Alpine Logistics

As it does every year, Spring arrives and casts open its doors to longer, warmer and sunnier days; nature emerges in all her glory and calls us to spend more time with her.

Being in town starts to feel a bit claustrophobic and we can never wait to spend some time in the countryside. Luckily for us Biella centre, being at the foothills of the Alpine arc, is only a few minutes away from peace and tranquillity.

 One of our favourite places is Burcina Botanical Park, an 800m-high hill turned park in the mid 1800’s by a local industrialist Giovanni Piacenza. Driven by his love for nature and passion for gardening he bought the park and started planting exotic species as well as putting the first infrastructure into place. His inspiration came largely from the English garden landscapes of the time.

The park’s 57ha now belong to Biella Council. There are a great number of botanical species present, such as the Sequoias planted in the mid-1800’s by Piacenza, as well as native trees like beech and birch.

What makes Spring most special in Burcina is the flowering of its Rhododendrons, which fill a large area of the park with a multitude of colours in May, along with the various other types of flowering plants which also add to this beautiful pallet.

Thanks to the variety of species and fantastic views onto the Alps, the park is a beautiful place to be throughout the year: walking, running, bird watching or simply relaxing in the grass.

We wanted to share this treasure with you by putting some of our many photographs of the park online. Some here below and the rest in the photo gallery under ‘Piemonte’.