Guided tours to the botanical garden Arboretum Vescoz
Resorts: Verrayes
botanical gsrden Arboretum Abbé P. L. Vescoz in Verrayes
Sunday 08 June 2025
On the occasion of the national days dedicated to wonderful Parks and Gardens in Italy, the botanical garden Arboretum P.L. Vescoz opens its doors to celebrate a special event. The programme will include some guided tours for the celebration day.The botanical garden will be so officially opend to the public, after recent works. This day will offer you the opportunity to be totally immersed in the beauty of nature and to share this feeling with the whole community.
09:30 - 12:30
14:30 - 16:30
ingresso gratuito
9.30 a.m.
Guided tour organized by the Department of Natural Resources and Forestry of the Aosta Valley Region
10.30 a.m.
Celebration of the Holy Mass in Pointy
11.15 a.m.
Inauguration of the maintenance works of the botanical garden and interventions of the local authorities.
11.45 a.m.
Welcome drink offered by the Department of Agriculture of the Aosta Valley Region
14.30 and 15.30 p.m.
Guided tour organized by the Department of Natural Resources and Forestry of the Aosta Valley Region
Meeting point for the scheduled visits at the southern entrance of the botanical garden
See also
Botanical, geological and naturalistic gardens
This arboretum, the oldest of this kind in the Region, was realized between 1905 and 1908 by Canon Vescoz, an eminent religious, scientist and geologist native of Verrayes, in a poor and dry ridge, called Pointys (1050 m) and purchased by him with huge …
Note - this information is not directly connected to the Cammino Balteo path but it is part of the Aosta Valley tourist offer.