Where to eat: Champoluc/Ayas/Antagnod

VEGETATION
Mixed woodland consisting of Larch and Red Spruce. Undergrowth: Rhododendrons and Juniper.

HOW TO GET THERE
You take the local road which leads from the centre of Antagnod to Barmasc.

PANORAMAS
Opposite you, you can see the Corno Bussola and the Corno Vitello and if you look northwards you can enjoy a marvellous view of the Monte Rosa range.

WALKS
• From the service area you can make your way to Colle Portola and Mount Zerbion or you can take a quiet walk along the Rû Courtod which flows a short way above the service area itself. You can also make your way down to the village of Antagnod along an easy mule-track.

VEGETATION
Thriving woodland, almost all Red Spruce with sporadic Larch specimens. Undergrowth composed of Juniper, Heather, Berberis and Blueberry.

LOCATION
It can be reached by taking the regional road in Valle d’Ayas, after passing the town of Champoluc.

AREA PANORAMA
The area, located at the end of the valley, provides views to the South-East of Becca Piure, to the South Mount Zerbion, to the North Rocca di Verra, Breithorn and Rocce Nere.

EXCURSIONS
• Using the cableways you can arrive to Crest from where you can admire Mount Testa Grigia and reach the village of Cunéaz, a typical mountain settlement, as well as Lakes Pinter and Perrin.
• By crossing the River Evançon near the Frachey district you can arrive to Tournalin valley and Colle di Nana.
• The town of Saint-Jacques is the departure point for ascents to the Mount Rosa range via Verra Valley; it is also possible, departing from the same town, to reach Colle delle Cime Bianche.

The hut, situated at 1938, is a typical stone and wood chalet with a wonderful view of the valley and offering lunches, dinners and snacks. Booking required for dinner.

In winter cablecar car access, in summer cable car access and with track - or 45 minutes on foot from Champoluc.

TEMPORARILY CLOSED

The refuge can be reached on foot in approximately 2 hours. The path starts in Saint Jacques.
Free shuttle service run by the owner for lunch guests.
Will open for groups of at least 20 people when closed.
Picnic groups welcome with mandatory beverage purchases.

TEMPORARILY CLOSED

Situated in Resy, easily reachable in 45 minutes from the St. Jacques trail, it offers typical cuisine, extensive garden with view of Valle d’Ayas.

This warm and cozy refuge has an adventurous and Tibetan atmosphere. The cuisine is simple and typically local. The refuge is a 45 minute walk from the hamlet of Saint-Jacques.

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For real foodies and for those who seek an elegant restaurant and an innovative unexpected cuisine, Aethos Monterosa offers a fine dining experience in its 1568 Restaurant.
Opened on July 2018, the 1568 Japanese steakhouse Restaurant proposes a the exquisite harmony of fresh, European ingredients prepared with traditional Japanese techniques.

From raw delicacies to perfectly aged meats, every dish is a culinary masterpiece.

Open in the winter season 2018, it has a warm, modern atmosphere, excellence in the kitchen and at the bar. Menu proposal change seasonally and range from local dishes and original proposals of fish and gourmet. The large outdoor terrace is an invitation to stop to admire the landscape and to relax during lunch, aperitif or a snack. Suitable for lunch that break a day of skiing, a romantic dinner, a special event in an excellent location or a break between a slope and another.
Abri du ski suggests some theme evenings that include, in winter, transfer with snowcat. This place is also available for private events.

The  Alpine Forest Hotel offers modern cuisine in its restaurant "Alla Bettolina", open not only to hotel guests but also to those who want to enjoy two incredible menus: one that celebrates authentic flavors and local products, and another dedicated to sushi lovers.

Discover a unique mix of flavours, nature and fun. Experience a journey every day different cuisine where territory and fresh ingredients come together to create dishes unforgettable

Located at an altitude of 2400 m, with a spectacular view of the Alps, from the Matterhorn to the Monte Rosa glacier, and a breathtaking view of Champoluc.
The Baita Belvedere, open in winter (from early December to mid-April) and in summer (from mid-June to mid-September), offers a rich and carefully prepared cuisine.

In winter, it can be reached by skiing during the day, and in the evening by snowcat or snowmobile (reservation required).
In summer, it can be reached by a walk of about 40/50 minutes via path n.10A from the arrival of the Champoluc-Crest gondola, or by path n.10 from the arrival of the Frachey-Alpe Ciarcerio funicular.

The restaurant is in the center of Champoluc, with its wooden and stoned alpine interior, it offers tasty and fine dishes and inviting aperitifs.

The restaurant is located at the arrival of the chairlift Alpe Mandria.
The Tibetan flags, constant presence in every base camp, are a sign of welcome.
The interior tables are 14, in homage to the eight thousand Himalayans.
On the walls, the images tell of distant countries, with an eye to the landscapes of the Aosta Valley.
The cuisine offers the flavors of the Aosta tradition with an attention to local products, classics of Italian cuisine and ethnic cuisine.
In winter accessible by ski lift, in summer with ski lifts and by trail - 40 minutes walk from the Alpe Ciarcerio.

The spacious dining room, made of larch wood, gives the hotel the distinctive mark of his elegant mountain style.
The atmosphere is made warm and inviting by paintings, sculptures and furniture from the classic mountain enviroment.
Extensive valley dweller menu from which guests can choose from a menu with 4 choices, including a vegetarian menu.
Wines have always been the strength in the quality and variety of our restaurant; Cellar with over 300 wines, ales and spirits.

Restaurant located near the arrival of Crest gongola, it serves local and national cuisine overlooking a unique panorama in both summer and winter. A restaurant where you can enjoy both a quick snack or a full meal with friendly and expert service.
In winter cablecar car access, in summer cable car access or with track - 40 minutes on foot.

The restaurant is in Saint-Jacques. Simple but high quality dishes : sweet and salted crêpes, lots of fontina cheese and motzetta (dried, tender, tasty and aromatic meat), Aosta Valley salads, excellent ice creams and, at least, the valdostana coffee, an alcoholic special coffee, served in the Friendship cup.

In an ancient rascard built on 1721 in Frantze village, a welcoming and traditional environment, this restaurant offers typical dishes and good wines are served for dinner or for a ski break in a friendly atmosphere.
In winter ski or snowshoes access, in summer cablecar access, from Crest - 10 minutes on foot - or with track from Champoluc – 45 minutes on foot -

Winter: open as a bar, and for dinner on saturday night

Typical wood and stone alpine restaurant with fireplace, in Champoluc, zeko mile and fine cuisine. Welcoming and family atmosphere.

The restaurant, inside the apartment-hotel, is for guests and non-residents that want taste the typical local cuisine, enriched by an unique and unforgettable flavour thanks to the experience and the atmosphere.

La Grange, managed by brothers Chicco and Giò from 1985, is located in Frachey, close to funicular starting point, 1,5 km to Champoluc.
The excellent cuisine, directy followed by the owners, offers traditional and not dishes, the à la carte menu has a good selection of meat and game with polenta, fresh hand made pasta and desserts, all accompanied by some good music and friendliness.
Good cellar with over 80 labels.
Booking recommanded

La Maison du Braconnier offers typical Aosta Valleys dishes with game speciality, the à la carte menu allows a wide choice of what you most want to taste.
The restaurant is on a plateau at 2000 mt. high, with a wonderful vue over Monte Rosa Massif.

A family-run restaurant, with a local typical cuisine, where the young and dinamic staff is available for guests day and night, ready to satisfy the demand of downhill skiers, ski mountaineers and simple food lovers, that with snowmobile or snowcat love to have dinner at high altitudes, enjoying a wonderful panorama.
On the large terrace you can eat outside or sunbath and enjoy the sunset at the end of the day.
In Winter it can be reached by ski starting from Frachey, Champoluc or Gressoney La Trinité Ski facilities or snowshoeing in 45 minutes from the arrival point of funicolar Frachey - Alpe Ciarcerio.
In Summer 1 hour 30 minutes on foot from Frachey and 45 minutes from the arrival point of funicolar Frachey - Alpe Ciarcerio or by off road.

The La Meridiana restaurant offers national cuisine alternating with Aosta Valley cuisine.

It is a small place characterized by a splendid stone vault which makes the environment warm and welcoming.

Nearby ski slopes, but in the same time far from the chaos, L’Aroula in the typical Walser village of Cuneaz offers refreshment to body and soul with courtesy, quality and reasonable prices.
The restaurant is on the Alta via trail n. 1 and the Great Walser Path.
High altitude dinners every evening by reservation. The menu can be à la carte or bourguignonne and raclette at € 20 per person.
In winter cablecar access and Monterosa-ski snow cat, in summer cable car access and with track - 20 minutes on foot from Crest or 1 h. on foot from Champoluc.

Reservation recommended.

A quiet restaurant situated among the mountains of Val d’Ayas, where diners can sample traditional local dishes.

In a typical warm, welcoming wooden chalet, the restaurant serve typical local produce, paying particular attention to quality. In addition to traditional dishes, guests can enjoy others from the Haute Savoie area, such as pierrade, bourguignonne, chinoise and raclette.
Children are very welcome: they will find special kids’ menus, toys to play with both indoors and out, as well as high chairs and changing tables.

Inside the hotel of the same name, this restaurant with an intimate atmosphere offers a perfect meeting place to relax.
You can let yourself be tempted and savor the pleasure of good food, thanks to the chefs’ proposals: every day they prepare delicious appetizers and tantalizing vegetables, followed by the best dishes of the Italian gastronomic tradition. The cellar is well stocked, with labels ranging from the best regional and national wines.

Le Sabot is a rustic mountain restaurant that with its typical wooden furniture creates a warm and welcoming atmosphere, as well as offering its guests the warmth and intimacy of a familiar atmosphere.
This restaurant is particularly suitable for couples, families, friends and bus groups.

The restaurant is located on the main street of Champoluc, shortly after the departure of the Champoluc-Crest cableway.
The restaurant with a typical mountain atmosphere, warm and well cared for, offers typical Aosta Valley cuisine accompanied by excellent wines from all over Italy.

Open every day for lunch. The evening take-away service is available on weekends. Reservation recommended.

Le Solitaire is a typical mountain hut with wood and stone finishes, which make the atmosphere warm and welcoming. The service is simple and accurate.
In the large room you can taste the dishes of the Aosta Valley culinary tradition.
The panoramic position and the large open spaces allow you to admire the magnificent surrounding environment.
In the summer, numerous games are available for children.
The restaurant has its own parking and another large parking lot is available 50 meters from the restaurant.

The owners and staff of the Essentiel will welcome you to the premises of the new headquarters with warmth and kindness. The restaurant, in addition to offering traditional dishes from the Aosta Valley and revisited classics of Italian cuisine, offers fish specialties.
You can enjoy cocktails and fine digestives in the adjacent “Santé” Bar.

The restaurant is located in the beautiful bourg of Antagnod,with a typical mountain atmosphere, warm and well cared for, offers typical Aosta Valley cuisine accompanied by excellent wines from all over Italy.

Local with a heterogeneous offer, Lo Bistrot is a Bar Cafeteria, Restaurant and Pizzeria.
Located in the center of Champoluc, opposite the ski lifts, it is open every day for lunch and dinner. The Bistrot has a warm and familiar atmosphere, the cuisine is based on typical dishes, with homemade desserts and a well-kept wine list.

The restaurant of Hotellerie de Mascognaz is in the Mascognaz village, inside a restored typical XVII century rascard and is equipped with two warm and pleasant dining rooms. Reachable by foot or by restaurant owned means of transport – by snowmobile in winter and with off-road vehicle in summer - Lo Pejo porpose traditional local and international cuisine dishes.

Reservation required.

Renovated typical stone and wood chalet in Ciarcerio, the restaurant is easily accessible on foot from the arrival of the Frachey funicular and it is close to the starting point of La Mandrai chairlift, junction to Champoluc and Gressoney.
Lo Retsignon is structured on two levels with two different terraces : the front big one and the smaller one on the side, which has a wonderful panoramic view. The cuisine offers specialities which are part of mountain gastronomic culture like polenta concia and Aosta Valley soup and classic dishes like pasta, hamburger and fries and salads, to be enjoyed in a warm welcoming environment.

Booking recommended.

This restaurant is located at 2080 m. high, at a very short distance from Crest gondola arrival. The cuisine is open from breakfast to dinner and offers local products and homemade specialities. Suitables for dinners at high altitude, the intimate and welcoming environment gives comfort on winter days and the solarium terrace allows you to enjoy the warm spring and summer days.

From the restaurant, situated near the Ostafa cable car station you can admire a wonderful panorama.
House specialties are the first courses with fresh pasta, but don’t forget also the polenta and the Aosta Valley soup.
In winter cable cars access, in summer cable car access or with track - 1 h 30 minutes on foot from Champoluc.

The cuisine prepared by the owners of the hotel of the same name offers local dishes and, in the summer, at zero km thanks to fresh vegetables coming from their own garden.

The restaurant is inside the hotel, in a characteristic and well-kept environment.
The owner pays directly attention to the cuisine, offering local and national dishes.

Restaurant 1903 embraces a philosophy of 0 km cuisine that offers a unique gastronomic experience, where a focus on sustainability and quality local ingredients is at the heart of every dish.

The menu changes frequently according to the availability of seasonal ingredients, offering the guests a variety of dishes that celebrate the richness and diversity of the region. Each dish is designed to bring out the authentic flavours of local ingredients, often revisited with a creative and innovative touch by the chef.

The wine list includes a selection of over 100 choices, offering a variety of tastes perfectly matched to the dishes on the menu. In addition, the restaurant offers craft beers and fresh fruit juices.

Restaurant open for lunch with simple dishes for workers or turists, for dinner, upon reservation, typical dishes and wines from the area are served.
Animals not accepted.

The past and the present meet in an intimate and elegant atmosphere.
The restaurant is inspired by the cuisine of yesteryear, emphasising organic, seasonal and sustainable products, with a focus on the use of local raw materials

Reservation required.

Located on the central street of Champoluc, in a mountain restaurant, with fine and well-kept boiserie, the Sans Souci is a Brewery-Brasserie that pays great attention to the choice of beers on offer, so much so that it belongs to the Club Chimay Dorée. Within the participating establishments, it is possible to taste exclusively the Chimay Dorée on tap, as well as Chimay’s range of other bottled beers. All the Club’s premises have been selected according to strict criteria of quality of beer service, which make them real cradles of the Belgian brewing culture in Italy.
The young and trained staff will be able to recommend the perfect choice from the rich menu that offers tasty sandwiches with homemade bread and with zero km meats.

Brasserie with a convivial and informal atmosphere in which to be inspired by the flavours of Italian Alpine cuisine.
The dishes, prepared with fresh, locally sourced ingredients, offer a distinct and delicious take on this incredible destination.
The Summit is enhanced by a beautiful dehors, where you can dine al fresco surrounded by the mountains, far from the road.

Also open to external guests, by reservation.

A very warm and cosy rustic mountain chalet where it is possible to enjoy typical dishes of Valle d'Aosta cuisine, cared for directly by the owner and equipped with a panoramic terrace where you can have lunch in the open air or sip a good wine.
The Taconet Rifugio Paradisia is located on the slopes of the Monterosaski area, from which you can enjoy a breathtaking panorama of the upper Ayas Valley.

During the summer, the restaurant can be reached by a walk of about 20 minutes from the arrival point of the Frachey-Ciarcerio funicular railway, offering a panoramic route.

During the winter it can be reached on skis, snowshoes or by booking a dinner at altitude, thanks to the snowcats.

The chalet is designed to be accessible to all, ensuring an enjoyable and inclusive experience.

Coffered ceiling and period boiserie are the backdrop for your dinner in excellent company.The green flower garden is the setting for a light and relaxed lunch.We will cook family recipes for you, with mountain herbs and alpine products we will tell you about our steep and generous territory.

The restaurant of the hotel is in a rustic mountain chalet, surrounded by the greenery. The cuisine is simple, prepared and of excellent quality. It offers mountain local dishes with farm-to-table ingredients and italian dishes, prepared with love and passion by the chef Cristina.

The West Road is inside the California Hotel, in the middle of nature of Frachey. This restaurant offers traditional local and italian dishes and it is the unique place in Ayas where Guinness beer is served. As every Irish pub, West Road has a pool table and a dart game in its dining room.

Churen offers a wide range of pizza and in the restaurant menu you can find simple dishes, prepared with fresh and fine ingredients.
Large dehor for lunch, dinner and snacks for relax yourself surrounded by the wonderful panorama.

In a welcoming atmosphere you can taste typical dishes and a selection of pizza.