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Festivals, markets, traditional festivals, sporting events: discover the upcoming events scheduled along the Balteo Way.

Wine and gourmet festivals
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Donnas | 10 October 2025 - 12 October 2025

Chestnut Festival

Donnas

The chestnut festival is held on the second Sunday in October - the one after the grape festival. The aim is to assess the chestnut, a typical local product. One kind of chestnut, the “donnasc”, according to etymological interpretations of the toponymy, …

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Fénis | 10 October 2025 - 12 October 2025

Chestnut party in Fénis - "Golden Chestnut"

Fénis

The chestnut event returns to Fenis, The Chestnut Festival organized by the local Proloco, which celebrates the fruit of autumn par excellence. An opportunity to taste only the best roasted chestnuts and spend an afternoon outdoors.

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Craft/fairs/markets
Fortress of Bard

Bard | 11 October 2025 - 12 October 2025

Marché au Fort - Food and wine event

Bard

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 …

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Melevallée

Antey-Saint-André | 11 October 2025 - 12 October 2025

Mele Vallée - Display and sale of apples

Antey-Saint-André

Dry, windy summers provide apples with the ideal climate to ripen without the risk of disease. And the almost absence of anti-cryptogamic treatments means that the apple, the most cultivated fruit in Aosta Valley, reaches here very high levels of perfume …

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Walking trips
Emarèse

Emarèse, Challand-Saint-Victor | Sunday 12 October 2025

Cultura in cammino - From Challand-Saint-Victor to Emarèse

Emarèse

Join Cultura in cammino for one of ten guided excursions in the Aosta Valley exploring the Via Francigena and the Cammino Balteo.A unique way to walk through history and experience the charm of slow travel.Hike from Challand-Saint-Victor  to Emarese  to …

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Wine and gourmet festivals
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18 October 2025 - 19 October 2025

Lo pan ner - Black bread festival

** Valle d'Aosta **

The ovens in the villages of many municipalities in the Aosta Valley will light up on to bake the traditional black bread on the occasion of the "Lo Pan Ner" festival.Ovens and black breadMany Aosta Valley villages have at least one community oven, where …

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Wine and gourmet festivals
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Châtillon | 25 October 2025 - 26 October 2025

Honey and its by-products Festival

Châtillon

It is October, the blooms in the mountains are now a reminder of the past months and the beekeepers have brought back the hives that in summer were filled with nectar and pollen of various species to the valley, almost like a bees désarpa.If there is a …

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Wine and gourmet festivals
castagne

Nus | Saturday 25 October 2025

The Chestnut Festival

Nus

A tasty autumn afternoon dedicated to the typical fruit of this season.In the afternoon it will be possible to taste the roasted chestnuts.

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Batailles de reines et de tchevre
Bataille de Reines

Aosta | Sunday 26 October 2025

Batailles de reines - final combat

Aosta

The Regional Final, initially scheduled for Sunday 19 October, has been postponed to Sunday 26 October, following the conclusion of the vaccination plan against lumpy skin disease.“Bataille de Reines” is the history of Aosta Valley, a feast of the local …

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Fontina cheese

Torgnon | 31 October 2025 - 02 November 2025

"Torgnon d'outon" mountain potatoes and mountain dairy Fontina cheese

Torgnon

Torgnon d’outon  celebrates the flavours of autumn: starring mountain potatoes and Alpine PDO Fontina cheese, authentic specialities of the Aosta Valley.A festive weekend featuring:dancing eveningson Sunday, a zero-kilometre market with local …

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Batailles de reines et de tchevre
Bataille des Chèvres a Perloz

Aosta | Sunday 02 November 2025

Concours Batailles des Chèvres (Battle of the Goats) Final

Aosta

The Battle of the Goats also represents a moment of Aosta Valley tradition, a day of celebration for young and old.The first edition of this singular fight took place in 1981, the year in which some young breeders, passionate about this head of cattle, …

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Mercatino di Natale - Aosta

Aosta | 22 November 2025 - 06 January 2026

"Marché Vert Noël" Christmas Market

Aosta

Between the end of November and the beginning of January, the Marché Vert Noël turns one of the most magical places in Aosta, the central Piazza Chanoux - into enchanting alpine villages.Delicious local specialties, wines, handicrafts, traditional …

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Chambave | Sunday 23 November 2025

Tsalende a Tsambava - Chambave Christmas Market

Chambave

A warm welcome, a marketplace with unique gifts and gourmet products, musical entertainment and food courts.

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Bancarella mercatino

Châtillon | Sunday 30 November 2025

Petit Marché du Bourg - crafts street market

Châtillon

Tourists are welcomed in an atmosphere of art, music and colours with the presence of numerous exhibitors for traditional crafts, collectibles, antiques and gourmet and wine products. The event is enlivened by music, folklore and special focus on …

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Traditional celebrations
Vischio

Saint-Denis | Sunday 07 December 2025

Mistletoe Festival

Saint-Denis

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 …

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