Matterhorn, Called Monte Cervino in Italian, Is Considered One of the Most Famous Mountains in the Alps and Also One of the Most Iconic Due To
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. The Matterhorn, called Monte Cervino in Italian, is considered one of the most famous mountains in the Alps and also one of the most iconic due to its special and accentuated the pyramid shape, rising from Plateau Rosa Glacier It is located on the northern between Italy andborder it towersSwitzerland, where over the other peaks. www.lovevda.it Matterhorn BREUIL-CERVINIA VALTOURNENCHE TORGNON BREUIL-CERVINIA VALTOURNENCHE TORGNON n. Slopes- n. Slopes- n. Slopes- N. BEDS No. BEDS No. BEDS Km. Km. Km. Accommodation WINTER SPORTS Tracks Tracks Tracks Hotel * 0 0 1 14 0 0 Downhill Slopes - BLUE 11 10 2 Hotel ** 9 331 7 223 1 88 Downhill Slopes - RED 30 103 11 53 6 23 Hotel *** 22 1486 8 302 3 149 Downhill Slopes - BLACK 7 2 1 Hotel **** 7 608 0 0 1 29 Total Alpine ski & Snowboard 48 103 23 53 9 23 Hotel ***** 1 77 0 0 0 0 Cross-Country skiing 1 3 2 10 5 40 total Hotels 39 2502 16 539 5 266 Ski mountaineering X X X Apartment Hotels ** 3 163 1 50 0 0 Snowshoes X X Apartment Hotels *** 0 0 0 0 0 0 Waterfalls ice-climbing Apartment Hotels **** 1 70 0 0 0 0 Ice-Skating X X SnowKiting Total Apartment Hotels 4 233 1 50 0 0 Dog sledding X Mountain Hut 3 125 2 49 0 0 Snowbike X Stopover Location 0 0 0 0 0 0 Heliskiing X Farm Houses 0 0 1 14 4 50 Snow walking routes X X services Campsites 0 0 1 347 0 0 Ice Kart X & Bed & Breakfast 0 0 9 40 0 0 N Rooms to let 6 70 4 41 3 33 SUMMER SPORTS O Holiday Homes 3 162 3 183 3 190 Mountain Bike X X X Youth Hostels 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mountain Bike Downhill X Holiday Houses and Flats 2 38 1 18 1 13 Trekking X X X dati Climbing X Motorhomes stopover 1 240 0 0 1 280 Alpinism X X X MO Total 58 3370 38 1281 17 832 Nordic Walking M Riding X O BREUIL-CERVINIA VALTOURNENCHE TORGNON Antey-St-André - Antey-St-André - Antey-St-André - Rafting - Kayak - Hydrospeed Châtillon - Brissogne Châtillon - Brissogne Châtillon - Brissogne Lifts & Services No. No. No. CC Canyoning X X Cable-Railway A Adventure-Park X Cableway 2 Via Ferrata X Gondola 2 1 1 Paragliding X X Chairlift 8 4 3 Golf X Ski-lift 1 2 Football X X X Magic Carpet 2 2 2 Gym X X X Snow Park 1 1 1 Fishing X X Baby Snow Park 1 1 1 Swimming Pool X Ski Hire 12 4 3 Tennis/squash X X X Kinderheim 1 1 Archery Ski School 3 1 2 Summer Skiing X , glacier and ”, a high (1815 m), one of Grande Balconata Pearls of the Alps Plateau Rosa downhill 12 km Ventina run Chamois the motor vehicles are where not admitted the “ sul Cervino walking trail connecting Antey with Valtournenche passing and Breuil-Cervinia the typical ancient through villages of La Magdeleine and Chamois not to be missed Breuil-Cervinia 2.000 m Valtournenche 1.524 m Torgnon 1.489 m Antey-St-André 1.074 m The village is located at the entrance to the Valtournenche, just 9km from the Châtillon motorway slip road and 20 from Breuil-Cervinia in a delightful location, which is generally Breuil-Cervinia was founded in the first half It is the birthplace of the most famous Cervinia alpine Torgnon is located among fields and thriving woodland sunny and protected from the wind. During the winter it is also a popular destination of the 20th century, and today, together with guides, commemorated in a stone located in the main with a splendid view on Cervino and in a sunny, wind thanks to its proximity to the ski resorts of Torgnon, Chamois (direct cable car Courmayeur, it is the most famous tourist square of the town. protected position. connection), Valtournenche and Cervinia and for the possibility of having cheaper centre in Valle d‘Aosta. It is settled in a vast The town spreads out over the beautiful vale Torgnon is an ancient district stretching over numerous accommodation (hotels and apartments) and weekly ski pass prices. basin at the top of Valtournenche, just at the overlooking the valley basin, among vast pastures and hamlets that still retain features of Alpine architecture. Nordic skiing fans can enjoy 15km cross country rings. In the summer season there Matterhorn’s feet. conifer woodland. The sunny aspect and the local climate make this town are many hiking and trekking possibilities: several trails lead from Antey around the Already known to mountaineers who Tourist development is linked to the history of a salubrious district that is much frequented by holiday Valtournenche or to the top of the surrounding mountains, always with spectacular views attempted to climb Cervino at the end of mountaineering and began towards the end of the makers, both in winter as well as in summer season. of the Matterhorn. Antey is also equipped for outdoor sports with a football pitch, floodlit the eighteenth-century, since the fifties its summer last century with the opening of the passable roads. Tourism activities are quickly increasing thanks to the tennis court, nature trail, climbing walls and is the landing base for hang gliders. fortunate tourist development was due to its Previously, however, climbers and scholars would reach good level of accommodation and facilities available all impressive cableway system. the town on foot or by donkey. year round. Thanks to a considerable increase in the TIRED OF THE SAME BEACH AND THE accommodation and sporting facilities, SAME SEA EVERY SUMMER? ... THEN this district is today a holiday resort of WHY NOT MAKE A CHANGE ! international status. There are places where it is skiing time is all the time The glacier of Plateau Rosa is one of these places. We are talking about a vast, splendid natural terrace summer overlooking Cervinia, at an altitude of over 3,000 metres. Keen skiers will be able to enjoy a very unusual winter winter landscape in July or August, on perfectly prepared slopes. There might perhaps be a light sprinkling of fresh summer winter DURING THE SUMMER YOU CAN THE SKI resort OFFERS snow, which is not unusual at these altitudes, on certain THE SKI resort, UNDER THE taKE SOME INTERESTING HIKES unbeatable natural SCENERY, summer days. PICTURESQUE GRANDES AND ROUTES ON mountain BIKE dominated BY THE Matterhorn, These slopes suit all levels. The Cervinia Ski School has MURAILLES, OFFERS 45 KM OF DURING THE SUMMER YOU CAN THE SKI resort IS FAIRLY LARGE, or on horseback. It is not uncommon, as you walk WHICH REIGNS SUPREME WITH a permanent office on Plateau Rosa, at an altitude of SLOPES and lift facilities connected to the resorts taKE NUMEROUS walKS AND WITH OVER 20 KILOMETRES OF the highest paths, to encounter chamois, mountain goats and marmots and find Edelweiss. ITS unmistaKABLE, granite pyramid. 3,480 metres, where you can contact your instructor of Breuil-Cervinia and Zermatt for a total of 350 km HIKES, WITH THE CHENEIL hike SLOPES, A CABLE CAR, A SKI directly for all levels of skiing and snowboarding. of uninterrupted slopes, typical mountain restaurants One of the most appreciated walks, and bike The ski area, connected to the Swiss slopes of not particularly difficult. From here you can have LIFT, 2 chairlifts and 2 ski lifts in the Winter and marvellous views across the Matterhorn. trail, is the one leading to Gilliarey, where you Zermatt and those in Valtournenche, extends And what about matching ? a splendid view over Valtournenche and the La Magdeleine skiing and golfing Park. It reaches up to 2,100 metres above sea will find the sanctuary of the same name and an for 350 kilometres and it is one of the largest in the Cross-country skiing takes place on the Maen 6.5 Matterhorn, in a particularly picturesque, natural level, therefore also meeting the needs of more unforgettable view of the Matterhorn. Alps, where you can ski all day long without doing In Cervinia there is an18 hole golf course, which is one of kilometre piste and on that of Champlève, which is context amid thriving woodland, rhododendrons Chamois demanding skiers. 1.815 m the same stretch twice, thereby offering you the the highest in Europe, so that it is even possible to enjoy 3.3 kilometres. and flowering pastures. The cross-country ski tracks allow you to choose The district of Chantorné at 1,765 metres, in a Chamois is a peaceful place at an altitude of 1815 metres, in the middle of the Cervino possibility to choose from a vast range of routes special offers indulging both passions. “Les Gouffre de Busserailles” is another frequent routes of various length, from 2 to 30 kilometres beautiful pine grove, offers an equipped picnic Valley, on the left bank of the Marmore river. suitable for all levels. destination for hikers. It is a fearsome abyss, 35 area. Of course there are also plenty of walks, for lovers which is one of the longest and most picturesque The town can only be reached via cable car departing from Buisson, a hamlet in An- It is possible to ski all year round, even in the of trekking, and mountain bike trails, as well as an metres deep and over 100 metres long, dug into in the valley. They pass through tconifer woodland tey-Saint-André; there is also a mule track that can be covered in around two hours, that summer, on the Plateau Rosa Gracier.