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.

Marché au Fort the 9th October 2016

Posted: Sep 27, 2016
Categories: Uncategorized, News
Comments: 0
Author: TheAlps

“Chestnuts'

The Marché au Fort, in the charming medieval Village of Bard, is the most important and largest food- and wine event in the Aosta Valley.

All the flavours of the region are on display, and for sale, here, presented by not less than 96 local producers. The visitors will get to know all the delicacies offered by the region; cheeses, meats, wines, honey and variety of fruits and sweets.

The participants, large and small, are involved in entertainment and performance in the village's narrow streets, all the way up to the imposing Fort Bard. Wine tasting, show cooking, musical entertainment and free activities for children and families are on the program.

Marché au Fort is a real enogastronomical festival, surrounded by the splendid countryside of lower Valle d’Aosta, with its typical vines, large chestnut forests and historical centers.

Discover more about Bard and go for our beer- and wine tour.

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