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Fondation Grand Paradis
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Villaggio Cogne
11012 COGNE (AO)
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Gran Paradiso National Park visitor centre - "Bentornato Gipeto"
Resort: Rhêmes-Notre-Dame
Opening times 2026
- from 31 January to 29 March 2026: every Saturday from 2pm to 6pm and every Sunday from 9.30am to 1.30pm
- 13–14 and 20–21 June 2026 – Saturdays and Sundays from 9am to 1pm and from 2pm to 6pm
- from 27 June to 19 July 2026 – Monday to Friday from 9to 1pm, Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 1pm and from 2pm to 6pm
- from 20 July to 23 August 2026 - every day - from 9am to 1pm and from 2pm to 6pm
- from 24 August to 6 September 2026 – Monday to Friday from 9am to 1pm, Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 1pm and from 2pm to 6pm
- 12–13, 19–20 and 26–27 September 2026 – Saturday from 9am to 1pm and from 2pm to 6pm, Sunday from 9am to 1pm
Possibility of extraordinary openings, on reservation, for groups of over 15 people and with an additional price of 2 € on the access ticket.
Opening times are subject to variations: we advice to verify them on the web site reported in the “Contact” area.
Reduced entrance-fee: students aged up to 25 years (from 19 to 25 years with document certifying the student’s condition), persons accompanying disabled visitors, groups led by tour or nature guides.
Free entry: children aged up to 6 years, disabled visitors, people living in the municipalities of Fondation Grand Paradis (Aymavilles, Cogne, Introd, Rhêmes-Saint-Georges, Rhêmes-Notre-Dame, Valsavarenche, Villeneuve), tour or nature guides and Abbonamento Musei owners.
Reductions: Touring Club Italiano members and their families, persons accompanying Touring Club Junior’s members and owners of the access ticket to Parc Animalier d’Introd, Bard Fortress, Monte Bianco cable cars, M.A.V.
The visit is included in the Fondation Grand Paradis joint ticket (full price € 8.00, reduced entrance-fee € 4.00), valid for a year from the date of issue for visiting the sites run by the Fondation Grand Paradis.
Accessibility
The physically disabled can visit both floors of the Centre thanks to the stairlift
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Located inside the visitors centre of the Gran Paradiso Park in Chanavey, entering the village, with the Granta Parey in the background, the museum tells the history of an extinction, an ambitious project, the return, and perhaps a happy ending for Europe’s largest bird.
The bearded vulture, the lamb vulture, which disappeared from this valley at the turn of the last century and recently returned to spread its impressive wings over the valley skies, is the central theme of this space, where information, images, sounds and multimedia games, inform people about this spectacular animal, as well as about the bird fauna in the park.
In this visitor centre you can also live the ascent to the summit of Gran Paradiso in 360° virtual reality thanks to the multimedia station “Gran Paradiso VR- The experience of Nature”.
See also
Note - this information is not directly connected to the Cammino Balteo path but it is part of the Aosta Valley tourist offer.