Rhemes-Saint-Georges: Lo Berlò, chapels and rye culture
Accommodation in Rhemes-Saint-Georges
Lo Berlò and the discovery trail
Lo Berlò is located near the Espace Loisir in the La Palud district of the municipality of Rhêmes-Saint-Georges. Lo Berlò offers a specially designed discovery trail focusing on the wildlife of Gran Paradiso National Park, the food culture of the Alpine region and the local Patois language. Nature, regional ways of life and language each have their own place along this discovery trail.
Rye production chain, communal ovens and mills
Visitor routes in Rhêmes-Saint-Georges lead to restored communal ovens and mills connected with the local rye production chain. During the Rye Festival, visitors can watch bread being baked in the village communal oven. The granary of Le Coveyrand is a small 15th-century storage building that was used to process rye. Anyone interested in the local rye production chain will find various points of connection here: routes to communal ovens and mills, the Rye Festival and a historic storage building.
Chapels, museum and historic buildings
The Cappella di Voix in the village of Voix was built in 1781. The Cappella del Prieur was rebuilt in 1733 after the former chapel was destroyed by an avalanche in the 18th century. The parish museum in Coveyrand preserves old sacred furnishings and liturgical objects from the parish church and its associated chapels. The villages of Vieux and Coveyrand include a building dating from 1696 with distinctive cylindrical columns. For those interested in culture, the Cappella di Voix, the Cappella del Prieur, the parish museum in Coveyrand and the 1696 building are central to the history of the area.
Local history in podcast form
Free podcasts about Rhêmes-Saint-Georges are available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Deezer and Spreaker, as well as through the Loquis app. During a walk, Loquis tells the stories of the places visited as soon as you approach them. The audio offerings complement the visit with a mobile storytelling format. You can access the stories across several platforms or through Loquis and connect the places you visit during a walk with spoken content. The Loquis stories can therefore be integrated into a walk in a location-based way without being limited to a single platform.
Getting there and local festival
Rhêmes-Saint-Georges can be reached by the public bus service operated by Società Autoservizi Valle D’Aosta (SAVDA). For travelling without your own vehicle, SAVDA’s public bus service can be included as a practical option in your day plan. Part of the local culture is the “Fiha di Tratteur”, a tractor parade accompanying residents and tourists on agricultural trailers from Rhêmes-Saint-Georges to Rhêmes-Notre-Dame. The parade therefore follows a specific route between the two municipalities and connects the event with a distinctive form of travel.
Further destinations: Valtournenche, Avise, Pontboset, Doues, Saint-Christophe, Fénis Ao, Charvensod, Saint-Rhémy-En-Bosses
To the main travel overview: Aosta Valley.
