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Capital city of the Aosta Valley, Northern Italy
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Aosta (French: Aoste) is the capital of Italian autonomous region of Aosta Valley. The town is in a small valley with houses going up the slopes of the surrounding mountains.
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Roman ruins are dotted all over town. For ticket purposes as of December 2023 they are all lumped together as "Aosta Archeologica": €10 adults, €3 19-25 year olds, free under 19s. The Amphitheatre was closed for reconstruction in December 2023 so consider if paying €10 with no main attraction involved is worth it.
Good pizza, local beer and friendly service.
Small restaurant, nice ambiance, local specialities.
Pizza & pasta favourites.
Traditional Valdostan specialties.
English pub with range of beers and food.
Good central location, friendly staff speak English and French. Free WiFi.
Farmhouse-chalet going on palatial film-set, this luxury hotel is in the hills looking over the "thousand lights" of the town below.
Large supermarket, with a good selection of local foods, wines and spirits.
By plane: the nearest commercial airport is Turin TRN, with flights across Europe and within Italy. Aosta can also be reached from the Milan / Bergamo airports, and from Geneva GVA via the Mont Blanc Tunnel.
Read in the guideAosta is a small town and, for the tourist, everything can be easily visited on foot.
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Caselle Torinese (TO) · International · TRN
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