L'AROULA
Read moreLocated in a beautiful Walser village (and incidentally right on the ski slopes!), this charming mountain hut is the perfect place to relax and recharge your batteries, winter or summer, in an authentic wooded setting at over 2,000 meters altitude. As you'd expect from a place like this, the small on-site restaurant offers tasty, typical mountain cuisine at excellent value for money, but you can also order vegetarian and gluten-free dishes. Perfect for an invigorating yet relaxing stay!
LO REFUGE DEY TEUMY
Read moreSituated in an old mountain pasture chalet in a hamlet at the top of the valley accessible by car, this establishment is halfway between a typical restaurant and a refuge kitchen. In this exceptional setting, you can taste recipes from the Valle d'Aosta and Savoyard traditions, but also Italian ones, as well as wines and liqueurs from the region. The specialities are: Valle d'Aosta polenta, pierrade, raclette cheese or strudel. The terrace is equipped with picnic tables on which it is possible to sunbathe in the middle of the high peaks while enjoying the dishes on offer.
LE BARMÉ DE L'OURS
Read moreLe Barmé de l'Ours, or "the bear's cave" in French, is a restaurant serving traditional cuisine with a twist. Dishes are colorful and tastefully prepared. The restaurant often organizes themed meals and offers special menus for special occasions. The house in which the restaurant is located is built in traditional style and has a lovely terrace surrounded by meadows and fruit trees, where you can enjoy lunch on fine days. Excellent value for money.
CHEZ GORRET
Read moreAt Gorret, a traditional hotel-restaurant in a magnificent alpine chalet, everything on offer is very appetizing, and although the interior decoration is fairly simple and classic, that of the dishes is decidedly sophisticated. And the cuisine is rigorously Valle d'Aostan, so you can feast on dishes typical of the region! Both upscale and warm, it's a perfect blend of cocooning and elegance. And to perfect your gourmet moment, the welcome and service are very pleasant. A beautiful place!
OSTERIA VINERIA CIBUS
Read moreWe fell in love with this address in Santadi, where a dedicated staff welcomes you in a pleasant garden. The menu honours both the flavours of the land and the sea as well as local producers. So make your choice between cheese and sausage antipasti or fish and shellfish antipasti, a dish of fregola with mussels or grilled fish, seadas covered with honey or a hazelnut and chocolate ice-cream parfait. Pizza lovers won't be disappointed, as the chef prepares pizza only in the evening.
RISTORANTE SANTA BARBARA
Read moreThe best restaurant in Villagrande! An address well known by the locals who did not fail to indicate it to us. The restaurant is located at the entrance of the park of the same name which is worth a visit. But let's go back to the table. In this inn, we like the simplicity, the warm and mountainous atmosphere and especially the quality of the products in the plate. The owner is modest but he knows how to cook like a chef and will surprise you if you leave the traditional suckling pigs or sheep stews. A beautiful address which seduced us.
RISTORANTE CALA PEDRISCHEDDA
Read moreGrilled fish, pizzas and seafood are on the menu of this friendly restaurant located at the entrance of the small village of Portixeddu. Its added value lies in the large and beautiful terrace where you can enjoy the landscape and admire beautiful sunsets. The sea is just across the road. The regulars suggest trying the antipasto di mare, based on fish and seafood, depending on the day's catch.
RISTORANTE SAN NICOLÒ
Read moreOpened by a former miner and his family, this beautiful restaurant overlooking the beach of San Nicolò serves traditional cuisine with a creative touch. Among the fish and meat specialities, you will find the artichoke and bottarga salad as a starter, the fish fry and the inevitable seafood fregola. The pizzas are only available in the evening, as they are cooked over a wood fire. Two beautiful verandas open straight onto the sea, so you can enjoy the beautiful summer evenings in a relaxed atmosphere.
906 OPERAIO
Read moreThis absolutely surreal address is well worth a stop. Along the promenade of the Nebida belvedere opens a wonderful terrace with a view of the sea and the Pan di Zucchero rock in the distance. The kitchens take place in what was the explosive depot of the old mines, while the tables are spread out on the shady promenade. Pizza is the great speciality here, but you can stop for a drink. 906 Operaio pays homage to the miners who died in the 1906 revolt protesting against inhuman working conditions.
LA GRUBA
Read moreNear the Walser village of Niel, famous for its ancient wooden houses and fountain, La Gruba is a restaurant and B&B. Dishes are based on local traditions, such as focaccine (oven-baked flatbreads) with cured ham from Les Bosses, homemade pasta with game sauce, crusted pork tenderloin, zucchini pancakes and goat's cheese. The structure has two dining rooms, one of which opens onto a covered terrace, and an accommodation section with pretty wooden rooms suitable for tourists and hikers.
RISTORANTE CHACARIL
Read moreThe restaurant of the homonymous hotel, newly opened a few months ago, is composed by a small room of 30 seats, which contributes to give an exclusive touch to the place. Open in high season, lunch and dinner during the winter and only for dinner in the summer, it offers a menu composed mainly of traditional Valle d'Aosta products such as venison stew or plates of local tomes.
ARP DU JEU
Read moreAfter a morning on the snow-covered slopes of the Crévacol ski resort, your stomach is crying out for a quick bite to eat, so you can get on with your skiing as quickly as possible At the Arp du jeu restaurant! In winter, it offers self-service with a large buffet of national and Valle d'Aostan dishes. The bar serves sandwiches for those in a hurry. In summer, the formula changes, with mainly local dishes served at the table. In the evening, the kitchen opens only for groups of 20 or more.
FOYER DES GUIDES
Read moreThis restaurant is very popular with the locals, not only because it's on the Gran Pista in the Valtournenche resort, but also because it's open all day, so that whenever a little hunger strikes, it can be satiated immediately. Some dishes are Valle d'Aostan, others Italian, but they are all very appetizing, another reason for the success of the place! It's a pleasure to enjoy typical dishes on the edge of the slopes, accompanied by a glass of one of the wonderfully selected wines on the menu.
LO RATELÈ
Read moreLo Ratelè is a small farm where cattle and goats are raised, and where the fruit and vegetables served in the restaurant are produced. Bread is kneaded and baked on site. Meats are cooked with mountain herbs. In addition to traditional polenta, trychnolle (cornmeal gnocchi served in broth), peilà (rye and wheat flour soup, served with bread, fontina and butter), entrecôte de veau à la valdôtaine, carbonade and fricandeau,chopped veal cooked with onions, rosemary and wine.
PISCIN'E JANAS
Read morePiscin'e Janas is a country inn that offers a typical cuisine that respects the traditions of the Ogliastra. On summer evenings, you can dine on the terrace under the lanterns and in front of the large garden with the donkey Biondo and the mare Steddada. This family-run restaurant insists on the ultra local, the zero mile: Pistoccu and Turredda breads baked in the wood-fired oven, fresh Culurgiones and Strangulaus pasta, goat and pork meat from Baunei, cheeses from local shepherds. We love the spirit of the house. We love it!
TRATTORIA AL LAGHETT
Read moreIn the shadow of the beautiful bell tower of Chiaravalle Abbey, this country bistro has been playing the same music since 1890. Five generations of the same family have succeeded one another, offering traditional regional recipes in a family atmosphere. With portraits of monks from the abbey inside and a pergola with wisteria outside, the setting has all the makings of a "Sunday meal". The plates, simple and copious, smell of the cuisine of yesteryear, where risotto follows fried vegetables and precedes chops or roast chicken.
IL GRIFO
Read moreA family affair dating back to 1912, it owes its renown to the house recipes passed on to new generations and still written on the locanda menu. The locanda is located just a stone's throw from the lakeshore, in an old mansion that has retained its charm of yesteryear. In front of the entrance, under old lime trees, a pretty terrace with a few tables to enjoy the fine weather. It's the ideal setting for discovering La Casa' s fish and meat specialties. All food is exclusively local and regional!
TRATTORIA ANTICA BOHEME
LE VIGNERON
Read moreThis restaurant overlooking the vineyards of Arvier offers typical dishes of Valle d'Aostan cuisine, often decorated with spontaneous and edible flowers, as well as many other Italian specialities based on fish. The plate dressing is really excellent, the raw materials are of good quality and the tastes ... unique.
B&B L'ALPE REBELLE
Read moreThe philosophy of L'Alpe rebelle is that of its owner Daniele: a native of the valley and a professional mountaineer, who is the founder of the NaturaValp association, which promotes eco-responsible tourism in the Valpelline. This large house surrounded by a garden with a view of the Becca de Luseney is also a restaurant that uses ingredients from the valley. Its specialities are polenta, game, cheese dishes and seupa a la vapelenentse. Six neat and simple rooms are named after a local peak and the climber who first climbed it.
RISTORANTE NIALA
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CHEZ EDI
Read moreOn the road to the Great Saint Bernard, a small restaurant where you can eat a Valle d'Aosta or Italian dish. Friendly staff.
THOLOI RESTAURANT AND PIZZERIA
BISTROT CONVIVIAL
Read moreThe tables in this restaurant are large and, surprisingly, to keep your fondue, raclette or pierrade warm, in the centre of the table is a small cooking plate! The establishment bears its name well and is perfect for a meal with family or friends.