Camping
Camp between the passes — camping and camper stops around Aosta
Aosta · Aosta Valley
QUICK INFORMATION
- CATEGORY
- Camping
- COUNTRY
- Italy
- REGION
- Aosta · Aosta Valley
- DURATION
- 1–2 days
ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE
The valley camps sit close and convenient: Camping International Touring, 4 km west in Sarre, pitches under trees beside the Dora Baltea with bungalows and mobile homes, open mid-May to the end of September. The Lazy Bee Camping Village at Quart, 5 km east, runs about 50 camper and caravan pitches plus bungalows with a mini-market and laundry. And up the Great St Bernard road, the family-run Camping Tunnel International at Etroubles (1,280 m) spreads 95 grassy pitches with pool and bar, minutes from Swiss border walks and the Via Francigena — with a six-pitch motorhome stopover with electricity and camper service.
WHAT YOU’LL EXPERIENCE
What you’ll experience
You base in the valley floor and radiate: Roman Aosta in the evening, Pila by gondola in the morning, castle days down the valley. The city camps are close enough to walk or bus into the centre for dinner; Etroubles is the quiet mountain option with star-gazing skies and cross-country skiing from the door in winter.
THE EXPERIENCE IN DETAIL
What it’s really like
HIGHLIGHTS
Moments worth savouring
Camping International Touring (Sarre) — riverside pitches 4 km from the Roman centre.
Lazy Bee Camping Village (Quart) — 50 serviced pitches with modern facilities.
Camping Tunnel International (Etroubles) — 95 pitches at 1,280 m on the Great St Bernard road.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Good to know before you go
Season roughly mid-May to September (Etroubles also opens for Christmas skiing). City camps are bus-connected; the Etroubles site is car or camper territory.
WHY IT MATTERS
Why it matters
Camping puts the valley’s two passes, its Roman city and its gondola within a single inexpensive base — the way the Alps are meant to be travelled.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Before you go
MAP & LOCATION
Camp between the passes — camping and camper stops around Aosta
Camp between the passes — camping and camper stops around Aosta, Aosta, Aosta Valley, Italy
45.7224, 7.2685
ATTRACTIONS NEARBY
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MORE EXPERIENCES
More to do in Aosta
FOOD & DRINK
Where to eat nearby
Da Nando — sixty-year family trattoria by Sant’Orso: Valdostana fondue, friendship coffee in the grolla
L’Osteria dell’Oca — three floors of Valdostan classics, snails and carbonada with polenta
Le Bar à Vin — fontina fondue in a cocotte and mountain charcuterie near Porta Pretoria
Trattoria Praetoria — the centenarian classic: venison ragu, gluten-free Valdostan dishes
Pila mountain huts (Yeti, Gran Baita) — polenta concia at 1,800 m with the 4,000ers on the skyline
HOTELS & STAYS
Where to stay nearby
The pedestrian-centre hotels around Piazza Chanoux — Roman ruins at the doorstep
Camping International Touring (Sarre) and Lazy Bee (Quart) — riverside pitches minutes from the centre
Mountain hotels and huts at Pila — ski-in, hike-out above the city
Agriturismi and B&Bs in the side valleys — Cogne, Valgrisenche, the Great St Bernard road
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