Ciao everyone,
So this weekend turned out to be another eventful one. With a trip to one of my favorite sites so far, the Sacra di San Michele (a.k.a. Saint Michael's Abbey). This is basically a giant church situated on top of Mount Pirchiriano, overlooking the villages of Avigliana and Chiusa di San Michele.
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| A view of the Abbey from about halfway up. |
We ended up taking a 30min. train from Torino to nearby Sant'Ambrogio and we basically hiked from there to the top of the mountain. The hike was a little strenuous and it took us a good hour and a half to get up there but it was well worth it. We were also able to see Torino in the distance since it was such a clear day! The weather here has been nuts. It's like Spring conditions in February which is really nice, but it is also the reason why I haven't made it up into the mountains for some snowboarding yet :( I think a storm is forecasted to hit next week though so I'm looking forward to that. But anyways, this place was pretty incredible, offering some of the best views I have ever seen. The structure itself is really impressive as well. There is also a number of ruins around the church that I was able to get pictures of. All in all this was a pretty good trip and I had a really good time. Check out more pictures on Facebook, there pretty impressive!
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