Fénis Ao – Castles, Trails and Mountains
Accommodation in Fénis Ao
Specific places and trails take center stage in Fénis. The MAV, Castello di Fénis, Ciclovia Baltea and the hiking connections open up different thematic areas between culture, activity and landscape.
Cultural and historical destinations
The MAV displays more than 1,000 objects of material culture. The objects include everyday items from the 17th to the 20th century as well as sculptures from the 13th to the 21st century.
Castello di Fénis has a complex and harmonious layout with towers, battlement-crowned walls and valuable decorations. The inner courtyard features a semicircular staircase and wooden balconies adorned with valuable frescoes. The courtyard contains the staircase and wooden balconies with frescoes; the complex includes towers and battlement-crowned walls.
Castello di Fénis is visited as part of guided tours, which begin every half hour. Castello di Fenis is a castle in the vicinity of Fénis.
Roncas Palace is a palace in the vicinity of Fénis. Teatro Romano di Aosta is a historical site in the vicinity of Fénis.
Cycling and hiking trails
The trails in Fénis follow different routes: Ciclovia Baltea is an easy, mostly flat cycling and walking path that runs through Fénis and is suitable for bike rides and family outings away from traffic. The section of Ciclovia Baltea in Fénis is paved with red asphalt and forms a loop accessible both from the cemetery car park and from the Tzanté de Bouva recreation area. The section includes a cycling and walking path, red asphalt, a loop layout and a mostly flat route.
The Le Côteau–Eremo Saint-Julien trail passes through a Scots pine forest to the octagonal church of San Grato and continues to the Saint-Julien hermitage. The Le Côteau–Eremo Saint-Julien trail offers scenic views towards Val Clavalité. The hiking trails have different destinations: one leads to the Saint-Julien hermitage, the other to Lago Lavodilec.
A trail leads from the Tzanté de Bouva recreation area to the Saint-Julien sanctuary and Mont Corquet. The hike through Val Clavalité to Lago Lavodilec passes through meadows, streams, waterfalls, alpine pastures and forests before reaching Lago Lavodilec.
Mountains and other destinations
Among the landscape destinations, a distinction must be made between peaks and mountains: Monte Ander is a peak in the vicinity of Fénis, while Cima Longhede is a mountain in the area around Fénis. Saint Evence is a peak in the area around Fénis, and Becca d'Aver is a mountain in the area around Fénis.
Castello di Ussel is a castle in the area around Fénis.
The Châtaigne d'or is an event centered around chestnuts that lasts approximately three days.
Other destinations
Other destinations: Cogne, Saint Vincent, Breuil-Cervinia, Gressan, Gressoney-La-Trinité, Sarre, Valpelline and Arnad.
For the higher-level travel overview: Aosta Valley.
