• Mistletoe Festival

    Traditional celebrations

Mistletoe Festival

Resorts: Saint-Denis

Main village, n°88

Sunday 08 December 2024

Contacts

Assoc. Maniero di Cly, Pro-loco Château de Cly
Address
11023 SAINT DENIS (AO)
Telephone
0039 340 6216982
Telephone
0039 333 7999338

Mistletoe was an important element in the Celtic tradition, and many rites and legends are based on it.

To celebrate its harvest, which traditionally occurs just before Christmas, the festival, centred around the mistletoe street market, where visitors will also find traditional food products, is made even more enchanting by the traditional music and dancing. After prizes have been awarded for the finest mistletoe, the event comes to a conclusion with a torchlight parade and the lighting of the druid fire.

How to get here

Coming from Aosta: you enter in Chambave then follow the regional road 12 in the direction of Saint-Denis.

Coming from the lower Valle d’Aosta: leave the motorway at Châtillon, continue along the State Road 26 until Chambave and then follow the regional road 12 to Saint-Denis.

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Castello di Cly - Saint-Denis

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Ru Marseiller

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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.