Aosta Christmas Market: When Does the Marché Vert Noël 2025 Start?
With the arrival of winter, the Aosta Valley transforms into a living postcard of snow, lights, and festive scents. The mountains frame the decorated villages, while the center of Aosta comes alive with music, crafts, and authentic flavors.
One of the most anticipated events of the year returns for Christmas 2025 : the Marché Vert Noël , Aosta's renowned Christmas Market, which fills the historic Piazza Chanoux with magic. A unique opportunity to soak up the holiday atmosphere among wooden stalls, typical products, and local traditions that unite past and present.
Marché Vert Noël 2025From November 22, 2025, to January 6, 2026 , Piazza Chanoux will transform into a true Alpine village, illuminated by a thousand lights and surrounded by the scent of wood and cinnamon. The Aosta Christmas Market 2025 will welcome visitors every day from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm (with special opening hours on December 25, 3:00 pm–8:00 pm, and January 1, 11:00 am–8:00 pm), offering a journey through local crafts, food and wine, and original gift ideas.
Strolling among the characteristic wooden houses, you'll discover vintage objects, Christmas decorations, clothing accessories, traditional sweets, and wines from the Aosta Valley . Wood and iron craftsmen will demonstrate their skills live: from Fabio Cornaz , who transforms logs into works of art, to blacksmith Michel Pelliccioni , who enchants with the rhythm of his hammer.
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There will also be plenty of time for the little ones: in free craft workshops , children aged 3 to 12 can create wooden Christmas decorations to take home as souvenirs.
Visiting the Marché Vert Noël in Aosta also means experiencing the city in all its splendor: just a few steps from Piazza Chanoux are the Roman monuments of Augusta Praetoria, the Cathedral, the Archaeological Museum, and the Sant'Orso complex, ideal stops for a cultural itinerary combining shopping and tradition.
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In addition to the Aosta market, Christmas in the Aosta Valley is a succession of events celebrating the roots and magic of winter.
From November 15, 2025, to January 11, 2026, the natural ice skating rink will be open in Place Narbonne, perfect for families and enthusiasts. The inauguration will be enlivened by hockey and figure skating shows.
On December 7, 2025, the traditional Mistletoe Festival will be held in Saint-Denis , dedicated to the plant that is a symbol of fertility and good luck in Celtic culture, with a market, music, dancing, an evocative torchlight procession and the lighting of the Druidic fire.
Among the most anticipated events is also the Sankt Kloas Festival on December 5th in Gressoney-La-Trinité , a Walser ritual that celebrates Saint Nicholas with sweets and gifts for children, and the Wiehnacht Märt , the Christmas market on Advent weekends, full of specialties and mountain crafts.
Finally, don't miss the Micòoula Festival in Hône (5-8 December), dedicated to the famous sweet rye bread, and the Christmas Lights at the Bard Fort , which will illuminate one of the most evocative fortresses in the Alps from 7 December 2025 to 6 January 2026.
Between tradition, craftsmanship, and natural wonders, Christmas 2025 in the Aosta Valley promises authentic emotions. And the Marché Vert Noël in Aosta remains the ideal starting point for experiencing and savoring the magic of the mountain holidays.
