Across the Alps: Lyon to Lake Maggiore
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.
Day 1
Day 2
- ~2 h 30 driving · 157 km
ÉtroublesAosta Valley Overnight in Étroubles
Day 3
- ~1 h driving · 62 km
Bard, Aosta ValleyAosta Valley - ~20 min driving · 16 km
FontainemoreAosta Valley - ~1 h driving · 49 kmRicetto di CandeloPiedmont
Overnight in Ricetto di Candelo
Day 4
- ~10 min driving · 7 km
Borgo il PiazzoPiedmont - ~20 min driving · 16 km
RosazzaPiedmont - ~1 h 30 driving · 83 km
RassaPiedmont Overnight in Rassa
Day 5
- ~1 h 10 driving · 64 km
Orta San GiulioPiedmont - ~45 min driving · 37 km
VogognaPiedmont Overnight in Vogogna
Day 6
- ~1 h 35 driving · 108 kmMaccagno ImperialeLombardy
- ~1 h 10 driving · 59 kmMilan Malpensa AirportReturning to
What you'll eat
Étroubles
- Black breadBread and pastaBaked once a year in the old communal oven and dried
- 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
- AligotDish
- TruffadeDish
- Green lentil of Le PuyLocal produce
- CantalCheese
- Saint-nectaireCheese
- Fourme d'AmbertCheese
- Bleu d'AuvergneCheese
- Potée auvergnateDish
Also typical of Aosta Valley
- Typical of Aosta Valley
- Typical of Aosta ValleyLard d'ArnadCured meatPork shoulder lard spiced with mountain herbs
- Typical of Aosta ValleySoupe à la valpellinoiseDishSoup of bread, savoy cabbage and fontina
- Typical of Aosta ValleyCarbonadeDishBeef salted for 12 days, then slowly cooked with wine
- Typical of Aosta ValleyBlanc de Morgex et de La SalleWineDry white DOC wine of the Aosta Valley
Also typical of Piedmont
- Typical of PiedmontAgnolottiBread and pasta
- TajarinBread and pasta
- Vitello tonnatoDish
- Typical of PiedmontBrasato al BaroloDish
- CastelmagnoCheese
- BaroloWine
- GianduiottiSweet
Also typical of Lombardy
- Typical of LombardyPizzoccheriBread and pasta
- CasoncelliBread and pasta
- Bresaola della Valtellina (IT)Cured meat
- GorgonzolaCheese
- TaleggioCheese
- PanettoneSweet
Based on Wikipedia (Cuisine auvergnate, Cucina valdostana, Cucina piemontese, Cucina lombarda, Lombard cuisine), Wikivoyage (Pérouges, Etroubles, Vogogna) (CC BY-SA).