The Aosta-Valley is located in the north-west of Italy and it is a region which is rich in traditions and culture and which is characterised by many alpine valleys. One of them is the Gressoney-Valley that winds its way up to the foot of Monte Rosa, one of the most impressive massifs in the Alps. At its upper end you find Gressoney La Trinité whose history presents particular features that surely increase the differences between this village and its neighbourhood. While the remainder of the Aosta-Valley is marked by the bilingualism Italian-French, that is due to historical and geographic reasons, Gressoney's inhabitants also speak a Germanic dialect which the Walsers took with them when they left Valais and settled down with their livestock on Monte Rosa's southern slopes in the 13th century. This community, that once lived principally by mountain agriculture, cattle breeding and trade, became a charming holiday resort and nowadays it belongs to the most popular destinations of a great number of tourists.

A good example of the fact that the upper Gressoney-Valley is able to combine tradition with tourism is represented by RESIDENCE HEIDI, a small and peaceful house that rents apartments and that is personally run by the owners. It is situated in the hamlet Fohre / Orsia, 1750 metres above sea level and about 1,5 km away from the village centre, which can be reached with a 20-minute walk along Torrent Lys or by a bus that stops just in front of our house. Thanks to its location RESIDENCE HEIDI is the ideal place for all those who want to switch off and to forget the daily stress, in order to relax in the heart of nature and to get new energies from the direct contact with the mountain landscape. Moreover, the interior of the house also contributes to the restful and family-friendly character of our apartments.

RESIDENCE HEIDI is located in the heart of "Monterosa Ski", a ski resort which is composed of three valleys and which has a 200-kilometre long network of ski pistes. Our guests will receive from the three ski teachers of the house, that's to say from the owner and his two sons, professionally qualified advice about the great variety of pistes and the numerous opportunities for off-piste skiing you can find in this skier's paradise. Our apartments are situated at the bottom of a chair lift, by which you can join all other ski lifts, and they are equipped with a spacious garage that makes it possible to put on the skis in front of the house when you start in the morning, without worrying about chains, long drives by car and the search for a car park, and to ski down to the door when you come back in the evening.

RESIDENCE HEIDI is a good starting point for walks with various levels of difficulty. The owners will be glad to provide you with all information about the wide choice of mountain paths and glacier routes, that enable you to discover the natural wonders of the alpine world: from meadows in flower to very old mountain pastures and from small chapels to the crevasses and the tops of many 4000-metre high peaks. During your walks you can admire the local flora in all its splendour and encounters with animals of the alpine fauna, such as ibexes, chamois, marmots and eagles, are quite frequent.