On leaving Luino one passes through Germignaga where the local fishermen still smoke fish and one follows the indications for Bedero Valtravaglia.
The visitor should pass by the Church of San Giovanni and its bell tower. These probably formed part of an old castle, a tower of which existed until 1885. If you are bicycling then at this point you have a climb of about 3 kilometers ahead of you - the only real 'hard work' of the whole itinerary - in order to arrive at the mound on which we find the Collegiate Chapter of San Vittore a Brezzo of Bedero Valtravaglia.
Although the first documented chronicle regarding the church dates to 1137 archaeological excavations have found traces of an older building.
The church as it appears to us today is the result of successive modifications which in the course of the centuries has altered the overall architecture of the building. The facade is the result of a somewhat clumsy 'rifacimento' dating to the close of the nineteenth century: this involved the reconstruction of its upper part, together with the creation of the baptismal chapel along the left aisle. The bell tower is datable to the beginning of the seventeenth century.
The church is open to visitors during worshipping hours. Of interest in the left aisle are a number of sculptures which form a pulpit while the aisle to the right contains a Christian tombstone of the VI century, found on the site itself. It is worth looking through the partially closed doors of the sacristies, created in the sixteenth century by way of a shortening of the aisles. Besides the sixteenth-century frescoes one can also see a column to the left, testimony of an older building.
The frescoes of the apse are datable to 1510: this year is painted on a window found on the right. If the visitor now turns round one sees the truss ceiling, a recently completed work of restoration which replaced the seventeenth-century vaults that substituted the original wooden ceiling. In order to have an idea of what the central nave looked like then one should look at the aisles in which the vault ceiling has been conserved.
One should finally admire the organ built in 1871 and, if your visit takes place during the Summer months, it is worth consulting the concert programme organized in collaboration with the Province of Varese.
On leaving the church the visitor should take a look at the apses which are perhaps the parts of the whole building that are best conserved. In order to do this go back to the road and then walk around the building.
Return now to the main road and follow the indications for Domo Valtravaglia.