Borghi più belli d'Italia
Borghi più belli d'Italia in Aosta Valley
3 towns
Aosta Valley carries 3 of the Borghi più belli d'Italia towns we cover. All sit in the province of Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are Etroubles, Bard, and Fontainemore.
Etroubles
Province: Aosta Valley · 1,280 m
A 478-person village at 1,280 metres on the Via Francigena, with an open-air contemporary art museum and the region's first dairy.
Bard
Province: Aosta Valley · 400 m
A 108-person village under the largest Savoy fortress in the Alps, where 400 soldiers held off Napoleon's 40,000 for two weeks in 1800.
Fontainemore
Province: Aosta Valley · 760 m
A 418-person Walser-influenced village at 760 metres in the Lys Valley, with a single-arch medieval bridge and a five-yearly pilgrimage to Oropa.
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