Heritage celebrations

Villages, encounters

Wandering around with curiosity allows you to appreciate this life of yesteryear: Vars was not always the summer and winter sports resort we know today. It is above all a valley with a centuries-old history: take a look behind the scenes. On a fine summer’s day, take the time to stroll through the villages of Vars. Watches used to be sundials: look up and search the walls of the old farmhouses for these sundial markers with mottos full of meaning: time makes love pass, but love makes time pass.

There are no washing machines, but there are laundries in every village where women used to wash their clothes with water at room temperature: give it a try! The church and temple in Saint Marcellin bear witness to the sometimes turbulent religious history of the Alpine valleys, and the wooden crosses that line the villages are adorned with the attributes of the Passion of Christ.