We suggest the Residence Villa Fridau, located in Gressoney Saint Jean in Valle d'Aosta, as the headquarters of our activities.
Villa Fridau is a place where you can go for peace and quiet and to restore your spirit, a home where you can feel like you’re on vacation. It’s furnished with Swiss taste and Italian practicality: in the common areas (hall, wellness centre, restaurant) you’ll see tradition and elegance and in the apartments, simplicity and ease in cleaning.

The residence

Villa Fridau has eight apartments, each with its own personality and named after a wild plant:

• 1 one-room apartment that sleeps 2 (double sofa-bed), kitchenette, table and chairs, furniture and chest, bathroom with shower, attic and open-beam roof in larch wood
• 1 one-room apartment that sleeps 3 - 4 (large single bed, closet bunk bed, divan with chaise longue), corner kitchen with table and corner bench, wardrobes and furniture, bath with shower/bathtub, larch wood roof and attic
• 2 two-room apartments on two floors; on the upper floor, bedroom (double bed) with wardrobe and desk; on the lower floor living area with sofa-bed for 2, corner kitchen with corner nook and bench, furniture and wardrobes, bathroom with shower, one with a balcony facing south
• 3 two-room apartments on one floor with double bedroom, living area with queen size or 2-bed sofa-beds, corner kitchen with corner nook and bench, furniture and wardrobes, bathroom with shower, one with a balcony facing southeast
• 1 two-room apartment in a two-storey eighteenth century chalet in wood and stone, with independent entrance; on the lower floor, bedroom with double bed with wardrobe and desk, bathroom with shower; on the upper floor, entrance, double sofa-bed, corner kitchen with round table and chairs, period furniture

The apartments are equipped with:

• kitchen appliances (microwave oven, electric stoveplate, refrigerator, some units have dishwashers)
• dishes, pots and pans, silverware, glasses, cheese grater, Italian moka coffee maker, breadbox, cutting boards, corkscrews....
• bed linens, towels for the bath and kitchen
• towels, bathrobes and thongs (on request) for the wellness centre
• hairdryers (on request)
• toiletries (toilet paper, shower gel and shampoo, shower cap and soap)
• colour TV
• WiFi and internet connection on Ethernet cable

Common areas

• The common areas are:
• hall with conversation corners, bar, stone heater with benches, library (books on Walser culture, novels, bricolage, cooking, gardening, computers...). Upon request, the hall (capacity 20 people) can be set up for multimedia events or presentations (with a screen for projections and WiFi connections), concerts, small conferences and creative workshops. External structures can make larger capacity rooms available for events that might have a higher number of participants,
• children’s corner with games, books, carpets, a desk and little armchairs
• terrace with solarium, giant-sized chess board, tables and chairs, umbrellas, swinging deck chair, wooded meadow, cross country track, Weissmatten downhill ski runs that can be accessed with back country skis
• laundry room for guests, with a washtub, dryer, iron and ironing board
• ski room for ski storage, snowboards and boots, backpacks and mountaineering gear
• wellness centre with water facilities (sauna, Turkish bath, Jacuzzi, “emotion shower”) and relax zone (herbal tea bar, sensorial alcove with chromotherapy, heated lounge chairs and aromatherapy, hay chair); physiotherapeutic, aesthetic and curative massages available on request 

The restaurant

The restaurant Mont Néry is located inside the Villa Fridau, and is a place of traditions and flavours. The furnishings are traditional and elegant, in stone and wood with wood panelling and the round stove heater of Gressoney.
Chef Massimo Lagomarsini travels from the Valle d'Aosta to Liguria, passing through the Piedmont and Lombardy, using seasonal products and valorising the local products of the territory.
Seating for sixty is divided into different areas: the friends’ grotto, the bistro and the round tables.
The wine cellar is interesting, with its vault and restored original stone flooring, and offers Italian wines and wines from the Valle d’Aosta.
The menu changes every week, while maintaining certain main lines (fancy appetizers, homemade pasta, polenta with stews, homemade desserts), and also includes a children’s menu (pasta, meat and ice cream).
For groups, special menus are available on request, as are themed evenings, including wine tasting.