“Fairytale woods
and land of resistance”
Set on the slopes of the mountain, where the River Lys converges with the Dora Baltea, is the village of Perloz, steeped in myth and legend. A favourite hiding places of fairies, sprites, elegant ladies and gallant knights. But also the site of the first armed partisan resistance in 1943. In memory of this the “Bell of the Partisan” remains in the town of Marine.
Among its characteristic narrow streets you can breath in the scent of black bread which, on the last Sunday of July, is the protagonist of the gastronomic festival ‘Feta du pan ner’. Black bread which is baked for the occasion in the extremely old oven at the nearby town of Marine.
The now twenty-year-old tradition of the Tour d’Héréraz area is the ‘Bataille de Tchevre’ (Battle of the Goats), in which goats compete with each other to the sound of batting horns, to win the folkloric ‘Tchambis’: the wooden collars inlaid by hand and adorned with traditional bells.
Soft action Perloz
Naturalist-botanical trekking
Medium difficulty excursions can be made to Col Fenêtre (1670 meters), Monte Crabun (2710 meters), Croix Varfei (1638 meters) and Croix Corma (1958 meters).
From Perloz to the Fenêtre Pass: in the second half of June, nature offers a unique spectacle: the blooming of the extremely rare Aosta Valley Peony. Leaving from Perloz, a two hours’ walk leads you to the Fenêtre Pass (1,673 meters). Along the botanical-hiking route you will come across Laburnum anagyroides, a flower which colours all the slopes with yellow; magnificent flower-covered fields, and larch and beech trees. Varieties of rare and protected botanic species are numerous.
From the Fenêtre Pass to Croix-Corma: if you wish to continue on, in another hour you can reach Croix-Corma (1,968 meters above sea level), a panoramic point over the Canavese district.