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Aosta's
tourist office
(June-Sept daily 9am-1pm & 3-8pm; Oct-May Mon-Sat 9am-1pm & 3-8pm, Sun 9am-1pm; tel 0165.236.627,
www.regione.vda.it/turismo
) is at Piazza E. Chanoux 8 and has maps and other information on the town and around. You can get to most places within the region by bus from the
bus station
on Viale G. Carrel, but some of the more remote valleys are served by only one bus a week out of season. Trains run from the
train station
at Piazza Manzetti, south of the centre, west along the main valley only as far as PrA©-St-Didier. The best bet is to arm yourself with the combined bus and train timetable from the tourist office and use both.
The first choice for a
hotel room
would be
La Belle Epoque
at Via d'Avise 8, off Via Aubert (tel 0165.262.276; L60,000-90,000/a?¬30.99-46.48), which is modern, clean and compact. Alternatively, the
Mochettaz
, Corso Ivrea 107 (tel 0165.43.706; L60,000-90,000/a?¬30.99-46.48), charges slightly less, while the
Albergo Pila
, Via Paravera 12b (tel 0165.43.398; L60,000-90,000/a?¬30.99-46.48), is good value, though it's a ten-minute walk from the centre of town on the far side of the train line. All these hotels are open year-round. There are a number of
campsites
nearby:
Milleluci
, about a kilometre away in localitA Roppoz (tel 0165.235.278; year-round), is just on the outskirts of town. Finding
somewhere to eat
is no problem: you could try the
Praetoria
, Via Sant'Anselmo 9 (closed Thurs), a family-style trattoria; the
Alkimia
at Via Porta Pretoria 43 (closed Mon), for snacks; or the
Moderno Ristorante
, Via E Aubert 21, a friendly, lively place with a wide choice of dishes (closed Thurs). Otherwise Via E. Aubert and Via Porta Pretoria are the best streets to trawl. Other useful information
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