Stop 03
The Iron That Tells
On the spotPhotoQuestion
Between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries Orta flourished by hammering iron. Look up: the smiths left light signatures, hanging over the street.
World · Piedmont
Giulio and the Dragon, Orta San Giulio
A walled garden on the lake, an island that keeps silent, a mountain of terracotta saints. And a dragon that never left.
GGYour guide: Giulio
8hours
29quests
7stamps
2prizes
Where it is played
Giulio and the Dragon, Orta San Giulioon foot · 29 quests
OpenHiddenUnlocks
“I am Giulio, a Greek preacher. According to tradition, around 390, I crossed this lake on my cloak and freed the island of snakes and dragons. So they say. I will tell you how it really went: the dragon was never driven out completely. It hid in the details.”Giulio
The walk
One walk, at your own pace
On foot
29
stopsOn foot, ferry to the island
9 with a photo4 hidden3 unlocked by completing others
A taste
Taste four stops
What the narrator asks you. The answer, and the true fact behind it, is for you to find on the spot.
Stop 07
The Minaret on the Lake
On the spotPhotoQuestion
A textile industrialist dreamed of the East and built it for himself in Orta. His love is still written on a gate.
Stop 15
The First Was the Last
On the spotQuestion
Here you read backwards: the chapel that closes the path was the first to be built. Ask the friars, if you meet them.
Stop 25
The Humpback Bridge
On the spotQuestion
On the other side of the lake, in front of the island, a bridge arches over the stream like a cat stretching.
Stamps and prizes
7 stamps, 2 prizes
MM
The CloakHC
Hortus ConclususST
Terracotta SaintIO
Idyll of OrtaOC
Beyond the HillSS
On the Opposite ShoreDD
The DragonThe prizes
Keeper of the Walled GardenDragon Hunter