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Signature places
26 places we have written about
These are not certified businesses: they are the villages, the views, the trades and the traditions around the network.
Cammino
Alte Vie della Valle d'Aosta
Courmayeur (AO)
A network of long high-altitude hiking trails crossing the region from east to west, linking side valleys and alpine huts far from the more crowded centres.
Sito storico
Aosta insolita: strati romani e medievali fuori dai percorsi canonici
Aosta (AO)
The city of Aosta holds corners and architectural details that escape the hurried visitor, where the layering from Roman times to the Middle Ages can be read in the least frequented urban details. An alternative itinerary reveals the city's true character through the eyes of those who live there.
Mestiere
Textile art of Valgrisenche: the Tisserands
Valgrisenche (AO)
In Valgrisenche, the craft of working raw sheep's wool has been passed down for centuries to produce traditional drap, hand-woven fabric turned into scarves, blankets and bags. The Cooperativa Les Tisserands keeps alive a practice that has disappeared elsewhere.
Tradizione
Bataille de Reines
Aosta Valley tradition in which cows of the Valdostana breed compete in ritual contests, passed down through generations as a collective moment of identity.
Borgo
Villages of the Coumba Freida: Ollomont, Bionaz, Valpelline and Doues
Valpelline (AO)
Four villages in the Grand-Saint-Bernard valley that keep intact the memory of the Aosta Valley's agricultural and pastoral world, far from the more well-trodden tourist routes. The landscape and rural architecture tell of centuries of alpine life bound up with livestock farming and the cultivation of the land.
Villages of the Via Francigena in the upper Gran San Bernardo Valley: Étroubles, Saint-Oyen, Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses
Étroubles (AO)
Three historic villages along the route of the Via Francigena in the upper Gran San Bernardo Valley, between 1,200 and 1,600 metres, with stone and lose architecture and landscapes of high mountain pasture.
