This historic funicular takes you to discover the village of Santa Maria and the Sacro Monte di Varese, a UNESCO heritage artistic complex.

Getting to the funicular

• By car: look at this map
• By bus: lines C from Varese. About this page

The service

• Departures every 10 minutes from Vellone (valley station) and Santa Maria del Monte (mountain station)
• Journey time: about 2 minutes
• Seats on board: 55
• When the funicular is closed, the service takes place by minibus. Downstream, the minibuses depart from Piazzale Montanari. Upstream, from Piazzale Pogliaghi (funicular station)

Timetables and fares

• Find the timetables on this pdf 
• Find the fares on this pdf

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