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Discover the best top things to do in Valle d'Aosta, Italy including Parco Nazionale Gran Paradiso, Sentieri della Valnontey, La Thuile, Natural Park Mont Avic, Castello di Fenis, Forte di Bard, Lillaz Waterfalls, Torgnon, Rhemes Notre Dame Ski Area, Criptoportico Forense.
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1. Parco Nazionale Gran Paradiso
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 651 reviews
Reviewed By robert-ny-travel
amazing place for relaxing holidays all year round for adults and children. Tasty food, good wine, amazing view
2. Sentieri della Valnontey
3. La Thuile
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 252 reviews
Reviewed By Aerosmithkelly
We stayed in Planibel Apartments. It was a 6 bed apartment (for 4 people) but it meant that we had a spacious apartment with 2 bedrooms, 1 double bed and a bunk bed. The lounge/ kitchen also had 2 beds (sofa beds). It had a shower room and a bathroom, 2 bedrooms, the lounge kitchen had sofa, basic hob, fridge and microwave and we had a space to hang wet ski clothes and store bags. It was basic what you paid for but for us 2 adults and 8 year old and 3 year old it was brilliant. We loved it. It had a lift to the room. Then she the lift to the bottom to get to the lockers where you could store all your ski boots etc. Was great to be able to get changed walk 50 meters be on magic carpet or 100 meters and be on the gondola and up the top of the mountain. We used the Crystal childcare and can highly recommend for our 3 year old. We just used in morning and picked her up for lunch and skiing in afternoon but was available all day. We also used the butchers, supermarket, cafe with fab hot chocolate and ice cream and the pizza place nearly every day and all was perfect. Short walk into town with lots of lovely shops. Can highly recommend. Will be back.
4. Natural Park Mont Avic
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 165 reviews
5. Castello di Fenis
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4.5 based on 1,715 reviews
Among the most famous of the castles in the Aosta Valley, Fenis strikes visitors with its triumph of towers and crenellated walls. The castle sits on flat ground, which is unusual; Aimone de Challant improved it by building an impressive defensive system, which also features double curtain walls. However, more than being a fortress, the Fenis castle was a prestigious and refined residence: the courtyard and the rooms inside are rich in frescoes - the result of a decorating campaign started by Aimone’s son, Bonifacio in all likelihood. Not to miss is the famous St. George slaying the dragon by Jacquerio and his school, on the stone semicircular courtyard staircase. Many of the furnishings present, which are not original to the castle, were purchased by Alfredo d’Andrade, then Superintendent of Fine Arts, who supervised the restoration work at the end of the nineteenth century thus restoring the castle to its former glory.
Reviewed By Kingsleyjamesflint - Cossonay, Switzerland
We were delighted to finally see this beautiful castle after passing by the turnoff often on the motorway through the Aosta Valley. This is a fairytale castle of beautiful proportions, and the guided tour takes you though some lovely rooms, some of which have great frescoes of the 15C, important and intelligently restored. It is only sad that the majority of tourists coming though will be Italians and therefore there is no photographic guide available in French or English languages. The whole area is charming with delightful old houses and churches on the route going there. This, together with Issogne, is the most important and worth visiting of the many castles along the Aosta Valley. Highly recommended.
6. Forte di Bard
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2,656 reviews
Fortress of Bard complex is the protagonist of a wide project aimed at the creation of a cultural pole in the Western Alps of Italy. From impregnable defence for the valley the Fortress has been transformed into a gateway to the Alps’ culture and traditions, with a museum centre in the forefront of the international scenery dedicated to the mountain. Nowadays the Fortress offers only a part of the several activities planned by the project, whose purpose is to bring together innovative cultural spaces, services and accommodation in one single structure. To complete the project, in addition to the Museum of the Alps, The Children’s Alps, and the space for temporary exhibitions, Fortress of Bard will host two other museums (Frontiers Museum; Fortress Museum), an info-point to promote the cultural artistic heritage of Valle d’Aosta Region (already working); a school area provided with a lecture room for lessons, meetings and film projections; two conference rooms; a media centre; historical and thematic paths; a small refined hotel, a restaurant and a café (already working).
Reviewed By Naiara2013 - Criciuma, Brazil
I visited this Forte and was an incredible history and view from there. I absolutely recommend visiting it.
7. Lillaz Waterfalls
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,342 reviews
Reviewed By Janeesp - Limoges, France
We went to the waterfalls on a damp Sunday morning, we followed a path to the waterfalls and ended up climbing up the mountainside to get a better view from the bridge which is above the main waterfall. We continued on the marked path which luckily took us to a nearby lane which we followed back down to the village, personally I didn’t fancy trying to navigate our way back down the rocks we had climbed up especially as they were damp. You definitely need suitable footwear if you intend trying to see the best of the waterfalls and the stunning views over the valley from above them.
8. Torgnon
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 264 reviews
9. Rhemes Notre Dame Ski Area
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 138 reviews
10. Criptoportico Forense
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 691 reviews
The way leading to the Cryptoporticus is located in the garden on John XXIII square. It is a monumental building marking a sacred area for cult. It is a basement building with a series of windows. It was horseshoe-shaped and is formed by two parallel tunnels with barrel vaults, supported by sturdy pillars. The Cryptoporticus dates back to the Augustan age: it served mainly as a supporting structure of the land level that in that part of the city formed a slight slope from North to South, therefore creating a gap between the sacred area and the adjacent legal area. The colonnade above him served as a cornice for the two temples that stood side by side on a single podium, which could be reached by a staircase. The long east side of the Eastern Temple is well-preserved, and it can be seen nowadays, under the archdeaconry building. The Cryptoporticus therefore formed a covered walkway surrounding the sacred buildings. Its galleries represented an extension of the Forum colonnade, whose main function was to protect from rain and snow in winter and from sun in summer. During the third and fourth centuries, it probably turned to be used for goods storage.
Reviewed By wisewonderer1223 - Bristol, United Kingdom
We enjoyed our visit as part of a multi pass ticket that includes the Teatro ruins and the museum plus. The screen presentation and then to see the the well preserved ruins gives a fantastic perspective on how Aosta used to be in Roman times and how people lived then, facinating.
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