10 Things to do in Aosta That You Shouldn't Miss

November 14, 2021 Terina Blouin

Aosta (Italian: [aˈɔsta] ( listen); French: Aoste [ɔst]; Arpitan: Aoûta; Latin: Augústa Prætṓrĭa Salassṓrum) is the principal city of Aosta Valley, a bilingual region in the Italian Alps, 110 km (68 mi) north-northwest of Turin. It is situated near the Italian entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, at the confluence of the Buthier and the Dora Baltea, and at the junction of the Great and Little St. Bernard routes. Aosta is not the capital of the province, because Aosta Valley is the only Italian region not divided into provinces. Provincial administrative functions are instead shared by the region and the communes.
Restaurants in Aosta

1. Parco Nazionale Gran Paradiso

Gran Paradiso National Park, 11100, Aosta Italy +39 011 860 6211 [email protected] http://www.pngp.it
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Parco Nazionale Gran Paradiso

Reviewed By robert-ny-travel

amazing place for relaxing holidays all year round for adults and children. Tasty food, good wine, amazing view

2. Natural Park Mont Avic

Frazione Fabbrica 164 Champdepraz, 11020, Aosta Italy +39 0125 960643 [email protected] http://www.montavic.it/
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4.5 based on 165 reviews

Natural Park Mont Avic

3. Collegiata dei Santi Pietro e Orso

Piazzetta Sant'Orso, 11100, Aosta Italy +39 0165 262026 http://www.lovevda.it/it/banca-dati/8/chiese-e-santuari/aosta/collegiata-e-chiostro-di-sant-orso/720
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Collegiata dei Santi Pietro e Orso

4. Criptoportico Forense

Piazza Giovanni XXIII, Aosta Italy +39 335 798 1505 http://www.lovevda.it/it/banca-dati/8/monumenti-romani/aosta/criptoportico-forense/1259
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4.5 based on 691 reviews

Criptoportico Forense

The way leading to the Cryptoporticus is located in the garden on John XXIII square. It is a monumental building marking a sacred area for cult. It is a basement building with a series of windows. It was horseshoe-shaped and is formed by two parallel tunnels with barrel vaults, supported by sturdy pillars. The Cryptoporticus dates back to the Augustan age: it served mainly as a supporting structure of the land level that in that part of the city formed a slight slope from North to South, therefore creating a gap between the sacred area and the adjacent legal area. The colonnade above him served as a cornice for the two temples that stood side by side on a single podium, which could be reached by a staircase. The long east side of the Eastern Temple is well-preserved, and it can be seen nowadays, under the archdeaconry building. The Cryptoporticus therefore formed a covered walkway surrounding the sacred buildings. Its galleries represented an extension of the Forum colonnade, whose main function was to protect from rain and snow in winter and from sun in summer. During the third and fourth centuries, it probably turned to be used for goods storage.

Reviewed By wisewonderer1223 - Bristol, United Kingdom

We enjoyed our visit as part of a multi pass ticket that includes the Teatro ruins and the museum plus. The screen presentation and then to see the the well preserved ruins gives a fantastic perspective on how Aosta used to be in Roman times and how people lived then, facinating.

5. Osservatorio Astronomico della Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta e Planetario di Lignan

Frazione Lignan 39 Saint-Barthélemy, 11020, Aosta Italy +39 0165 770050 [email protected] https://www.oavda.it
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Osservatorio Astronomico della Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta e Planetario di Lignan

6. Teatro Romano

Via Porta Praetoria Angolo Via du Baillage, 11100, Aosta Italy +39 0165 231665 [email protected] http://www.lovevda.it/it/banca-dati/8/monumenti-romani/aosta/teatro-romano/736
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Teatro Romano

The Aostan Roman Theatre stands out for its straight southern facade measuring 22 meters in height. Its majesty is punctuated by a series of buttresses and arches and is lightened by three orders of windows with different width. The masonry is characterized by large rectangular blocks of conglomerate and of local limestone. This suggestive part was originally longer than 60 m. The east and west sides were about 38 m long. The cavea is easily recognisable, as a semicircular structure where the public sat. Only the last six steps remain visible, in addition to the two, lower and wider, where the most important people used to sit. The radial substructures on which laid the rest of the terraces are still in their original place. The stage was located in front of the cavea, of which only the foundations are still visible. Small rooms behind served as dressing rooms for the actors, while the sides of the stage were used as deposits for equipment. The entire structure was then completed by arcades that stood against the perimeter wall on the shorter sides. The theatre was not built at the same time when the city was founded (25 BC), but rather a few decades later, in the Julio-Claudian era, as some previous buildings were found in this very area.

Reviewed By HengistScotland - New Deer, United Kingdom

Very handy if you've just come through the tunnel or across the pass from Switzerland, Aosta is a nice little town with several very interesting things to see. Definitely worth stopping here. The Roman theatre has some well-preserved parts, and is a must-see for anyone interested in that era. Easily accessible from the main street.

7. Porta Pretoria

Piazza Porta Pretoria, Aosta Italy +39 320 165 3001 http://www.lovevda.it/it/banca-dati/8/monumenti-romani/aosta/porta-praetoria/730
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4.5 based on 906 reviews

Porta Pretoria

Reviewed By curtim - London, United Kingdom

This well preserved Roman gate is situated right in the middle of Aosta's bustling main street. It is lit up and beautifully presented at night. The gate helps you to understand the whole layout of the town and gives a real sense of the history of the town. Free to see and wander around.

8. Museo Archeologico Regionale

Piazza Pietro Leonardo Roncas 12, 11100, Aosta Italy +39 0165 275902 [email protected] http://www.lovevda.it/it/banca-dati/8/musei/aosta/museo-archeologico-regionale/723
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Museo Archeologico Regionale

APRIRA' AL PUBBLICO qualora LA REGIONE VALLE D'AOSTA SIA "ZONA GIALLA" con orario continuato 10-17 nei soli giorni feriali, secondo le disposizioni MIBACT - The Regional Archaeological Museum (MAR) is housed in a prestigious historical building built on the foundations of the Roman tower that flanked the northern gate of the city. At first Vaudan Hall, then the seat of the Monastery of the Visitation, founded in 1633, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, after the Napoleonic suppression of the convent, it became the seat of the barracks. The set-up of the Museum, documented by a rich collection of archaeological finds, furnishings and personal artifacts, the result of the excavations conducted for decades on behalf of the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley, is divided into a chronological path from the ancient phase of the Mesolithic (7000 - 6000 BC) until the seventh century AD. It covers various topics related to religion, daily life and public life.

Reviewed By eemori

This museum is an excellent antiquities museum worth a special visit. The focus of the museum is display and explication of the Roman ruins (forum,walls, entrance gates, some domicile artifacts). What is remarkable about this museum is the variety of displays (some diagrams, some film, some narrative, glass floors the visitor can walk on and stare down into excavation site). The curatorial notes offer more than the usual neutral scientific description of the artifacts. The personalities and careers of archeologists are descried, and most interesting are the quotations from various authors (Plato, Homer, Proust, Borges et cetera) musing on people’s relationship to time and civic environment. The museum offers a day pass which a visitor can use to enter all the sites including the underground grotto which has a film viewing space to watch a short film about the excavation processes over the past several centuries.

9. Aosta Old Town

Piazza Porte Pretoriane 3, 11100, Aosta Italy +39 0165 236627 http://www.lovevda.it/en/out-and-about/tourist-areas/aosta-and-surroundings
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4.5 based on 548 reviews

Aosta Old Town

Reviewed By Lowrider78 - Berikon, Switzerland

As a lot of different beautiful places and sightseeing, the town hall is as well very old. The condition of the building is awsome

10. Area Megalitica di Saint-Martin-de-Corleans

Corso Saint-Martin de Corleans 258, 11100, Aosta Italy +39 0165 552420 [email protected] http://www.regione.vda.it/cultura/patrimonio/siti_archeologici/st_martin/default_i.aspx
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4.5 based on 93 reviews

Area Megalitica di Saint-Martin-de-Corleans

Al Termine Dei Lavori Il 5 Marzo Il Sito Aprira' Al Pubblico Dal Martedi Alla Domenica Orario 10-13 / 14-17

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