Fénis Ao: Fénis Castle and mountain trails

A holiday apartment in Fénis Ao offers many different ways to plan your days away. The MAV displays more than 1,000 objects of material culture, including everyday objects from the 17th to the 20th century and sculptures from the 13th to the 21st century. There are also castles, paths through forest and mountain landscapes, and an event centred around chestnuts.

Fénis Castle: walls, towers and frescoes

Fénis Castle is a castle in the vicinity of Fénis. Its layout is considered complex and harmonious; it includes towers, battlement-crowned walls and valuable decorations. In the courtyard there is a semicircular staircase and wooden balconies decorated with valuable frescoes. Fénis Castle can be visited as part of guided tours, which start every half hour.

Easy travel along the Ciclovia Baltea

The Ciclovia Baltea runs through Fénis and is an easy, mostly flat route for cycling and walking. It is suitable for bike rides and family outings away from traffic. The section in Fénis is paved with red asphalt and forms a loop. It can be accessed both from the cemetery car park and from the Tzanté de Bouva recreation area.

Forest paths and Val Clavalité

The Le Côteau–Eremo Saint-Julien trail runs through a forest of Scots pines to the octagonal little church of San Grato and onward to the Saint-Julien hermitage. Its route offers scenic views and leads towards Val Clavalité. A path also leads from the Tzanté de Bouva recreation area to the Saint-Julien sanctuary and Mont Corquet. A hike through Val Clavalité to Lago Lavodilec passes through meadows, streams, waterfalls, alpine pastures and forests before reaching the lake.

Mountains and historic sites in the surrounding area

Monte Ander is a summit in the vicinity of Fénis. The surrounding area also includes Cima Longhede as a mountain, Saint Evence as a summit and Becca d'Aver as a mountain. For further cultural discoveries, Fénis's surroundings offer Ussel Castle, Roncas Palace and the Teatro Romano di Aosta as a historic site. The selection therefore ranges from individual mountain destinations to historic sites.

Chestnuts as a local highlight

Châtaigne d'or is an event centred around chestnuts that lasts approximately three days. You can focus on material culture and architecture, choose an easy circuit on the Ciclovia Baltea or plan hikes towards Saint-Julien, Mont Corquet and Val Clavalité.

More destinations for your travel planning

If you would like to combine Fénis Ao with other places in the same region, you can find Quart, Gressan, Gaby, Montjovet, Champoluc, Roisan, Valsavarenche and Verrayes here.

For the higher-level travel overview: Aosta Valley.