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.

7 Apr 2016

CNN: Champoluc – Europe’s best-kept secret

Author: TheAlps  /  Categories: Champoluc, News  / 

Champoluc ski resort

Rob Hodgetts prepared for CNN a list of ski resorts that are hidden pearls among Europe’s ski resorts. Champoluc is in second place!

It is the list of 10 ski resorts that are maybe not so well known but for sure they can be recognised as secret treasures hidden in the mountains, waiting for skiers and tourists.

Champoluc was placed in second place among other ski resorts as for example: Serfaus in Austria, Riksgransen in Sweden, Val d'Anniviers in Switzerland or Pralognan-la-Vanoise in France.

”Unsung Italian charm, access to Alagna's revered backcountry, Matterhorn views, cheap”, wrote Hodgetts.

He pointed that located close to Alagna and Gressoney, Champoluc was often overlooked. And the cosy Italian town, just one hour from Turin, has over 180km runs of Monterosa Ski. ”Champoluc's a quiet sort of place, ideal for making your own fun in the smattering of honest local joints”, and… it is cheap. If you are intermediate skier it is perfect for you. For more advanced skiers it is linked to Alagna and Gressoney and extensive off-piste runs at 3275m.

Hodgetts wrote also about some hidden pearls in Champoluc like Bruno’s Bar, in the forest, just above town, as well as “cutesy Antagnod” down the valley.

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