• Snowboard Cross World Cup comes to Cervinia

  Posted by Tonz on November 22, 2017 in Activity and Adventure, Breuil-Cervinia, Festivals and Events, Latest News, Matterhorn, Snowboard, No comments yet

  

  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

• Christmas markets open this weekend in the Aosta Valley

  Posted by Tonz on in Activity and Adventure, Aosta, Families, Festivals and Events, History and Heritage, No comments yet

  

  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

• Impulse Racing and PilaSki team up to offer adult performance ski training this winter

  Posted by Tonz on in Activity and Adventure, Aosta, Pila, Ski, No comments yet

  

  New for this winter season, Impulse Racing – run by Phil Brown, former National Team coach – has teamed up with Pila specialists PilaSki to offer week-long packages for adults on its performance training courses. PilaSki is a specialist tour operator to Pila and has been for many years. It works with numerous hotels, usually Read More

• Skilife, the Ski Portal for the Aosta Valley Launches

  Posted by Tim Holmes on November 17, 2016 in Activity and Adventure, Breuil-Cervinia, Champoluc, Courmayeur, Gressoney, La Thuile, Latest News, Mont Blanc, Monterosa Ski, Pila, Ski, Snow, Snowboard, No comments yet

  

  The Aosta Valley has recently launched an English language version of its new ski portal, SkiLife. This portal aims to be an in depth destination to find out all you need with regard to skiing and snowboarding in the Valley and includes snow reports, webcams and travel information amongst other news.

• “Marché Vert Noël” Christmas Market Opens Next Week

  Posted by Tim Holmes on in Aosta, Families, Festivals and Events, Latest News, No comments yet

  

  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

• Resort Opening Dates Announced

  Posted by Tim Holmes on in Breuil-Cervinia, Champoluc, Courmayeur, Gressoney, La Thuile, Latest News, Mont Blanc, Monterosa Ski, Pila, Ski, Snow, Snowboard, No comments yet

  

  The season opening dates for the major resorts in the Aosta Valley are now available as follows: CERVINIA 29 OCTOBER – 1 MAY (preopening 22/23 October) COURMAYEUR 26 NOVEMBER – 17 APRIL SKYWAY 2 DECEMBER – 31 MAY LA THUILE 26 NOVEMBER – 18 APRIL MONTEROSASKI 25 NOVEMBER – 18 APRIL PILA 26 NOVEMBER – 17 Read More

• Aosta Valley Mountain Restaurants Recognised

  Posted by Tim Holmes on in Breuil-Cervinia, Champoluc, Courmayeur, Food and Drink, Latest News, Monterosa Ski, Ski, Snow, Snowboard, Uncategorized, No comments yet

  

  The Daily Telegraph in the UK recently announced their list of the best 10 mountain restaurants in Italy and 5 out of those 10 restaurants are in the Aosta Valley. This should come as no surprise to those who have had the pleasure of eating and drinking in the Aosta Valley before whilst on the Read More

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