It was inaugurated in 1935 as a typical Alpine landscape park in order to preserve its rich flora (edelweiss, Alpine azalea, fir tree, Swiss stone pine, European larch, mountain pine, wild strawberry, raspberry, blueberry and mushrooms), fauna (deer, fox, stoat, marmot, and the stars under its skies: golden eagle and bearded vulture) and the beauty of its Alpine landscape itself: around three quarters of its territory expand over an altitude of more than 2000 metres and reach its final peak at 3905 metres on the Ortles.

With a little less than 600km2 Lombardy covers the biggest part of the three Italian regions sharing the surface of the Stelvio National Park and plays an important traffic role in one of the biggest protected areas of the Alps.

Built between 1820 and 1825 to ease traffic and travelling between Bormio and Tirol, the SS 38 Stelvio road represents today a mandatory destination for skiers during the summer, road cyclists following the Giro d'Italia, mountaineering enthusiasts and motorcyclists as well as vintage car fans.