Holiday apartment in Issogne: Castle, chapels and hiking trails

Issogne combines castle history, sacred architecture and paths through a landscape of lakes, chapels and traces of the past. At Castello di Issogne, a tour takes visitors through the most important rooms. Destinations along the trails include the village of Mont Blanc, La Borney, Visey and the right bank of the Dora.

Castello di Issogne

At Castello di Issogne, the tour takes visitors through the most important rooms, furnished and decorated in the refined style of the late Middle Ages. At the centre is Georges de Challant, who transformed the castle into an elegant residence around the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries.

Chiesa di Saint-Solutor

The Chiesa di Saint-Solutor preserves architectural elements dating back at least to the first centuries of the second millennium. Its exterior features Romanesque pilaster strips with blind-arch friezes, as well as facade frescoes from the 1420s. Culture enthusiasts will find castle rooms, Romanesque pilaster strips, blind-arch friezes and facade frescoes from the 1420s in Issogne.

Hiking trails with different destinations

The trails lead to different destinations. The Sentiero del marmo leads to the village of Mont Blanc and offers views of remnants of industrial archaeology associated with the extraction of Issogne’s green marble. Towards the end of May, the Sentiero delle peonie climbs uphill to La Borney, where you can admire fox-coloured flowers. The Sentiero della fede crosses the Col de Plan Fenetre to the Sant’Anna chapel and the summit of Tête du Mont. For planning your day, the specific details for the Sentiero delle peonie are the timing towards the end of May and the ascent to La Borney.

From Visey, the Sentiero dell'acqua leads into Parco Naturale del Mont Avic. Along it, you can reach Lac Couvert with its rock carvings, as well as a menhir presumably of Celtic origin; the wild Lago di Panaz is also located along the trail. The Sentiero VIV follows an old path to Visey. At Lac Couvert, the rock carvings belong to the lake; the menhir is presumably of Celtic origin.

Sentiero di Télén and Alp La Cresta

The Sentiero di Télén begins in the hamlet of Bosset, a few minutes from the Saint-Roch chapel. It then climbs steeply through a beautiful forest to the small Alp La Cresta. For planning the route, the specific sections are the start in Bosset, the few minutes to Saint-Roch and the steep forest section to La Cresta.

Cammino Balteo and Via Francigena

As far as just before Verrès, the Cammino Balteo partly follows the same route as the Via Francigena and then continues along the right bank of the Dora to Issogne.

More places for planning your trip

If you would like to consider destinations beyond Issogne, you can find Introd, Acque Fredde, Saint Vincent, Arnad, Epinel, Rhêmes-Notre-Dame, Villeneuve and Jovencan here.

For the overview of the wider area: Aosta Valley.