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Europe » Italy » Aosta Valley » La Thuile February 16th 2018

La Thuile in Italy is a 2 hour drive from our home in Geneva, through France and then the Mont Blanc tunnel in the Aosta Valley region. I find it quite overwhelming how many ski fields are within a days drive from Geneva. We have such an amazing choice of fields in Switzerland, France and Italy. We had a lovely ski week (half term), where we were directly across from the local ski field. 3 magic carpets, 2 chair lifts, a gondola to many more fields in Italy and France. Also a huge slope for sledging, a half buried playground, a kids zone with 2 bouncy castles and a tubing tow thing. We were spoilt for choice. Charlotte was gifted a snowboard and I managed to get some cheap snowboard boots the week before our trip. ... read more
All the family on skis on the same piste
When in Italy, eat pizza
Char, Haylz and Muzz

Europe » Italy » Aosta Valley » La Thuile August 28th 2013

The month of August was spent in the Swiss and Italian Alps so read on for the details. On Thursday 1 August we headed around to Saas Fee to the aire on the terrace overlooking the valley. The only down side was the giant multi story car park directly behind. However, we had one night in the back row and the next day a van left so we got a front row spot with the view. Saas Fee has a deal for reduced parking rates and free rides on buses and cables for a small daily price. On Friday we took the gondola up to Hannig to do a hike up to Mallig for great glacier and 4000mt peak views. The walk back through the Azalea rockery and the pine forest was lovely. On Saturday we ... read more
Beautiful
Finally, a photo of the elusive Wallcreeper
Forest art




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