Valle d'Aosta
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[edit] Valle d'Aosta
A small charming region, located the extreme north of Italy, a jewlery for lovers of the nature, of the mountain and of good foods. The Valle d'Aosta offers pure panoramas and antique traditions. In winter snow and kilometers of tracks, in summer meadows and feeling of walk in the sun, they complete the the therme and the Casino of Saint-Vincent for an ideal vacation for all. The Aosta Valley is a mountainous Region in north-western Italy. It is bordered by France to the west, Switzerland to the north and the region of Piedmont to the south and east.
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The Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta) is the Italian region in the Alps where there is Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa and Gran Paradiso. Aosta Valley, which is the smallest of all Italian regions, lies in the northwest of the country.
[edit] Secondary Valleys
- Val d'Ayas
- Val di Gressoney
- Valtournenche
- Valpelline
- Val Ferret
- Val Veny
- Valgrisenche
- Valsavarenche
- Val di Rhemes
- Val di Cogne
- Val di Champorcher
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[edit] Other destinations
- Cervino
- Capanna Margherita
- Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) The highest mountain in Europe: 4810 m above sea level
- Monte Rosa
- Gran Paradiso
[edit] Understand
The most spoken languages in Aosta Valley are French and Italian. In Gressoney Saint- Jean and Gressoney La Trinité a minority also speaks German.
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The Valley is an outdoor adventure lovers dream in the summer months it offers a wide range of climbing and hiking options above the valley floor. In the winter the valley is at the heart of the Italian skiing experience with such famous areas as Courmayer located here.
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[edit] Skiing
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[edit] Drink
- Gamay - the local variety of red wine grown on the terraced vineyards visible along the steep rock walls of the valley. It is a light red and doesn't age well so its best to be enjoyed on site in full view of the land it was grown on.
