Echoes in white Echoes in white
Val Brandet, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
Val Brandet, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy (© ClickAlps/Alamy)
Camillo Golgi was the first Italian to win the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1906, thanks to his discoveries on the nervous system.
Some valleys ask to be explored; Val Brandet in Lombardy, Italy, invites you to slow down and listen. Tucked inside Adamello Park and part of the municipality of Corteno Golgi—named after Nobel Prize–winning physician Camillo Golgi—this valley balances science and scenery, memory and movement.
Winter here doesn't roar; it whispers. The snow settles like punctuation marks on the landscape, pausing the world in white. Yet, amid this calm, one thing refuses to freeze—a small waterfall that keeps flowing, a reminder that even in the coldest months, some voices never lose their stream. Walking through Val Brandet feels less like a hike and more like a pause between thoughts. The crunch of snow underfoot, the sting of crisp air, the slow beat of your own heart—all tune into nature's tempo. So, if you ever find yourself in Lombardy, follow the trail where winter still speaks in ripples. Because in Val Brandet, even the frost has flow.