This story appears in the February 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a crisp summer morning in Degioz, a slate-roofed village in northern Italy, Luigino Jocollè is sharing the local ...

Gran Paradiso is a spectacular mountain that towers to 4,061 meters, making it the highest peak entirely within Italy. It ...

the Gran Paradiso National Park, and the Pantelleria Island National Park. Want to explore Italy? Read more on the topic to better plan your trip: The Tuscan Archipelago National Park covers the ...

Here's how to climb Gran Paradiso - the highest independent peak in Italy (the Matterhorn shares its borders with Switzerland). It offers outstanding views across the Alps from its summit and is ...

Here's how to climb Gran Paradiso - the highest independent peak in Italy (the Matterhorn shares its borders with Switzerland). It offers outstanding views across the Alps from its summit and is ...