What’s on
The village calendar, filtered by season. We book for you where needed: just ask at reception.
10 – 13 December 2026
Four days that open the ice season in Lillaz: ice and mixed climbing courses with mountain guides for every level, gear testing, and evenings of stories and films in Cogne. The programme depends on ice conditions.
24 – 31 December 2026
On Christmas Eve, a living nativity and carols before midnight mass in the church of Saint Ursus. On the 31st, mécoulin sweet bread is baked in the Lillaz village oven before the torchlight procession, then a midnight toast with live music in Piazza Chanoux.
6 – 7 February 2027
The classic-technique cross-country ski marathon that has started from the Sant'Orso meadow since 1975: 40 km through the snowy woods of the valley, or 25 km in the Light version. Part of the Ski Classics Challengers circuit.
19 July – 7 August 2027
The international nature film festival reaches its 30th edition. Documentaries in competition, talks and open-air evenings in Cogne, then across the other Gran Paradiso valleys.
One autumn weekend when the communal ovens of the Aosta Valley are fired up again for rye black bread. In Cogne the baking happens in the hamlet ovens: watch the dough being made and taste the bread still warm.
At the end of summer the herds come down from the high pastures and parade through Cogne with the cows dressed up for the occasion. Two days of local produce fair, music, the blessing of the animals in Piazza Chanoux and a village dinner.
The calendar is updated regularly by the hotel.
