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Found the leaflet about the Mont Blanc International food and wine festival 23rd/24th July. Website is www.lesgoutsdumontblanc.com
It is in french and italian but fairly straightforward
Chris
oops - just read back through the thread, the sosta in Aosta is no great shakes, just a car park where the weekly market is held on Tuesdays but if you wanted to be in the town it is useful. I would try one of the others mentioned by Eddied
going to check out the lake edied mentioned. There is a sosta by lake and one a scooter ride away. Looks like the valle aosta might be quite interesting. Spent a good couple of hours marrying up the places and sostAs mentioned using the offline version of camping car infos and autoroute
looks like we have a bit of a plan.
Thanks again
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after hours of driving and not gettig very far (none toll roads) we ende up at Hone not far up the Aosta valley. What. Cracking sosta it is to. 8 euros Including ehu and water on pitch.
Definately want to do the cable car but weather is iffy. Wednesday looks the best day. Does anyone know if you need to book or when we get a good day can we just turn up?
Looks like a few good places to explore and a few sostAs. May stay her though tomorrow if weather is bad
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Buon giorno e Buona Domenica.
no, you don't need to book. Departures every 20 minutes in July. You can do all the stages to Aiguille du Midi for €64 return. You can also do just intermediate stages if you wish. You can also do a complete round trip as far as Chamonix, returning to Courmayeur by coach through the tunnel, for €99.
You can find all you need to know about Mt.Blanc here :
Yep July can be pretty awful in that area - hot, humid, thundery and don't even mention the insect life! Hopefully you are far enough up to avoid the worst of it, which tends to be nearer the lakes. The flat we have been renting near Lake Maggiore has a lovely terrace and garden but you can't sit out in it at the moment because of the heat and insects - makes our lake district seem idyllic
Somewhat off topic, but maybe the terrrasse is the problem.
We had friends with a house in France near us, they would turn up in the summer and hang troughs of geraniums from the balconies, and were soon surrounded by mosquitoes, who came for the water below the troughs, and the males, for the flowers.
We don't do this, and have hardly any mosquitoes . . .
Plenty of thunderstorms in July though, especially near a river or a lake.
we were lucky in the Italian lakes as despite a lot of showers and thunder It was mainly warm and sunny. I've been bitten all over but michelle hasn't. Only difference was I seemed to spend most of my time on or In the water.
Going to move up to aosta town and courmayeur eventually tomorrow regardless of the weather. Looks like all the sostas are hard standing.
Just one more question. Are we best ambling along the none toll road rather than the motorway up to courmayeur or does it get a bit steep and narrow further up? Not bothered in normal weather but if it's pouring down?
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I agree that having lots of plants around encourages the insect life but around lake Maggiore it is difficult to get away from lush greenery - it is part of what makes the area so attractive.
The area around the lake has its own micro climate with very little wind to discourage the insect life for most of the year, add in the heat and humidity at this time of year and the population explodes. There are a number of world famous gardens close to the lake which no doubt benefit from all the insects but the human population and visitors suffer.
We have industrial quantities of skin so soft out there as protection
Barry - if you got bitten it must be because you were the most tasty thing around think of it as a compliment
I haven't tried the little roads up in the Aosta area, I have only been up there in winter when attempting them would have been an act of madness
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Buon giorno e Buona Domenica.
think of it as a compliment
