polenta taragna, venison and roe, and cured meats such as bresaola and slinzega. Delicious and robust dishes of Valtellina’s cuisine, rustic flavours and energy-rich dishes convey that concept of strength that Bormio expresses through its history and that of the Alpine territory of the upper valley.
You can enjoy the food that once nourished the locals and the many travellers who crossed the Stelvio Pass, now on the traditional menus of the restaurants of Bagni di Bormio, as well as the many local restaurants and mountain lodges found while touring Bormio and the alpine territory in which it is immersed.
We would like to suggest some restaurants where you can lose yourself in the pleasures of the table, between one thermal bath and the next, fully appreciating the typical Valtellina mountain cuisine:
- Agriturismo Rini | Excellent platters of local cured meats and cheeses; don’t miss the tales told by local history expert Simone Rini.
Via Cavalier Pietro Rini 2, Bormio; tel. +39 0342901224 - Agriturismo Baita del’ All | Satisfying every palate with a varied selection: from typical Valtellina dishes to traditional Italian flavours: simple, genuine cuisine to be enjoyed in the setting of Stelvio National Park.
Via della Mola, 23038 Valdidentro SO, tel. 338 7975672 - Sunny Valley | Mountain lodge located at an altitude of over 2,000 metres in Valle dell’Alpe near Santa Caterina Valfurva, it can be reached on foot or by cable car.
Via Roma 135, Bormio; tel. +39 0342935422. - Vecchia Combo | Culinary authenticity located in the Combo neighbourhood from which it takes its name, just across the bridge crossing the Frodolfo. With the cosy atmosphere of a family kitchen, the real home-made pizzoccheri are a must.
Piazza Santuario 4, Bormio; tel +39 0342901568.
