Valle d'Aosta Itineraries

Two towns in the Monte Rosa Walser reveal the thousand year old cultural exchange in the region. First clus, the origin of the place-name "Pré des Allemands". It is an example of the gradual integration of two quite different ethnic groups: the local population and the Walsers. In fact, the area known as "Pré des Allemands" (the Germans' meadow) and which is located on the plain near the village centre ("duarf") was colonised by the German immigrants who, in harmony with the locals coined the place-name in question. Moreover, Issime's Walser dialect ("töitschu") has always taken terms belonging to other…

This is the zone of the Valley which heads north from Aosta to the Swiss border and takes in such towns as Gignod, Oyace, Bionaz, Doues, Etroubles, Saint-Rheimy En-Bosses and Saint-Oyen not far from the Gran San Bernardo Tunnel.

Towns which indicate an adjective or person's name are always worth exploring further and who cannot resist passing by 'Bastardo' in Umbria at least once. As for Gaby, it is located in the middle of Lys-Valley in a wide and green basin at the foot of two important mountain passes (Colle della Vecchia and Colle Mologna).