NaturaLys (from Natura and Lys, the river that runs through the valley) was founded in 2008 when the owners decided to buy four beehives for family honey production. The desire was to return to tending bees, as their grandparents had already done in Gaby years before, and to start an activity in close contact with the surrounding nature. Since that year, the number of families has grown.
In 2012, they also started growing vegetables: potatoes, courgettes, pumpkins, ribs and chops, salads, onions, carrots... and everything else that can grow at this altitude. The natural and agricultural context in which the farm is located makes it possible to obtain genuine products of high organoleptic quality.
The vegetables are sold freshly picked and also processed into many delicacies in the workshop, as are the small fruits (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, and currants) that are cultivated on an area of 2500 square metres.
Since spring 2015, a dozen colourful laying hens have joined the family.

Products

Acacia, chestnut, wildflower and rhododendron honey
Fruit jams and vegetable compotes and chutneys
Cultivation of vegetables and small fruits and vegetables (raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, currents and blackberries).

For the shop’s opening times, please contact the farm directly.

Visit to the farm with product tasting

The farm owners love to tell people about their work to all those want to get to know the life of mountain farmers, the fascinating world of honey and the life of bees.
Cost of the visit + tasting per person: 16 € adults, 10 € children 4-12 years, free for children under 3 years.
Number of visitors required for the visit: min. 8 paying visitors.
Duration of the visit : about 1 ½ hours.

Educational workshops

Workshops are organised for schools and summer centres tailored to the needs, interest and age of the children.

How to get there

From Pont-Saint-Martin, go towards Gressoney. Immediately after the built-in area of Issime you will come to the village of Zuino; turn right onto a private road immediately after the Gaby power station.
Descending from Gressoney towards Pont-Saint-Martin, turn left following the signpost on the regional road which indicates the farm, in Zuino, the last hamlet of Gaby before entering into Issime.