Protected nature

Gran Paradiso national park

More than just a park: a Paradise where alpine wildlife are easy to spot.

Mont Avic natural park

A corner of unspoilt nature, a world of wildlife and plants featuring species that can be found nowhere else.

Natura 2000

A European network for the protection of biodiversity and endangered habitats.

Nature reserves

Areas that are protected as a result of their particular environmental characteristics.

Valle d'Aosta: a region with high beauty content

Valle d'Aosta boasts a natural heritage of rare beauty, enclosed within protected areas, sites belonging to the Natura 2000 ecology network and alpine botanic gardens. With the exception of the Gran Paradiso national park, few people are aware of these places and why they are protected.

The value of beauty is guaranteed by protecting the environment, in order to safeguard its particular features and biodiversity and to maintain the landscape intact. This is why the region is also home to nine nature reserves (humid areas, areas with butterfly populations, migratory birds and many other wonders of nature) as well as the Mont Avic natural park, created in order to protect such unique nature.

Valle d'Aosta has chosen to make sustainable tourism an important part of what it has to offer visitors, and this project is summed up in the brand name “VIVA - Valle d'Aosta, naturally unique”: a new way of safeguarding the environment in order to ensure nature can be explored and enjoyed sustainably, following a series of guidelines.

Spotlight
Activities

Researchers for a day

Spend a day getting involved in research and conservation work for protecting the wildlife heritage of Valle d'Aosta.

An experience offering a mixture of observation, the glorious spectacle of the tall peaks and the history of the places.

A two-day hike to see firsthand some of the main Alpine herbs like yarrow, mugwort, génépi and arnica.

“Park-therapy” in the Mont Avic natural Park

A two-day hike in the Mont Avic Natural park will allow you to feel at one with nature.

A hike in the Urtier Valley where you can find rare botanical species and visit to Colonna, an abandoned mining village which is a unique example of industrial archaeology.

Discover the valleys formed during the ice age when the continual movement of glaciers also left behind a large number of Alpine lakes.

An enjoyable and meaningful experience for kids and for those who will be dealing with the delicate matter of the return of the wolf in Valle d'Aosta.