What to do and see in Aosta, Valle d'Aosta: The Best Things to do Good for Kids

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Guided visits in Aosta and in the famous Aosta castles with official tourist guides.

Flying in a hot air balloon over the Alps, the best rides in Eupore. Flying in a hot air balloon is an amazing experience, which you'll remember forever. Ballooning is both relaxing and thrilling, offering breathtaking views and a feeling of freedom which is totally unique. Fly with the wind and feel lighter than air, these are the sensations a hot air balloon flight gives you. From the ground people will greet you enchanted by the passage of the balloon. On board in a balloon you have a 360° view from a balcony up to 8-10.000 feet!!!!. With no other aircraft in no other place you have the possibility to do this. When you fly in a hot air balloon you know the launch site but not where you are going to land, that's why a balloon flight is a unique and unforgettable experience and really worth to try with your friends or with your loved ones. We fly all the year especially in winter period!!! Charbonnier Balloons, certified operator since 1982, will be happy to welcome you on board.

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.

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.