by Olivier Ciucci | June 17, 2026 | France, France - Alpes de Haute Provence, France- Alpes Maritimes, France-Haute-Savoie, France-Hautes Alpes, France-Isere, France-Savoie, Info, Italy-Piedmont, Italy-Aosta Valley, Switzerland-Valais, Switzerland-Vaud
Sharing the History of the Alps Telling and sharing the history of the Alps is an integral part of my work. On this blog, you will find numerous references to historical and cultural facts that make the Alps an extraordinary territory.
by Olivier Ciucci | July 15, 2025 | Italy-Aosta Valley
There are cities to visit, and others to cross to reach the mountains. Aosta is neither: it is experienced. For in the heart of the Aosta Valley, this ancient city is much more than an administrative center or a stopover on the road to...
by Olivier Ciucci | July 11, 2025 | Italy-Aosta Valley
To the north of the Aosta Valley, a valley slips between the mountains like an arrow reaching for the sky. This is the Valtournenche, the royal road leading to the glaciers of the Matterhorn and Monte Rosa, where the ascent is made as much by the senses as by road. From the...
by Olivier Ciucci | July 8, 2025 | Italy-Aosta Valley
There are valleys that reveal themselves like a secret. The Val d'Ayas, an elegant offshoot of the Aosta Valley, rises silently from Verrès to the eternal snows of Monte Rosa. Here, the villages seem poised between heaven and earth, the traditions...
by Olivier Ciucci | July 7, 2025 | Italy-Aosta Valley
They emerge from around a bend, perched on a promontory or covering a hillside: the castles of the Aosta Valley form a constellation of stones that tell a thousand-year-old story. From the valley's border, at the gateway to Piedmont, to the...
by Olivier Ciucci | July 1, 2025 | Italy-Aosta Valley
The Lys Valley, also known as the Gressoney Valley, is one of those valleys that rise gently, with a kind of alpine gentleness. In the far east of the Aosta Valley, from Pont-Saint-Martin to the glaciers of Monte Rosa, its landscapes unfold...
