VERGER PLEIN SOLEIL

The Verger Plein Soleil country stay was founded when a part of the rural building was converted into apartments to give people who love simple things the chance to spend a peaceful holiday in the sun, surrounded by trees and mountains, eating wholesome products in our small village.
Verger Plein Soleil covers 3 hectares of land.
On 1,2 hectares we grow fruit, like apple, pear, peach, plum, apricot, cherry, fig, persimmon and walnut trees.

Our apartments are self-contained and available all the year round.
They can accommodate up to 6 people each.
They are in a building located in an orchard and have a big, enclosed, lit up courtyard, a solarium, a green area with a playground for children and a barbecue.
- Bed linen and towels can be rented from us.
- No pets admitted.
- Once the booking is confirmed, the number of clients must remain the same as at the time of booking.
- The price includes water, electricity, heating, waste collection, gas and any other expenses, unless otherwise specified.
- We offer a weekly 10% discount (except during high season) to ACI (Italian Automobile Club) members and to the people who bring country stay guidebooks, which have an agreement with us.
- We are open all the year round.


A1 - Apartment (from 2 to 6 beds).
80 m2, three-room apartment.
It is made up of a very bright attic room, a wide living room with a sofa-bed and two convertible armchairs, a dining room, a kitchenette equipped with kitchenware, a double bedroom, a bedroom furnished with bunk-beds, a pantry, two wide balconies, a bathroom with bath with shower attachment.

A5 - Apartment (from 2 to 6 beds).
75 m2, three-room flat.
It is made up of a living room with a sofa-bed, a kitchenette equipped with kitchenware, a double bedroom with an extra bed in it, a bedroom with two single beds, a bathroom with bath with shower attachment, a washing machine, a wide balcony.

In Saint Pierre you can find cafés, ice-cream parlours, traditional restaurants, grocer‘s, shops of handmade and typical products, two banks, a chemist‘s, a confectioner‘s, an ironmonger‘s, a newsagent‘s, hairdressers, mechanics, etc…
In the summer, you can enjoy a country walk, you can visit the castle and go to mountain huts.
Nearby, you can go rafting, canoeing, kayaking, you can have a try at hydrospeed, rock climbing, horseriding, archery, you can play bowls or go to the disco.
20 km away from here you can also heliski, play golf, go paragliding and gliding.
In the winter, you can cross-country ski even at night in Saint Nicolas, 4 km away from Saint Pierre.
In a few minutes you can reach the most important ski resorts; it takes you 20 minutes to go to Valsavarenche and to Val di Rhêmes, where you can also cross-country ski; it takes 25 minutes to be on the pistes in Pila or Courmayeur to enjoy downhill skiing and snowboarding.
In 35 minutes you can be in La Thuile, in Val Ferret and Val Veny.
It takes 45 minutes to reach Cogne, 35 minutes to reach Cervinia and 60 minutes to be in Champoluc.
In any month, festivals are organized in several villages in Aosta Valley.
On June 29th, you can join in the patron saint festival in Saint Pierre, where you can taste local dishes and wines, enlivened by music and games for everybody.
On August 10th, there is “Brindisi sotto le stelle” (Toast under the stars), where the Middle Ages and oenogastronomy join together during this gourmet experience.
The lords of “Sancto Petro” and of “Sarriod de la Tour” are glad to invite you to the evening with a tour round the castle, the museum, with a tasting of local wines and products, with a dance ball.
Besides, in several villages of the region you can watch the “Batailles des Reines” (typical cow fight), you can go to the fiocca (cream) festival in Avise, to the Jambon (ham) festival in Bosses, to the apple festival in Gressan, to the grape festival in Nus, to the “Seuppa alla Vapelenentse” festival in Valpelline, to the “Veillà” in Cogne, to the “Fëta a l‘ano” (Donkey festival) in Ollomont, to the lard festival in Arnad and to many others.

Saint Pierre is a beautiful village overlooked by a medieval castle.
It is located in the heart of the central valley, on the left of the Dora Baltea river.
The imposing icy pyramid of the Grivola, one of the amazing tops of Gran Paradiso Mount, towers above this village.
In Saint Pierre castle is based the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences.
At the end of the built-up area you can find another castle, surrounded by orchards, whose name is “Sarriod de La Tour”.
Saint Pierre stretches from the lands lapped by the Dora Baltea to the green grasslands at the foot of Mount Falère, where you can enjoy a superb panorama of the whole Aosta Valley.
Its excellent position makes this village very sunny.
This favours growing rennet and golden apples, whose colour, aroma and flavour are strong and unique.
Viticulture too plays an important role here.
As a result, these vineyards yield an excellent, characteristic wine called “Torrette”.

How to come here...
To come to Saint Pierre, Autostrada A5, exit Saint Pierre – Aosta Ovest.
At the traffic lights turn left for Courmayeur – Monte Bianco.
When you are under the castle, take the road to Saint Nicolas and to the chemist‘s.
At the cemetery take the road on the right to the castle, to the Museum of Natural Sciences, to the village hall… From the castle square go straight on taking the road to the chemist‘s.
100 metres after a curve on the left you find a wooden panel with Verger Plein Soleil written in yellow.