Where to sleep: Arnad, Hône, Pontboset, Verrès, ** Valle d'Aosta **

The Le moulin des Aravis holiday farmhouse is located within a historic building which was a sawmill in the seventeenth century.
The holiday farmhouse offers its guests rooms and meals.

The hotel is at the beginning of the Ayas Valley and near the motorway toll gate. Relais St. Gilles is the ideal base for exploring Val d'Aosta.
The rooms have all modern conveniences.
A refined, inviting restaurant caters for your every need.

At the very beginning of the Val d'Aosta, the Armanac de Toubïe, a bar, restaurant, pizzeria and two star hotel, is within easy reach of Italy's principal, northern cities.
The warm atmosphere of the bar and restaurant derive from their rich, traditional and antique influence.
The hotel is run by its owners, who pay particular attention to the cuisine and specialise in both traditional Val d'Aosta and national Italian dishes. The restaurant is able to cater for touristic groups visiting the area.

The restaurant/hotel is family run with experience which has been passed down over the generations.
The restaurant/hotel is situated close to the ancient historical populated area of the village of Pontboset.
The hotel offers the opportunity to enjoy a relaxing stay where it is possible to participate in activities such as trout fishing, climbing, kayaking and trekking to discover the many rural villages and numerous Alpine huts in the territories of the village.
In the winter season, furthermore, it is possible to participate in cross-country skiing and downhill skiing, closeby in Champorcher.

A detached house with car-park. Sleeps two.

The “Au Coeur du Village” guest house is located in the medieval village of Arnad, near the historic complex of the Casaforte di Ville, known in the village as “la Tor dé L’Othà”, dating back to 1200.
The structure was created by recovering and enhancing some 17th-century buildings, and it is perfectly inserted in a corner of the rural territory of the Aosta Valley where ancient traditions and popular customs are still present.

This facility is located in an old hill top village and is made from the remains of old buildings dating back to 1700. It has 5 bedrooms.
On the ground floor is the reception, a room for breakfasting and reading, a bar for local wine tasting, and a kitchen for use by the guests. Outside there are a solarium and relaxation area with wooden pergola shelters. In the area surrounding the Maison is rich in opportunities for sports activities, cultural trips to the numerous castles and exhibitions, visits to wine cellars, and enjoying excellent food.

Machaby Fort is a structure built on the ruins of a seventeenth century military fort, a building of historical interest brought back to life thanks to suitable renovation.
Cozy bedrooms, large conference and relaxation room, dining rooms with cafe service and kitchen paying great attention to local products.
From the large and convenient parking area, you can reach the Fort in 20 minutes via a comfortable walk along a picturesque mule trail.
Possibility of transportation for the disabled and accommodation in suitable rooms.
Given its strategic position on Machaby’s natural climbing gym, it is also home to a climbing training center for all ages. Multi-activity weeks for kids and weekend packages for adults.
In the surroundings: castles (Arnad, Verres, Issogne), Forte di Bard, Mont Avic Park, Champorcher ski resort, gastronomic specialties such as “Arnad lard”, typical salamis and cheeses.

The Bed & Breakfast is located in Hône, at the entrance to the beautiful Champorcher Valley, in Valle d’Aosta. From here, you can enjoy a beautiful view of the Bard Fortress which you can admire directly from the rooms of the Bed & Breakfast and also from the large garden that is available.
Breakfast is served in the living room on the first floor and, when the weather permits, in the garden.

La Maison de Ghitta B&B is located in the centre of the old village of Hône in an old house which has recently been renovated by means of energy efficient architectural solutions following the principles of green building.
La Maison de Ghitta B&B has a private garden offering guests a very discreet and intimate space even though it is situated in the old town centre.
It is ideal for culture lovers, as it is just a few hundred metres from the Bard Fortress and the castles Issogne and Verrès, the Roman consular road of Donnas and the Roman bridge of Pont-Saint-Martin.
For nature lovers the nearby Mont Avic Regional Park and the Champorcher Valley make it an ideal stop-over for hikers and sports lovers both during the summer (trekking, sport climbing, canyoning and wellness with the nearby Saint-Vincent thermal spa) and during the winter when the ski resorts can be reached in less than half an hour’s drive.

The “Lo Sougnet” B&B, located in a peaceful hamlet at the entrance to the splendid Champorcher valley, is an ideal stop for those wishing to visit the village of Bard, 5 minutes by car, its fortress and the other Valle d’Aosta castles.
Suitable for those who want to spend a sporting holiday: skiing, mountain biking, hiking or simply relaxing and admiring the beauty of the valley.
Ideal for couples or for a stopover for those who love to travel.

The town of Hone is located at the entrance to the Aosta Valley, at the foot of the Bard fortress where there is a popular, active museum center.
The B&B consists of an apartment renovated in 2015, located in the historic town center and on the first floor of a large building: it consists of a double bedroom and a large living room with a two-seater sofa bed. Free parking in the immediate vicinity; two city bikes available.
The location of the “Lou Quiou” B&B is strategic: 500 meters from the Bard Fortress, it is the ideal place for those who want to get to know the many castles of the Aosta Valley (Issogne and Verrès nearby) and the various ski resorts in the Region.
Among these, the first of the ski resorts at a medium-high altitude (Champorcher) is about 10 km from Hone, while the 170 km of slopes of the Monterosa-Ski area are no more than 30 km away.

You will find the restaurant and self-contained rooms-to-let surrounded by greenery, just 6 kilometres from the Pont-Saint-Martin motorway toll booth, on the way to Aosta.

La Louye su la goumba is located in the old village of Crest Désot, not far from Pontboset. From here you can enjoy a suggestive panorama and the beauty and tranquillity of this place where time seems to have stood still. For culture lovers, there are a number of nearby attractions that are sure to take your breath away: Issogne castle, the Retempio sanctuary and the church of San Martino. For the more sporty, there are walks to suit all abilities.

Together with my husband, we decided to renovate an old ruin, for us and for our three children, in the hamlet of Châteigne, a small rural village where you can still find original buildings made of dry stone and wood.
The village of Châteigne is surrounded by centuries-old chestnut trees and takes its name from the fruit of the latter (the name Châtaigne, in French, means “chestnut”). Later, we decided to renovate the house next to ours, which belonged to my husband’s grandparents, and to make i tinto a guesthouse.
The rooms have been meticulously furnished in order to keep the typical mountain style, with stone and wood finishings, expertly made by local artisans recovering the original materials. We thus restored the old wooden ceilings and reused the wooden planks, for the boiserie of the rooms and bathrooms, and the “lose”(stone slabs) of our roofs. Even the curtains on our windows have been expertly made by recovering the wedding furnishings of our grandparents, again made with the “teila de maïson”, hemp grown and woven manually by our grandmothers during the long and cold winter evenings. You can admire our chestnut woods and the panorama of our mountains from the wooden balconies or comfortably seated on the deckchairs that we have made available to you in the green area in front of the building, where you can relax and rest.
In each room you will find a wonderful a courtesy set by Montiflor, a local company that produces cosmetic products starting from the direct cultivation of medicinal herbs from the Champorcher Valley.

The Dortoir Retempio is a refuge located in Pontboset in the Champorcher Valley, next to the facilities of the homonymous mountain pasture, and opposite the Sanctuary dedicated to Notre-Dame de la Visitation.
The Dortoir remains open during the summer, during the mountain pasture period.
It can be reached by driving up to Pontboset from where you can walk along the mule track that leads to the Crest, or reach the Crest (1096m) by car. From there a well-marked path such as Alta Via 2 starts, which runs along the Brenve and at the waterfall turns onto the beautiful stone staircase (which seems to climb into paradise …) and then continues on a path immersed in a forest of huge beech trees which leads directly to Dortoir located just opposite the Sanctuary (1470m).
The Dortoir Retieme is located along the Alta Via 2 route that crosses the southern part of Valle d’ Aosta and allows you to climb some mountains above 3000 meters such as the Rosa dei Banchi. In fact, continuing towards the Pussuy pass (or Pousseuil 2213m) you pass through Alpe Buriana (1961m) to reach the Valsomma pastures (1716m) and then climb up to the pass. Or it is possible to walk towards the Crest refuge and continue towards the more famous trails that branch off from the Dondena refuge.
The panorama is remarkable, with a nice glance onto the adjacent ridges, onto the Dame de Challand and onto the Rosa dei Banchi group, in particular it is located opposite the chain that goes from Cima Bronze to the Ponton del Camoscio in the center of which you can observe the majestic Bec delle Strie. From a naturalistic point of view, the beauty and the rapid succession of very different Alpine environments (from the chestnut woods to the conifer woods, up to the grasslands where cattle and herds of goats and sheep of indigenous breeds in danger of extinction graze) makes it possible to ‘observe a multitude of wild fauna and flora, safely guaranteed by the fact that they are inside the Mont Avic park on the border with that of the Gran Paradiso, as well as by the conservation of the ecosystems created over time with traditional agricultural activity.
Due to its particular location, the The Dortoir Retempio, thanks to its location, is suitable for families with children, it allows you to carry out relaxing alternative holidays with the possibility of living the life of mountaineers for a few days; it offers 8 beds in dormitories with a bathroom and hot water.

Located at the entrance of the village of Pontboset the “Lou créton di lui” youth hostel was originally an old parish church dating back to1600, recently renovated taking particular care over the original architecture.
In the place in which it stood, in the past century in times of famine, wolves in search of prey were spotted, and this is where the “lou creton di lui” gets its name, meaning “the wolf ridge”.
The building is located close to the town hall opposite the parish church of San Grato. The main façade opens onto the pretty square where the old district begins, characterised by its traditional Valle d’Aosta architecture (Rascard buildings, Grenze, stone fountains).
The structure is surrounded by century-old chestnut trees creating a peaceful atmosphere with occasional bursts of merriment during tourist events organised throughout the year.

The B&B Solan is located in Verrès, in one of the most central municipalities of Valle d’Aosta. Its strategic position allows you to reach the Monterosa Ski and Cervinia ski resorts in a short time. You can also discover the beautiful natural park of Mont Avic as well as visiting the medieval castles of Verrès and Issogne.
There are 2 rooms in our bed and breakfast with a shared bathroom. All rooms are equipped with a TV and free Wi-Fi connection.
A free shuttle service to/from the train or bus station of Verrès is offered to our guests upon arrival/departure.

L’Affittacamere “La Betulla” è situato nel paese di Verrès. Dalle sue camere si può godere la vista del Castello medioevale di Verrès e delle montagne che lo circondano. La vicinanza con i castelli medioevali di Verrès e Issogne (2 Km), la fortezza di Bard (8 Km) , con le vie di arrampicata di Arnad (4 Km) e del Parco Mont Avic coi suoi meravigliosi sentieri, il canyoning e la pesca sportiva, con le stazioni sciistiche di Champorcher e della Valle di Ayas, rendono la nostra struttura il luogo ideale per una vacanza sia sportiva che culturale.
Questa struttura ricettiva è “Amica della Via Francigena” e può offrire particolari servizi a chi è in cammino lungo questo itinerario quali ad esempio: ambiente per lavare e asciugare gli abiti, informazioni meteo, informazioni sul percorso, servizio di trasporto bagagli….