Tranquillity reigns in our hotel and its position safeguards its peace-loving guests from outside noises. The surrounding characteristics confer a cordial and familiar atmosphere to the hotel. It offers a happy symbiosis between tradition and comfort. Our guests will find plenty of room to move freely in the cosy apartments or in the spacious single or double rooms. There is an ample hall, bar sauna, climatized swimming pool with hydro massage and wave machine. Tradition and quality our passion and that of our chef too. The national park recalls heavenly spaces. Sportsmen and friend of nature can discover beatitude and alpine silence and many other sensations. A stay at the hotel has the taste of healthy excursions, the flavour of variety and the force of the nearby natural phenomena. The hotel offers a familiar environment which is particularly suited to any sports activity of Valsavarenche. The Gran Paradiso is a delightful and varied region of the Valle d;Aosta which is typical for its fascinating mountain character. Our hotel is situated at a short distance from the Alta Via N° 2 and the summer alpine pastures splendidly in bloom. We daily offer our guests, in the name of tranquillity and dynamism, all the attractions of the National Park.

Sports for all seasons. Photographic and video camera safaris. One can arrive at Valsavarenche in spring when the valley breeze is just warming and caresses the first soldanella peeping through the snow whilst higher up on the thick snow followers of free skiing are pursuing their search for freedom. Or in the summer when the rock goat or chamois are up in the high grasslands and life comes back to the mountain pastures, the streams gurgle and the pale blue eyes of the mountain lakes, having shrugged off the winter blanket, open to reflect the mountain peaks. Promises of future excursions. In the autumn when the sky is clearer and the summer fever has calmed an added jumper creates the pleasure of the contact with nature. Nature which man has known how to respect. The marmot digs its winter burrow and in the evenings we can relish a glass of grappa among friends in a cosy lounge. In the winter when the silent sparkling plateaux are interrupted by the swish of slender skis, when one feels honoured and wants to share this feeling: then the joy of returning to a hot meal and discover the good simple gastronomy and a welcoming hearth.

Address: A'l'Hostellerie du Paradis Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso Eaux Rousse 11010 Valsavarenche (AO) Italy Tel. 0165-905972 Fax 0165-905971 E-mail: Please fill the following fields to receive informations. How to arrive: Motorway Torino Aosta, to Courmayeur-Monte Bianco, exit Aosta ovest - Saint Pierre, then national road to Saint PIerre, in Villeneuve turn right to Valsavarenche.

Gran Paradiso National Park. The weather in Valsavarenche. Valley of the Savara stream. This stream springs from the Grand Etret glacier and flows for 24 Kms. In to the Dora Baltea: the locals simply call it the Dzouere (stream). Valsavarenche was one the last valleys to be reached by man. There are no prehistoric relics, and no trace of Romans having lived there. The earliest documents date from 1200 but even in Mediaeval times this was not a busy valley. Relative well-being came later from Royal House of Savoia;s hunts: houses, roads and paths were constructed. The first car to trundle up the valley in 1910 was a Lancia. It is a one-upon-a-time valley were traditions continue and anything artificial has difficulty in taking root. The people live in harmony with the mountains. Among the Valdostane valleys, Valsavarenche, at 2,494 m. is the highest. There is a wonderful view of the mountains from upper part, including the peak of Gran Paradiso, the only 4,000 m. mountain which is entirely in Italian territory. Sixteen lakes, with a total of 30 Kmq, peep from the pastures and glacial basins. The 14 glaciers of the valley cover an area of 12 Kmq and descend in average to 2,800 m.; together with the rocky ground they cover 73% of the territory.

Gran Paradiso is the most bewitching and coveted destination of the Valsavarenche, one of the four giants of the Valle d;Aosta with Mont Blanc, Mont Rosa and Cervino. The Englishmen Cowell and Dundas scaled it for the first time in 1860: Achille Ratti, the future Pio XI climbed it in 1887. In 1930 the Abbot Henry, priest, scholar and mountaineer reached the peak with his donkey Cagliostro. The call of this peak, its not excessive difficulty and the superb panorama made it extremely popular and in 1884 the first shelter, called Vittorio Emanuele II, was build at alt. 2,732 m. The hotel;s name represents a long tradition of hospitality started in the last century by the manager of the old shelter, continued by his son who was the builder of the present shelter opened in 1932. Completed after the war by active heirs and it became the Hostellerie du Paradis were affective ties faithfully recreate environment and atmosphere of the past.

 Luggage storage
 Credit cards accepted
 Jacuzzi tub
 Licensed bar
 Private park, garden, courtyard
 Quiet surroundings
 Restaurant
 Sauna
 Private/Ensuite bathroom
 Swimming pool
 Phone at reception
 Phones in rooms
 TV sets in rooms
 Patio, summer terrace