When nature is beautiful and lights up before you doze off in his long winter sleep.
The Equinox of 23 September has finally opened its doors to a particular period in which, rather than waiting for magic blooms, we marvel at the trascolorarsi the leaves and they fall silent, it is that magical period that is, by extension, called foliage, when the nature is beautiful and lights up before you doze off in his long winter sleep.
It ‘s time in which you can lose yourself in the woods, verdant before, now you “flash” of bright shades, woods where stepping on the leaves becomes a delicate symphony of whispers and roars. Romantic, to say the least. Suggestive, to bring us closer to the concept.
It’s called exactly the resounding fall foliage and colorful spectacle that nature offers in the fall, and that every year turns green summer landscapes in dazzling expanses full of red, yellow and ocher. The English term literally refers to the foliage of the trees became a true phenomenon in Canada and the United States, for some years was also imposed by us as an opportunity for vacation linked to the observation of natural phenomena typical of the third season.
The Courtil – 7 Km from Bard – a beech forest abounding in orange and red-brown. A Châtillon, the castle park “Passerin Entrèves” is an extraordinary vantage point, its monumental trees. Many maples is dotted with red in various areas, up to the French Renaissance garden (open until mid-November).
Going along the Dora, between the Valley of Brusson and Saint-Vincent, one meets in the mixed forest of the Col de Joux, composed mainly of conifers encircling the brilliant green of copper and purple wild cherry trees. To Verrès the regional road of the Val d’Ayas, you can visit the arboretum “Borna di Laou” (place of the wolf), the plants’ by signs, with scientific and common names. Meet, in addition to native species, cherry, ash, chestnut and loquat trees.
In Verrayes is an arboretum “Abbé PLVescoz,” botanical garden of exotic species: 10,000 plants, including cedar, Douglas fir, Italian cypress and redwood. In the Entrebin, on the hill of Aosta, is the “Parque Euntrebeun of” a variety of about 200 tree species in astonishing chromatic quality, thanks to yellow to orange to ash and elm and chestnut trees. The Val Ferret above Courmayeur, cross-country skiing you can enjoy delightful walks and broadleaf plants gradually give way to the “evergreen”, while the larches contrasting colors yellow-gold. In the Plan Gorret is the Park “Abbe JM Henry” and are visible: privet, blackthorn, dog rose and burnet, hawthorn, lantana and Lonicera, more exotic species such as a Douglas fir and a giant.
For those wanting to experience the autumn colors of the National Park of Gran Paradiso, Fondation Grand Paradis offers various solutions.
