Where to sleep: Charvensod

The agritourism is situated just a few minutes by car from the Aosta city centre, in a panoramic very central position. The ideal starting point to visit the whole region and just a few hundreds meters from the cable car to the Pila ski resort.
The holiday farm has 5 comfortable rooms furnished in mountain style, some of them equipped with kitchenette and 2 apartments with all comforts , it offers B&B service.
The farm breeds 70 goats and cultivates 3ha vineyards of DOC grapes. A small farm that follows the philosophy of respect for animals and their needs. They produce special goat cheeses that are seasoned in old stone cellars located in Tzacot 1700m high near Pila.
In the farm there are also two beautiful full-blooded Arabian horses that are mainly part of the family with which the owner takes part to national and international competitions.

The hotel is situated on the road to Pila, in a vast, green oasis. The hotel is near the start of the cable car to Pila, which is 500 metres away.
A very modern and comfortable structure, yet it has a family run atmosphere with friendliness and attention to every detail.

Hotel Monte Emilius is a family run hotel. It is situated in Charvensod, a town 3 kilometres from Aosta.
It is situated in the centre of the valley in a strategic position to reach the Pila skiing station and visit the monuments and castles in Valle d'Aosta.

The “Éve” B&B is a family-run accommodation located in a place where time passes slowly, among the mountains, the ancient alleys of a historic-rural center that is going through a phase of important redevelopment, where it is possible to rediscover the welcome, the traditions and the genuine flavors that are still offered today with the wise skill of the past, but that is not all.
In a mountain hamlet, a historic building with “mixed functions” dating back to the 1700s has rediscovered its new identity by demonstrating the ability to offer generous, sensual and reserved spaces, combining history, architecture and well-being in a recipe with a new flavor.
“Éve” (in patois “water”) is the element that has always characterized the place for its persistent presence, and the element on which an ancient building has stamped its new identity as a non-hotel accommodation activity, adhering to the principles of the multi-building hotel. To the anonymous hotel room we have placed an experience of well-being centered on values such as hospitality, integration within our community, the experience of daily living in welcoming and sensual spaces.
Through our alternative reality you can rediscover the pleasure of finding yourself in large, refined spaces and the among the best that the Municipality of Charvensod and the Autonomous Region of Valle d’Aosta can offer you in terms of “savoir faire”, nutrition, nature, sport and culture.
The “Éve” B&B is an eco-architectural project and was created with the contribution of the European Union (European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development - Europe invests in rural areas) as part of the “Vacancesurale pour tous” call, of the mid Valle d’Aosta GAL, PSR 2007/2013”

The Arbolle Mountain Hut (2.507 m)  situated in the municipality of Charvensod in the heart of the Aosta Valley, stands in the valley of the Comboé stream, near the ancient Arbolle mountain pasture and the lake of the same name. Opened in July 1998, the refuge is nestled in the unspoilt alpine environment of the Graian Alps and serves as a strategic base for ascents of Monte Emilius and Becca di Nona.

The refuge has 66 beds, divided between four-bed rooms and dormitories, offering a warm welcome and an authentic mountain atmosphere. During the summer season, it is an ideal destination for hiking, mountaineering, high-altitude training and events for nature and mountain lovers.

How to get there

On foot: 

• from Pila (1.800 m)  Set off from the Pila cable car station and follow the signs for trails nos. 14, 19 and 102. The route first passes through a cleared strip amongst the fir trees,  populated by rowan, alder and grassland,  reaching the Chamolè mountain pasture,  and then the lake of the same name. You finally climb the grassy ridge where the scenery becomes more captivating and the view of the lake below grows increasingly striking. Once past the countless hairpin bends, you reach the pass and the Arbolle basin opens up before you, with the refuge and the two small lakes situated nearby. From here, you descend the path, aided by a rope in the first section, and soon reach the splendid basin and the refuge.
  Difficulty: E excursion route 
  Elevation gain: 841 m
  Duration: 2h30

• from Gimillan Cogne (1.814 m.), follow paths 3 and the TVC (Tour Valle di Cogne) route, which wind through a beautiful coniferous forest and leads to the Vallone di Arpisson and the Arpisson mountain pasture (2.328 m.) in around 1 hour 30 minutes. From the mountain pasture, follow path 2 and the TVC until you reach the beautiful Pian Bessey at around 2.500 m. Continuing the ascent, you reach the Nebbia bivouac at 2.741 m. and from here the high-mountain moraine landscape takes over from the alpine pastures you have just left behind. From the bivouac, the path climbs steeply with tight hairpin bends until it reaches Col Garin at 2.815 m. from where the refuge is clearly visible. Descend along the moraine trail, following path n. 18 and TVC, until you reach the first pastures of the Vallone di Arbolle; from here, keeping the stream and Lake Arbolle on your right, you reach the refuge.
  Difficulty: E excursion route 
  Elevation gain: 1.000 m.
  Duration: 3h30

Alternative: start from Gimillan (Cogne) via the Punta Valletta via ferrata – a much less well-trodden route that requires a high level of fitness, both due to the length of the hike and the physical exertion involved.

By Lifts:
Check lift opening times before planning your trip

Aosta cable car 583 m.  – Pila / Pila chairlift – Chamolè 2.309 m. top station. From the chairlift, you can easily reach the nearby Lake Chamolè at 2.325m. From here, take path n. 102, which climbs steeply with numerous hairpin bends through pastures and scree to Colle Chamolè (2.641 m.). From the pass, the path descends into the Vallone di Arbolle, with an initial steep section aided by a fixed rope, leading directly to the Refuge.
Difficulty: E excursion 
Elevation gain: 350 m. from the Chamolè chairlift to the pass, then 134 m. descent from the pass to the refuge
Duration: approx. 1h30 

The Chambre d’hôte Saint Salod (Saint Salod Bed and Breakfast) is situated in the municipality of Charvensod , 10 km from the city of Aosta and 8 km from the ski station Pila. This enviable position boasts a ample panormaric view on the whole of the alpine territory from Mont Blanc to Ruitor, and from Gran Combin to Cervino up as far as Monte Rosa).
The B&B has been restored by the owners who salvaged wood, walls and some of the original furnishings of the original building which was a 1700s farmhouse, thus creating an alpine atmosphere which is warm and welcoming and typical of the Aosta Valley.

Breakfast is prepared with homemade products, such as homemade tarts and jam; the owners, who are ski instructors and extremely knowledgeable about the Aosta Valley are happy to give advice and provide accompanied excursions. (there is also the possibility of horse trekking and cross country skiing).
Nearby you can visit Aosta’s historic city centre and numerous castles (such as Fènis, Sarre, and Saint-Pierre)

Sottosopra is a facility that was recently completely renovated where the wood element, of high craftsmanship, cleverly joins comfort and aesthetics, in a combination of the old and the new, between the restaurant/pizzeria and the living room, all of this just a couple of kilometers from the center of Aosta and from the departure point of the Pila cableway.

La Vigne de Papagran (the grandfather’s vineyard in patois) is located at the foot of the Becca di Nona, 2 km from the center of Aosta with an unparalleled view of the Grand Combin and the mountain ranges that surround Aosta.
A stone’s throw from the departure point of the cable car to the Pila ski resort.
The apartments (7) are to be found all on the same floor of a two-storey building that has been restored in mountain style.
Easily accessible and close to the most important historical sites in Aosta, to the most varied recreational and sporting activities, but also to the nearest thermal sites, make it an ideal place to stay.