Marta's Monterosa Blog

I am passionate about the Alps. They are my heart's home and the place where I would like to spend the last day of my life. I have been a tourist in the village of Champoluc in the Italian Monterosa for all my life and worked as a tourist operator in this area since more than 15 years.

I believe in respect for the special environment of this place that you can find only here. We all gain by enjoying its beauty, while trying to make a minimum impact at the same time. Leave it for our children in the future!

I believe in respect for people who live here with their traditions and culture, language, and work, their genuine products and delicious wines. They open their homes for us, tourists and meet us as their guests, if we are able to open our hearts for them. I have a friend who is a hotel owner and he says that when stressed people from the city come to his place, he tells them to sit down and take a drink before they even begin to worry if they have a room. Perhaps, we can bring a little of their kindness and calmness with us on our way back to the city.

My philosophy is to give back a little of what the mountains and the people from this place have given to me and to my family through my work, to communicate my philosophy and my passion to those who follow me on the blog, and in my trips as a tour operator.

If you would like to visit Champoluc, Gressoney, Alagna or other villages in the Aosta Valley, trek or ski in the Monterosa, discover Sardinia or other places we offer, contact us.

Posted: Oct 10, 2017

Time to buy a book and book a guide

From easier runs near the lift system, to secluded places you can reach only by climbing with your skins. In the iconic guide book Polvere Rosa, Andrea Gallo climber and a mountain guide, offers us the opportunity to explore it all.
Posted: Sep 8, 2017

The toughest race in the world

The whole Aosta valley is waiting for the eight edition of the endurance trail race Tor des Géants. The name, meaning Tour of Giants, in the local language Valdôtain patois, refers of course to the region’s many Four-Thousanders sourronding the trail.
The tour follows the two high-level treks Alta Via 1 and 2, passing through both Gran Paradiso Natural Park and the Mont Avic Regional Park, covering a total of 336 km with an altitude range of 24,000 meters (like climbing the Mont Blanc five times).
Posted: Mar 30, 2017

Cervino Nordic Rush 1st April

The fastest sprinters in the world, one against one, on the central streets of Cervinia. The Cervino Nordic Rush is a race in between competition and festivity and even more an important event for promoting cross-country skiing.

The 1st of April Breuil-Cervinia becomes a snowy arena for this popular end of the season happening.

Posted: Nov 21, 2016

Aosta Valley mountain restaurants among the best in the world

Maison Vieille in Courmayeur

The Aosta Valley gets highly regarded when The Telegraph announces their lists of the best Mountain restaurants in Italy and worldwide.

According to the UK newspaper half of Italy's top ten are to be found in the region.

Posted: Oct 4, 2016

Pre-opening of the longest ski season in the Alps

“Cervinia

Breuil-Cervinia, Valtournenche and Zermatt: Six months of great snow and skiing

At the foot of Matterhorn, the ski season starts with a pre-opening 22nd and 23rd October

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