Bormio is a small town located in
Alta Valtellina, in the Province of
Sondrio, region of
Lombardy,
Italy. It is located near the
Swiss border where three important valleys (
Valdisotto,
Valdidentro and
Valfurva) meet
Valtellina, in the very heart of the
Alps at 1225 meters over the sea level, just below the
Monte Reit that is 3075 meter tall. Its population amounts to more or less 4000 inhabitants.
Bormio is a famous turistical center, renowed from its pre-Roman foundations for its thermal sources of hot water, then for its mountains during the 19th century and nowadays mostly for skiing in winter and trekking in summer. It is also famous for a liquor called Braulio that is brewed in town and for a mythical animal living nearby called Zebrù.
The name "Bormio" is of pre-Roman origins and probably comes from the german word "warm" related to its sources of thermal water.