Why settle for fiction when you can experience the original?

Opening November 2025

Reservations for groups and operators are now open. Online reservations are now open with a special offer.

ORNAVASSO (Verbania)

November 22-23-29-30

December 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 20, 21, and 26, 2025

SINCE 2009 IN ORNAVASSO (VERBANIA) LAKE MAGGIORE



An elf village with entertainment and a two-hundred-meter underground tunnel with a 30-meter-high marble hall: Santa Claus awaits you here. The real Christmas just an hour from the city. A nature excursion through trails and natural landscapes.

2025 Edition: Santa's Grotto doubles the shows: Christmas Family Musical and concert featuring the great Disney Christmas classics, on all dates

Family-friendly: more services, more activities, more convenience. With an open ticket valid for 12 months, ideal for families with children.

Security: You never lose your tickets

Book now to save and secure your spot. With flexible dates (free today), if you can't make it, your ticket is valid for 12 months for all our events.

We have been serving families for 15 years.

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Freedom: you decide the length of the trip.

Half a day, a day if you want also Grotta Cruise to Stresa to the Islands of Light, a weekend.

Book only the time you want to meet Santa Claus to avoid waiting.

We know how important flexibility is with children.

PROGRAM 2024

Emotions: The Real Santa Claus

"It's really him himself!" is the phrase we've heard most often since 2009 during our encounter with Santa Claus in the underground grotto. Today, we're giving away the family photo.

The best gift is shared emotions.

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At Santa's Grotto, the authentic tradition of the Nativity Scene

A Thousand Nativity Scenes from Around the World and a New "Christmas Eve" Diorama

From Santa Claus's Grotto in Ornavasso, you can reach (also by shuttle service) the Crypt of the Nativity Scenes at the Boden Sanctuary, with the richest exhibition of nativity scenes from around the world.

At the arrival station of the nativity scenes, near the Madonna della Guardia, a new 6-meter nativity scene dedicated to Christmas Eve, with movements and effects to amaze even the littlest ones, and not only.


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Grotto, meeting Santa Claus, tea and gift
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1 family photo (10x15) printed

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Elven forest and tunnel with installations - NATIVITY SCENE

Santa Claus's letter sent from Lapland


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