Chalet Caribona

The farm is located at 1800 Chalet Caribona mt.di height and 7 km from Bormio on the road to Bormio 2000. Here you will enjoy a unique and charming fully savoring the beauty of nature and enjoy tasty dishes of our valley. The farm, as well as offering services of food and accommodation, also offers ample parking for cars, motorcycles, bicycles and buses. Bormio is a town of 4,069 inhabitants in the province of Sondrio, located in Valtellina. It located in the Stelvio National Park. Bormio is a tourist resort which has hosted the World Ski Championships in 1985 and 2005. In addition to skiing Bormio is known for its thermal baths, mentioned since the time of the ancient Romans. The spas are three: the Baths of Bormio, which are located on the territory of Bormio, and two factories, the Bagni Nuovi and Bagni Vecchi, who are on the territory of the village of Premadio of the neighboring town of Valdidentro. The center of Bormio is one of the most important the region and among the best preserved in the Alps. A simple visit can make people understand the high degree of well-being achieved by the village in past centuries. Moreover, even in the fourteenth century, the "Magnificent Land" had the appearance and organization of their real small town. Along the central and busy Via Roma you will come across significant religious buildings, such as the former church of the Holy Spirit and the ancient Church of San Vitale, this post just about the middle of the street. Walking through the streets and alleys of the old town you can admire many fine historic portals, finely carved and processed, and refined by local stone finishes. Often the old houses of Bormio have, on the outer walls, beautiful fragments of frescoes. Beyond the river Frodolfo, beyond the quaint and old bridge, there is the district of Combo, where there are beautiful buildings, including the church of Redwing (or the patience) of the fourteenth century and the charming Church of St. Anthony ( or the SS. Crucifix), prior to the fourteenth century and the "cradle" of the usual SS. Crucifix, transported, with solemn and impressive procession - issued only in exceptional cases, to implore special graces - along the town's streets. EVENTS OF TRADITION Gabinat The Gabinat is an ancient tradition in use on the day of January 6th. Vespers of the vigil, to those of the Epiphany is unleashed among the local population a real contest in preventing those who meet with the motto "Gabinat!". One who has been prevented must "pay" the Gabinat by 17 January, the day of St. Anthony, offering simple desserts or a glassful. Gabinat is a dialect word that comes from the German geben-nacht or night of the gifts and indicates the day of the Epiphany. Geneiron The Geneiron, is a rite of pre-Christian origin, which has survived until today. The tradition states that on the evening of January 31 the boys Bormio transiting through the streets of the country by dragging the "tolle" (tin containers, such as cans, sheet metal parts, etc.) with the intent to make noise to awaken spring. The ors de lair Tradition ORS de den, scheduled for February 2, is an ancient custom of the local population which is to dump someone from home using a pretext ironic. The victim is then received by those who have played the joke with the greeting "This is boring the ors of the den" (the bear came out from the den). Again, the release of '' bear 'from winter hibernation, wants to signify the end of winter and announcing the spring is upon us. The Carneval Mat The Carneval Mat is an ancient tradition dating back to the fifteenth century. From the day of St. Anthony Abbot and for a whole week the mat (youth of the country) took power in the country and under the crown Kuerc the mayor of the Mat. The borminoillimitata jurisdiction. He went to collect money in the streets and homes of individuals who were financing them despite the revelry of carnival mat. The mayor of the Mat in a speech this week by "putting in Piazza" all uncomfortable secrets and the events that occurred during the year. The riotous week ended at the foot of Kuerc, where it was set up by the harlequins, helpers and defenders of the Podesta, a large polentata they attended the country's poor. At the end of this week the mayor of the Mat lost his powers and almost always reduced to poverty. chosen could not refuse the assignment and became the Monarch of Fools, thus being led to the ousting Palazzo Podesta true of the County. For seven days he held the power that allowed him to have This tradition was first abolished in 1755 by a decree of the Three Leagues as the government did not tolerate Grisons influences on power. However the protest bormini, linked to this age-old tradition, induced the government Grisons in 1766 to revoke and replace with another decree in which it was said that it was not going to abolish those of the Three Leagues entertainment, provided you do not commit violence and above He respected the Palazzo del Podesta. The Pasquali The Pasquali are floats with religious themes. They are made by the citizens of Bormio, which divided into five departments (Major Dossorovina, Buglio, Combo, Dossiglio), will compete in the parade that takes place on Easter Sunday. The wagons are symbolic representations of religious, are composed of sedans wood, these stretchers, on which are placed the precious craft works. Processing Pasquali begins, already after Christmas, the work, I involve both adults and children, and are conducted in complete secrecy, to avoid the 'spy'. The victory is awarded to Pasquale who gets the best estimate based on various criteria: aesthetics, religious significance and quality of workmanship. The tradition of Easter derives from the old custom of the sacrifice of the lamb, and is present only in Bormio and in Rome and nowhere else. Originally, in fact, Easter was a building on which citizens of the various departments placed the sacrificial lamb to be offered to God. The desire to beautify, decorating your Easter wagon, transformed the primordial use in a real competition that survives until to our present day.