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Magical Christmas markets open in the Aosta Valley
Christmas has well and truly arrived in the Aosta Valley. Opened at the end of November and running until January, the ‘Marché Vert Noël’ turns a little piece of the town – the Roman Theatre – into an alpine village. With market stalls selling delicious local specialties, wines, handicrafts, traditional objects, gifts, Nordic inspirations… there Read More
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Snowboard Cross World Cup comes to Cervinia
Breuil-Cervinia, the famous skiing spot in the Aosta Valley on the Italian side of the Matterhorn, will be the setting of the World Cup for the first time, hosting an enthusiastic Snowboard Cross – SBX competition on 21st and 22nd December 2017. For those of you not familiar with this speciality, it is a spectacular Read More
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Christmas markets open this weekend in the Aosta Valley
At the Roman theatre in Aosta, from 25 November 2017 to 7 January 2018 Between November and January, the ‘Marché Vert Noël’ turns a little piece of the town – the Roman Theatre – into an alpine village. Delicious local specialities, wines, handicrafts, traditional objects, gifts, Nordic inspirations… affordable little luxuries to conjure up the Read More
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“Marché Vert Noël” Christmas Market Opens Next Week
Aosta – Roman Theatre 26 November 2016 – 08 January 2017 Between December and January, the “Marché Vert Noël” turns a little piece of the town – the Roman Theatre – into an alpine village. Delicious local specialties, wines, handicrafts, traditional objects, gifts, Nordic inspirations… affordable little luxuries to conjure up the convivial flavour Read More
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Alpine Endurance Trail Valle d’Aosta
The Aosta Valley and Fort Bard are organising a new endurance trail running event to be raced clockwise along the Alte Vie 1 and 2 high-mountain trails, at an altitude between 300 and 3,300 metres. It consists of a 350 km circuit with 25,000 m. elevation gain which starts and ends in Cogne, in the heart of Read More
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Sant’ Orso Fair
The magical Sant’ Orso fair takes place this weekend when, on 30 and 31 January, artists and craftsmen from Valle d’Aosta proudly display their works along the streets of Aosta town centre. In the Middle Ages, the Fair took place in the “Borgo di Aosta”, the area surrounding the Collegiate Church that bears the name Read More
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Meet the Winemakers of the Aosta Valley
Visit the winemakers of the Aosta Valley on Sunday 31st May. Much is rightly made at present of the provenance of wine and food with the emphasis being on local and regional production. “Cantine Aperte” is a large event which celebrates Italian wine, its people and local areas. It traditionally takes place on the last Read More
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Mezzalama Trophy
The Mezzalama Trophy is an international ski mountaineering race with classical equipment, included in the calendar of the Grande Course and in the calendar of the Long Distance World Cup of ISMF, and is open to teams composed of three athletes, even of different nationalities. The race takes place every two years on a high-mountain Read More
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Bataille de reines
Among the popular festivals in Valle d’Aosta which draw great audience participation, even from outside the region, it is the “Bataille de Reines”, where the “Reines” (Queens) are the cows who, with their production of milk, even in ancient times were the pivot of the farming economy. The event, which is centuries old, according to Read More
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Cervino Cycling Marathon 30th June 2013
The Cervino Cycling Marathon already holds a record – it is the highest cycling race in Europe with its start and finish both at 2050m in Breuil-Cervinia at the foot of one of the most iconic mountains in the world, the Matterhorn (4478m). “After hosting three stages of the Giro d’Italia with pro-riders,” says Read More