An easy walk from the bus stop, this church provides an unusual artistic experience to the viewer. Generally one looks at the walls or ceiling of a church, but here it's the floor which is completely covered in ceramic tile. The tile shows the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, and dozens of animals. You walk along a narrow boardwalk to take in the details and then up to the choir loft to see a panoramic view. There is a very modest entrance fee. Cash only.

If you think about it, the whole idea is asinine. Instead of serving its purpose as a floor covering, the ceramic tiles were painted with art and now people have to walk on raised gangway around the tiles so as not to obscure the view or worse, destroy it. For the rare opportunity of viewing this piece of art, it is worth a visit. Don't forget to go upstairs for a bird's eye view as you won't see the whole picture at ground level; otherwise you will literally miss the forest for the trees.

On returning from our chairlift trip up Mount Solara we visited the Church of St Michele Arcangelo close to the chairlift entry/exit. Definitely worth a visit to see the majolica tiled floor which covers the entire church ground floor and which you have to walk around via a raised wooden walkway to protect it from wear and tear and damage. You can also go to the second floor and view the whole scene in its entirety from above. The scene is the garden of Eden complete with the tree of knowledge under a starry sky, Adam and Eve, an angel and a host of animals and birds including some mythological ones. We had great fun figuring out which creatures the artist(s) had actually seen in real life and which he had to paint by making them up. We’re pretty sure he's never encountered a lion or an alligator unless in the time that these were painted they really did have human faces 😊