• Marché au Fort - Food and wine event

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Marché au Fort - Food and wine event

Resorts: Bard

Village of Bard

11 October 2025 - 12 October 2025

Contacts

Assessorato Agricoltura e Risorse naturali
Address
Ufficio Promozione 11020 SAINT-CHRISTOPHE (AO)
Telephone
0165.275215 0165.275213
Associazione Forte di Bard
Address
11020 BARD (AO)
Telephone
0125.833811

The Marché au Fort is taking place once again in mid-October set in the charming medieval village of Bard, at the feet of the historic Fort. It is the most important and biggest food and wine event dedicated to traditional Aosta Valley products.

The programme of the event is aimed at focusing attention on the various traditional rural products of the region, and will feature a market, as well as information and sampling points where technicians from the production chain will be illustrating the the particular characteristics of the products.
In the town hall square, a refreshment point will offer take-away dishes based on Aosta Valley products.

A free shuttle service will connect from 9.00 am to 19.30 pm parkings along the National Road 26 of Aosta Valley, in the municipalities of Bard and Donnas, with the area of the event.

09:00  18:30

By Car: National Highway 26 or Highway A5, exit at Pont-Saint-Martin (5 km) or Verrès (9 km).

Motorhome stopovers: Hône

Parking and shuttle bus: free shuttle service from the parking along the National Road 26 (Bard, Hône, Donnas, Arnad, Pont-Saint-Martin).

Marché au Fort
Marché au Fort
Marché au Fort
Marché au Fort
Fortress of Bard

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Note - this information is not directly connected to the Cammino Balteo path but it is part of the Aosta Valley tourist offer.