Rhemes-Saint-Georges: Culture, Rye and Local Stories

Lo Berlò in La Palud: Nature, Language and Food Culture

Rhêmes-Saint-Georges can be explored through places where a connection with nature, regional food culture and the local language come together. Lo Berlò is located at the Espace Loisir in the La Palud district of the municipality of Rhêmes-Saint-Georges. There, Lo Berlò offers a specially designed educational trail about the wildlife of Gran Paradiso National Park, the food culture of the Alpine region and the local language, Patois. Patois refers to the local language and gives the trail a language-related perspective alongside nature and food culture.

Rye, Bread Ovens and Mills

Visitor routes in Rhêmes-Saint-Georges lead to restored bread ovens and mills connected with the local rye production chain. A historical trace of this processing is the grain storehouse of Le Coveyrand: the small storage building dates back to the 15th century and was used to process rye. During the Rye Festival, you can watch bread being baked in the village oven. The connection with rye extends from the small storage building to the village oven, where bread baking can be observed during the Rye Festival. In this way, rye, mills and bread appear in different local contexts – as a building, as part of visitor routes and as a craft process.

Chapels and Sacred Heritage

In the village of Voix, the Cappella di Voix was built in 1781. The Cappella del Prieur was rebuilt in 1733 after the earlier chapel was destroyed by an avalanche in the 18th century. In Coveyrand, the parish museum preserves old sacred furnishings and liturgical objects from the parish church and its associated chapels. Those interested in culture can compare the construction of the Cappella di Voix in 1781 with the rebuilding of the Cappella del Prieur in 1733 in Rhêmes-Saint-Georges. This brings together a specific construction year, a rebuilding history and preserved objects from the religious heritage of the area.

Villages, Architecture and a Tractor Parade

The villages of Vieux and Coveyrand include a building dating from 1696 with distinctive cylindrical columns. Another local feature is the “Fiha di Tratteur”. This is a tractor parade in which residents and tourists travel on agricultural trailers from Rhêmes-Saint-Georges to Rhêmes-Notre-Dame.

Getting There and Stories Along the Way

Rhêmes-Saint-Georges can be reached by the public bus service operated by Società Autoservizi Valle D’Aosta (SAVDA). If you choose a hotel in Rhemes-Saint-Georges for your stay, you can consider this connection as a practical reference point for your journey. Free podcasts are available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Deezer and Spreaker, as well as through the Loquis app, to accompany walks through the local stories. During the walk, Loquis tells the stories of the places visited as soon as you approach them. SAVDA identifies public bus transport as the means of access; Loquis links the stories to your proximity to the places visited. This allows the area to be explored not only through buildings and events, but also through accompanying narratives.

Further destinations for orientation: Bionaz, Saint Vincent, Montjovet, Gressan, Acque Fredde, Pré-Saint-Didier, Gressoney-La-Trinité, Chef-lieu

For the broader travel overview: Aosta Valley.