By car: the A26 motorway continues as the Simplon dual carriageway. Take this road and exit at Piedimulera-Valle Anzasca.
By train: the nearest railway station is Piedimulera, 27 km from Staffa.

Macugnaga is the heart of the splendid Anzasca Valley; it has a rich heritage of Walser culture, and the town is the custodian of the living tradition of this so-called “People of the Alps”. A central part of this tradition is the Old Church in the ancient hamlet of Dorf, not far from Staffa. 

The church was built in the second half of the 13^th century, but has undergone a great deal of alteration and refurbishment. Close to the cemetery a short distance from the church stands, in all its glory, the 14^th century Old Lime Tree, in whose shade the judicial and administrative assemblies of the community were held. The majestic 700-year-old tree has a circumference of 7 metres at its base.

The parish church of Santa Maria Assunta stands in the middle of the village of Staffa; the construction of the church dates from the beginning of the 18^th century. The tall bell tower was added in 1936. The church has a rectangular plan with a single, sumptuous nave, and faces the lower valley.

A stone tablet commemorates the ascent of the Dufour peak of Monte Rosa in 1889 by Achille Ratti, the priest who was to become Pope under the name of Pius XI.