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Golf at the foot of the pyramid — Golf Club del Cervino, Cervinia

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Golf at the foot of the pyramid — Golf Club del Cervino

Cervinia · Aosta Valley

QUICK INFORMATION

CATEGORY
Cycling
COUNTRY
Italy
REGION
Cervinia · Aosta Valley
DURATION
2–3 days

ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE

Between the village and the Cime Bianche road, the Golf Club del Cervino lays out eighteen holes across high-altitude meadow — one of the highest courses in Europe, where the ball flies further in the thin air and the pyramid watches every approach. The course runs June to October; the clubhouse rents gear and books tee times, and non-golfers walk the perimeter path through the same flower meadows.

WHAT YOU’LL EXPERIENCE

What you’ll experience

You play eighteen under the Gran Becca, or simply walk the cart path at dawn when the ibex come down to the fairways.

THE EXPERIENCE IN DETAIL

What it’s really like

More here soon — the road is still being mapped.

HIGHLIGHTS

Moments worth savouring

01

Among Europe’s highest 18-hole courses, at 2,050 m.

02

Thin-air drives — the ball genuinely carries farther.

03

Ibex on the fairways at dawn.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Good to know before you go

Season June–October; green fees and rentals from the clubhouse. Book morning slots — afternoon wind comes up the valley.

WHY IT MATTERS

Why it matters

Golf at 2,050 m under the Matterhorn is one of those only-here experiences the valley does without pretending.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Before you go

Access
On the road to Cime Bianche, 5 minutes from the village centre.

MAP & LOCATION

Golf at the foot of the pyramid — Golf Club del Cervino

Golf at the foot of the pyramid — Golf Club del Cervino, Cervinia, Aosta Valley, Italy

45.9245, 7.6117

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ATTRACTIONS NEARBY

Pair it with these sights

The Matterhorn reflected in Lago Blu
Nature & Hiking

Lago Blu — the Matterhorn’s mirror

Twenty minutes on foot from the village, the small glacial Layet lake mirrors the whole pyramid in turquoise water — the most photographed view in the Aosta Valley, best at dawn.

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Breuil-Cervinia from above, its hotels and lanes under the massif
History & Heritage

The village & the Matterhorn Museum

Via Guido Rey runs the length of the highest resort town in Italy: sports shops, historic hotels, the church of the Alpini battalion, and the rebuilt Casa Savoia hut housing the museum of alpinism — Carrel, Whymper and the race for the Matterhorn.

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MORE EXPERIENCES

More to do in Cervinia

The Plateau Rosà cable car above the glacier lake at Cime Bianche
Nature & Hiking

Cable car to the Plateau Rosà — 3,882 m without crampons

Three lift stages climb from the village to the Theodul glacier at 3,882 m: Plan Maison’s balcony, the Cime Bianche lakes, and the Plateau Rosà itself — Europe’s highest museum, turquoise tarns, the ice grotto and the border with Switzerland on foot.

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Summer ski slopes on the Theodul glacier at Plateau Rosà
Nature & Hiking

Ski the Theodul — Europe’s longest season, winter to Zermatt, summer on the glacier

The Matterhorn ski paradise: 350 km of pistes linking Cervinia, Valtournenche and Zermatt, Italy’s longest winter season (October to May), and twenty kilometres of summer skiing on the Theodul glacier from June to September.

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Flowering meadows below the Matterhorn near Plan Maison
Hiking

Hike the valley of the pyramid — Plan Maison, the refuges and the Lion ridge

Lifts make the high country walkable: the Plan Maison balcony trails, the hut circuit to Rifugio Guide del Cervino, the Barmasse hut under the Lion ridge — the Italian route Carrel took to the summit in 1865.

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Mountain bike and e-bike under the Gran Becca — 90 km of trails, Cervinia
Cycling

Mountain bike and e-bike under the Gran Becca — 90 km of trails

Ninety kilometres of enduro and downhill tracks among snowfields and moraines, e-bike itineraries through the valley, and the summer lift access that makes Cervinia a gravity destination at 3,000 m.

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Camp the valley of the Matterhorn — Camping Cervino, Glair and the Breuil camper area, Cervinia
Camping

Camp the valley of the Matterhorn — Camping Cervino, Glair and the Breuil camper area

Camping Cervino at Antey-Saint-André (open all year, 30 m from the Chamois cable car), Camping Glair at Valtournenche by Lake Maën, and the Area Camper del Breuil at Cervinia itself — 80 pitches at 2,000 m.

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FOOD & DRINK

Where to eat nearby

01

Lo Stambecco — the village institution: Valdostan classics and the mountain’s warmest welcome

02

Ymeletropia — the local’s favourite for pizza, game and honest portions

03

La Chandelle — mountain dining on the slopes, ski-in lunches and long dinners

04

Rifugio Guide del Cervino — lunch at 3,480 m on the glacier shoulder

05

Alpage — the woods-side restaurant between Cervinia and Valtournenche for a quiet evening

06

Camping Cervino pizzeria — family pizza night at the Antey campsite

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HOTELS & STAYS

Where to stay nearby

01

Slopeside hotels around the lift station — ski-in, ski-out under the pyramid

02

Self-catering apartments along Via Guido Rey — the value play in a resort town

03

Camping Cervino (Antey, all year), Camping Glair (Valtournenche) and Area Camper del Breuil (Cervinia, 80 pitches)

04

Rifugio Guide del Cervino and the valley huts — the high nights

05

Valtournenche and Antey-Saint-André — quieter valley bases fifteen minutes below

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ITINERARIES

Day-by-day routes

The pyramid and the glacier — Cervinia in two days — Cervinia2 days

The pyramid and the glacier — Cervinia in two days

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The valley of the Matterhorn — Courmayeur to Cervinia via the huts — Cervinia1 day

The valley of the Matterhorn — Courmayeur to Cervinia via the huts

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NEARBY DESTINATIONS

Continue the journey

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Aosta

Aosta Valley

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Aosta Valley

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