Italian Alpine

There are many national parks and protected regions within each country along the Alpine ranges. The Parc Nationale de Vanoise in the Rhône-Alpes is on the border between France and Italy and once through the Mont Blanc tunnel you are in Gran Paradiso National Park with the cities of Turin and Milan not too far away. Parco Veglia Devero is a natural Alpine area specifically for preserving pastureland. There are three mountain cheeses that you can find locally, but they are also transported to towns in Piedmont, as well as overseas. Parco dello Stelvio is the largest natural Alpine zone in Italy, encompassing many hamlets, small towns and mountain ranges. From Bitto, with its paler pitted pate and the inclusion of goat’s milk in the summer cheeses made in the valleys of Albaredo and high mountain pastures of Sondrio, to the cheeses of the Valtellina hills, this is a region of outstanding beauty.