Without a car
Aosta Valley by train
3 towns
Towns in this region where we confirmed an active station. Check the timetable before you go: a station on the map is not the same as a useful service.
Bard
Province: Aosta Valley · 400 m
A 108-person village under the largest Savoy fortress in the Alps.
Châtillon
Province: Aosta Valley · 549 m
The Aosta Valley's three-castle commune, a 4,358-resident town at 549m at the mouth of the Valtournenche where it meets the main valley, with direct access up the road to the Cervino/Matterhorn at Cervinia 26 km north.
Donnas
Province: Aosta Valley · 322 m
The first DOC of Valle d'Aosta, a Nebbiolo-on-terraces wine town at 322 metres where the Roman Via delle Gallie was carved into living rock.
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