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 Jun 2017

There is an adventure waiting up by the treetops

Author: Linnea / Categories: Gressoney, News /

A new adventure park has opened in Fontainmore. With the park, we have found yet another reason to visit beautiful Fontainemore, one of the picturesque villages, on the way up to Gressoney, in the Lys Valley.

The adventure park is set in a dramatic woodland contest. There are four different paths, on various heights, to choose between, with a total of 35 different activities, counting the adrenaline rushing crossing over the Lys river with two zip-lines over 200 meters long. The walk, over Tibetan bridges, rotating trunks and free-climbing spots, is safely carried out with a hook-in latch system.

Along with the main pathways, there are a shorter, but not less exiting adventure-walk for children between the age of three and six. This part of the park got the highest rating from TheAlps’ young tester.

The initiative expects to attract both tourists and resident, help the development of Fontainemore and further of the whole Aosta valley region, and to some extent redistribute the flow of people over the season.

In the beginning and end of the summer, in June and September, the park will be open on weekends and, upon request, also on weekdays. In July, it will open four days a week. While in August, until the 20th, every day is a day for adventure!

Do you want to know more about Fontainemore and Monterosa in the summer and winter?