Étroubles
Etroubles
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
Halfway along the road from Aosta to the Great St Bernard Pass, Étroubles has watched Roman troops, Via Francigena pilgrims and Napoleon pass through; he slept here on 20 May 1800. For centuries its men earned a living guiding travellers over the pass. Since 2005 the whole village has been an open-air museum of contemporary art on the theme of the journey.
Highlights
- À Étroubles, avant toi sont passés..., artworks scattered through the village
- The Romanesque bell tower of a church that has disappeared
- Tour de la Vachère, a 12th-century tower on Roman foundations
- The 1853 cooperative dairy, now a museum of fontina and butter
- The old communal oven at Éternod, still fired for black bread
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Étroubles (IT), Étroubles (EN)), Wikivoyage (Etroubles). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 478
Things to see
- Great St Bernard Valley (IT)
- Vachéry Tower (IT)
Events through the year
- Carnevale della Coumba FreidaLandzette masks parodying Napoleonic uniforms tour the valley villages
- Feast of the Assumption
- La Veillà d'ÉtrobleOld crafts and village life re-enacted, with songs, dances and food
- Black bread bakingBlack bread baked once a year in the old communal oven
- La nuit des bergersLiving nativity scene
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikivoyage (Etroubles). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Local food & wine
- Black breadBread and pastaBaked once a year in the old communal oven and dried
- Fontina and black bread soupDish
- Fiocca with raspberriesSweetCream served with raspberries
Adapted from Wikivoyage (Etroubles). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
7 places to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 3
- Campsites 3
- B&Bs and guest houses 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Thermal spa: Terme di Saint Vincent (IT) · ~48 min by car
- Thermal spa: QC Terme Pré Saint Didier (IT) · ~57 min by car
- Hot spring: Sorgente Termale di Pré-Saint-Didier (IT) · ~57 min by car
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Nearby member villages
- Bard, Aosta Valley · 46 km
- Ingria · 48 km
- Bonneval-sur-Arc · 52 km
- Fontainemore · 53 km
- Rosazza · 60 km