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Petit Bistrot
(Via Marconi 6; crepes €5-7)
A crêpe window lures you at this cafe-cum-restaurant where Val-
dostan classics (eg
talgiere di lardo -
sliced salami) mingle with more cross-over snacks
(hamburgers with rocket and Parmesan).
INTERNATIONAL
€
Pan Per Focaccia
(Via dei Giardini 2a; foccaccia €2-5)
Tucked down a side street is this cosy mountain nook off-
ering cheap crêpes and fresh-from-the-oven focaccia, which you can enjoy perched on a
wooden stool inside.
SNACKS
€
La Terraza
(Via Circonvalazione 73; meals €35-45; lunch & dinner)
This lively, central bar-restaurant-
pizzeria has the full gamut of pizzas, steaks and après-ski nosh. True to the local spirit
there are also plenty of Valdostan dishes, including polenta, spicy sausage, fondue and
pasta with the celebrated
fontina
cheese.
INTERNATIONAL
€€€
Information
Ambulance
(
0165 84 46 84)
0165 84 46 84; Strada dei Volpi 3)
Medical clinic. The nearest hospit-
Centro Traumatologico
(
al is in Aosta.
Tourist Office
(
www.courmayeur.net
; Piazzale Monte Bianco 13;
9am-12.30pm & 3-6.30pm)
Getting There & Away
Three trains a day from Aosta terminate at Pré-St-Didier, with bus connections (20 to 30
minutes, eight to 10 daily) to
Courmayeur bus station
(Piazzale Monte Bianco)
, outside the tour-
ist office. There are up to eight direct Aosta-Courmayeur buses daily (€3.50, one hour),
and long-haul buses serve Milan (€15.50, 4½ hours, three to five daily) and Turin (€9, 3½
to 4½ hours, two to four daily).
Immediately north of Courmayeur, the 11.6km Mont Blanc tunnel leads to Chamonix
(France). At the Italian entrance, a plaque commemorates Pierlucio Tinazzi, a security
employee who died while saving at least a dozen lives during the 1999 disaster when a
freight truck caught fire in the tunnel.
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