クォートのおすすめツーリングルート

ハイキングに最適な、とても美しい村です。飲用水の噴水があります

Marvelous gravel route, just follow the signs.

Climbing with bike up to Blavy is such a nice experience on its own: stunning views on the Alps!

Alpe Seyvaz overlooks a valley that, in late spring, when the snow melts, turns into a true natural spectacle. The valley fills with mountain flowers of all kinds, creating an extraordinary palette of colors that mix with the bright green of the grass that covers the entire ground. If you stop in silence for a few minutes, you can hear the call of the marmots that inhabit this area: their characteristic whistles will begin to resonate in the air, a signal of their presence. As time passes, when they feel safe and do not perceive any danger, it will not be uncommon to see them timidly emerge from their underground dens to return to their daily activities.

currently the railway line is interrupted but we managed to leave from Chatillon by bus loading the bikes towards Aosta, then take the cycle path along the Dora Baltea mostly downhill. we found some interrupted sections with diversions

The castle of Saint-Germain was built between the 11th and 12th centuries by the De Mongioveto family, probably to control the road below and to convince travellers to pay them a toll. The central keep and a first circle of walls date back to this period, perhaps on a pre-existing structure. In particular, Feidino De Mongioveto seems to have been particularly tenacious and oppressive in demanding the toll, to the point that the Duke of Savoy had the pretext to take over the fortress. The castle did not remain in the Savoy family for long. The fief of Montjovet, and therefore the castle, witnessed the rise of the Challants when in 1295 it became the property of the family. Francesco di Challant, advisor to Duke Amedeo VIII of Savoy, brought the castle back into Savoyard hands in 1438, ceding the castellany of Montjovet with the castle, the lands and the village. Amadeus VIII and his successors contributed to making the castle increasingly efficient by updating it to new military techniques. The new city walls, battery positions, turrets and cannon positions date back to this period. In 1661 the castle was abandoned and artfully demolished to prevent foreign troops from stationing there, at the behest of Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy, while the garrison was transferred to the fort of Bard. At the beginning of the 18th century it finally fell into ruin. Today the castle of Saint-Germain is owned by the Aosta Valley Region.

Quart Castle is currently (January 2025) undergoing conservation work. The work should be completed by summer 2025.

Travelling along the Via Francigena from Aosta to Nus, just before Quart you come across this Castle built on a hill, an enchanting and solitary place.