Discover Saint-Vincent: Trails, Culture and Local Traditions

Saint-Vincent Between Mountains and Culture

Saint-Vincent combines mineralogical, sacred and underground insights with trails through a sunny hilly landscape. The Museo Mineralogico in Saint-Vincent is the only mineralogical museum in the Aosta Valley. It displays minerals from the mountains around Saint-Vincent, particularly from Monte Barbeston. Beneath the parish church of Saint-Vincent lies an archaeological site that can be visited via an educational underground tour.

The Chiesa di San Maurizio di Moron is also one of the oldest churches in the Aosta Valley. The Museo d'Arte Sacra in the hamlet's church houses the statue of the patron saint of Amay, dated 1628.

Hiking Trails Through Varied Landscapes

The Saint-Vincent–Moron trail passes through a rich chestnut and beech forest and follows a canal along its entire route. It leads to Moron, a hillside settlement consisting of seven hamlets at an altitude of 833 metres. The Saint-Vincent–Terme–La Tour Rosset–Tzan Mort–Capard circular trail passes through vineyards, hay meadows and coppice woods, and past centuries-old chestnut trees.

This circular trail also leads to Tzan-Mort, a place associated with traditional games. The official Saint-Vincent–Col de Joux–Verrès–Saint-Vincent circular trail begins and ends in Saint-Vincent and passes through Col de Joux and Verrès.

For more than 600 years, the Ru Courtaud has served to irrigate the sunny hillside of Saint-Vincent; its water flows above ground through the forest of Col de Joux, and it can be used as an alternative route through nature.

Historical Evidence Along the Trails

The Capard wine press has explanatory panels describing how it works as a lever press. The restored wine press at Maison-Neuve preserves its historic spindle with a stone counterweight, as well as the large walnut-wood lever beam. From Maison-Neuve, a level path leads to the traditional games field; a convenient mule track also climbs uphill to Dizeille and Perrière.

Local Products and Festival Traditions

In Salirod, visitors can tour the cellars of the local dairy, where wheels of Fontina are stored and aged. There, they can also buy the cheese and other locally produced goods. The Carnevale dei piccoli lasts one week and ends on Shrove Tuesday with a festival in one of the village's squares, where polenta and sausages are distributed to everyone.

Casino and Practical Information

The Casino de la Vallée covers 3,500 square metres over two floors and has more than 400 electronic gaming machines. The Saint-Vincent tourist office is located on the town's central pedestrian street.

More destinations for independent travel planning: Gressoney-La-Trinité, Donnas, Fénis Ao, Antey-Saint-André, Aymavilles, Coveyrand, Ayas, Valpelline.

To the higher-level travel overview: Aosta Valley.