The village is spread out on a natural terrace of the mountain, which dominates the valley floor. Numerous palaces rise from the complex tangle of houses. The evangelical church, which today retains the baroque character ensured by the 18th-century reconstruction, almost anticipates the agglomeration.

The arrival in Soglio is a dream come true. Is it the ancient palaces, houses and stables of centuries past? Or the panorama at the end of the Val Bondasca, with its pointed peaks of over three thousand metres, most of them covered in snow? Is it the chestnut and fruit trees at almost 1100 metres or the well-tended gardens? Perhaps it is the harsh contrasts between the view of the mountains, with their high peaks, and the security of a gentle landscape? The old mountain village of Soglio has many aspects. In the core are the palaces of the von Salis family. The oldest dates back to the 14th century and today houses the B&B Pension Piazza. The ‘youngest’ date back to the 17th-18th centuries, including Casa Mezzo (1696) and Casa Battista (1701), which has been a hotel since 1876 and still pampers guests today under the name Palazzo Salis. Just below the village are the many chestnut forests, with the countless chestnut trees that the Romans brought and cultivated in Bregaglia. Impressive paths lead from Soglio to its fells such as Däir (to the west) or Tombal, Plän Vest and Cadrin (to the north-east). The crossing of the Pass da la Duana into the Avers Valley begins here. Or you can comfortably descend to Castasegna, the last village before the Italian border. The painter Giovanni Segantini once said of Soglio that he may have stood on the ‘threshold of paradise’.