Across the Alps: Lyon to Lake Maggiore

6 days · ~14 h driving ·Mountains, Castles

Day by day

Driving times are approximate, from OpenStreetMap roads without traffic; long legs are rougher estimates. The Google Maps links give up-to-date times.

  1. Day 1

    ~2 h 30 driving · 4 h visiting

    1. Lyon AirportLeaving from
    2. ~30 min driving · 34 km
      PérougesAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
    3. ~2 h driving · 154 km
      YvoireAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
    4. Overnight in Yvoire

  2. Day 2

    ~2 h 30 driving · 2 h visiting

    1. ~2 h 30 driving · 157 km
    2. Overnight in Étroubles

  3. Day 3

    ~2 h 20 driving · 6 h visiting

    1. ~1 h driving · 62 km
    2. ~20 min driving · 16 km
      FontainemoreAosta Valley
    3. ~1 h driving · 49 km
    4. Overnight in Ricetto di Candelo

  4. Day 4

    ~2 h driving · 6 h visiting

    1. ~10 min driving · 7 km
    2. ~20 min driving · 16 km
      RosazzaPiedmont
    3. ~1 h 30 driving · 83 km
    4. Overnight in Rassa

  5. Day 5

    ~1 h 55 driving · 4 h visiting

    1. ~1 h 10 driving · 64 km
    2. ~45 min driving · 37 km
    3. Overnight in Vogogna

  6. Day 6

    ~2 h 45 driving · 2 h visiting

    1. ~1 h 35 driving · 108 km
    2. ~1 h 10 driving · 59 km
      Milan Malpensa AirportReturning to

What you'll eat

Pérouges

Étroubles

  • Black breadBread and pastaBaked once a year in the old communal oven and dried
  • FontinaCheeseProtected cheese from whole Aosta Valley cow's milk
  • Fontina and black bread soupDish
  • Fiocca with raspberriesSweetCream served with raspberries

Vogogna

  • Gnocchi all'ossolanaBread and pastaGnocchi of chestnut flour, pumpkin and potato, with butter and local cheese

Also typical of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Also typical of Aosta Valley

  • Typical of Aosta Valley
    Jambon de BossesCured meatRaw ham spiced with mountain herbs, cured at 1600 m
  • Typical of Aosta Valley
    Lard d'ArnadCured meatPork shoulder lard spiced with mountain herbs
  • Typical of Aosta Valley
    Valle d'Aosta FromadzoCheeseCow's milk cheese, sometimes with a little goat's milk
  • Typical of Aosta Valley
    Soupe à la valpellinoiseDishSoup of bread, savoy cabbage and fontina
  • Typical of Aosta Valley
    CarbonadeDishBeef salted for 12 days, then slowly cooked with wine
  • Typical of Aosta Valley
    Blanc de Morgex et de La SalleWineDry white DOC wine of the Aosta Valley
  • Café à la valdôtaine (IT)DrinkCoffee with brandy, sugar and lemon peel, drunk in turns

Also typical of Piedmont

Also typical of Lombardy

Based on Wikipedia (Cuisine auvergnate, Cucina valdostana, Cucina piemontese, Cucina lombarda, Lombard cuisine), Wikivoyage (Pérouges, Etroubles, Vogogna) (CC BY-SA).