{"id":1100,"date":"2026-06-07T19:45:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/item\/breuil-cervinia\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:04:10","slug":"breuil-cervinia","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/item\/breuil-cervinia\/","title":{"rendered":"Breuil-Cervinia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.6;color:#3a352f;\">Breuil-Cervinia lies at around 2,000 m on the Italian south side of the Matterhorn, here called Monte Cervino. The resort is a well-known high-mountain ski area with glacier pistes and is linked to Zermatt over the Theodul Pass, so you can ski across the border between Italy and Switzerland.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Italian south side of the Matterhorn (Monte Cervino)<\/li>\n<li>High-altitude glacier ski area<\/li>\n<li>Ski link with Zermatt over the Theodul Pass<\/li>\n<li>Summer skiing on the Plateau Rosa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<table class=\"at-vergleich\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Elevation<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">around 2,000 m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Local mountain<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Matterhorn \/ Monte Cervino (4,478 m)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Skiing<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">linked with Zermatt (Theodul Pass)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Region<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Valtournenche, Aosta Valley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Practical info<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f1ec;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Getting there:<\/strong> By car via the Aosta Valley to Valtournenche\/Cervinia; bus from Ch\u00e2tillon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Best time:<\/strong> Skiing autumn to spring, glacier partly in summer; hiking July\/August.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Cost:<\/strong> Ski passes and mountain railways payable (please verify).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Safety:<\/strong> High-alpine, avalanche situation; glacier only on pistes\/with a guide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:12px 0 4px;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;\">\n<li>The cross-border ski day to Zermatt is an experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Background &amp; History<\/h2>\n<p>Breuil-Cervinia lies at the foot of the Italian side of the Matterhorn, which here bears its Italian name Cervino and rises as a vast, evenly shaped pyramid above the head of the valley. While the mountaineers from Zermatt achieved the famous first ascent of the summit in 1865, Italian mountain guides around the local Jean-Antoine Carrel pressed up from Breuil over the difficult south ridge and reached the summit only a few days later. Carrel, a man from Valtournenche, is to this day regarded as the great pioneer of the Italian side of the Matterhorn and as a symbol of the local mountain guides\u2019 pride.<\/p>\n<p>The place itself was originally only an alpine settlement at the very back of Valtournenche, before it was developed in the 20th century into one of the first systematically planned winter sports resorts of Italy. In the years of Fascism it received the Italianised name Cervinia, which is still carried today and recalls that era. Thanks to its high position at around 2,000 metres and the adjoining glaciers, the region is known for its long, snow-sure winter. The ski areas extend across the border ridge as far as Zermatt and thus connect the Italian and the Swiss side of the most famous mountain of the Alps into a cross-border experience.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#221c1a;color:#fff;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 22px;margin-top:28px;\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.08em;\">Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0 12px;color:#d8d2cc;font-size:14px;\">To make your trip run smoothly , our guides and gear tips for this destination:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;\"><a href=\"\/en\/wanderschuhe\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hiking boots \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/packliste-huettentour\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hut-tour packing list \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/huettenwandern-einsteiger\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hut hiking for beginners \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/schichtenprinzip-bekleidung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Layering guide for clothing \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breuil-Cervinia liegt auf rund 2.000 m an der italienischen S\u00fcdseite des Matterhorns, das hier Monte Cervino hei\u00dft. Der Ort ist ein bekanntes Hochgebirgs-Skigebiet mit Gletscherpisten und \u00fcber den Theodulpass mit Zermatt verbunden, sodass man grenz\u00fcberschreitend zwischen Italien und der Schweiz Ski fahren kann. Highlights Italienische S\u00fcdseite des Matterhorns (Monte Cervino) Hochgelegenes Gletscherskigebiet Skiverbindung mit Zermatt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1129,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","citadela-item-category":[40,33],"citadela-item-location":[69],"class_list":["post-1100","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-gipfel-berge","citadela-item-category-ski-winter","citadela-item-location-aostatal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1472,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1100\/revisions\/1472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}