Naturalys educational farm
Resorts: Gaby
Rules for visitors
Activity period and intended recipients
The activities are realized all year long (diversified following the season) and are dedicated to infant school and primary school children, to pre-school aged children accompanied by parents and to young people of the secondary school. For the opening times, please contact the farm directly.
Hosting capacity
The farm welcomes groups of minimum 8 people; in case of bad weather it can host a maximum of 20 children.
NaturaLys is a family-run mountain farm specialised in bee-keeping and growing fruits and vegetables, situated in Gaby in the Lys Valley.
Acacia, chestnut, rhododendron and mixed mountain flower honeys are produced and vegetables (potatoes, carrots, pumpkins, courgettes, cabbages, cauliflowers, broccoli, French beans, lettuces, etc.) and small fruits (raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, currants and blackberries) are grown. In the summer, these are sold fresh in the shop and or transformed into jams, juices and other delicacies produced without using additives, preservatives, or colourings in farm workroom. Naturalys is also a holiday farm where you can taste sweet or salty snacks prepared daily with the extra-fresh raw material from the farm.
The spacious outdoor area is equipped with a wooden playhouse for the children, which contains a wooden toy kitchen and all what children need to play.
Vegetable gardens, fields of potatoes and small fruit patches surround the farm, which is entirely flat ground, and can easily be visited.
Inside there is a television room to project videos and photos, and a guest bathroom.
Visit to the farm with product tasting
The farm owners love to tell people about their work, especially those who live in the city and want to get to know the life of mountain farmers and the fascinating world of honey and the life of bees.
Cost of the visit + tasting per person: 16 € adults, 10 € children 4-12 years, free for children under 3 years.
Number of visitors required for the visit: min. 8 paying visitors.
Duration of the visit : about 1 ½ hours.
Educational workshops
Workshops are organised for schools and summer centres, tailored to the needs, interest and age of the children.
How to get there
Exit the Torino-Aosta motorway at Pont-Saint-Martin; follow signs to Gressoney for around 15 km. The farm has a large car park; it is also possible to park in an unattended, public car park situated a few metres from the farm. A few metres from the farm there is a bus stop of the Pont-Saint-Martin / Gressoney line managed by V.I.T.A.
Note - this information is not directly connected to the Cammino Balteo path but it is part of the Aosta Valley tourist offer.