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Lakes · Valle d'Aosta

01The places

Most named places in Valle d'Aosta

From the region's comparison questions: how many answers propose each place as a destination. Places named only as a reference ("near Florence") do not count. The arrow marks places where we also measure hotels.

  1. 1Lago d'Arpylake92%±——
  2. 2Lago Blulake80%±——
  3. 3Lago di Place-Moulinlake80%±——
  4. 4Lago del Miagelake80%±——
  5. 5Lago Verneylake76%±——
  6. 6Laghi Lussertlake40%±——
  7. 7Lago Misérinlake40%±——
  8. 8Lago Checrouitlake36%±——
  9. 8Lago Gabietlake36%±——
  10. 10Laghi del Parco di Mont Aviclake32%±——
  11. 11Lago di Lodlake28%±——
  12. 12Laghi di Dziulelake24%±——
  13. 13Lago Leysserlake20%±——
  14. 13Lago di Brussonlake20%±——
  15. 15Lago di Liconylake16%±——

We measure hotels for none of these places: searches for staying there fall below the set's minimum threshold (1,000 a year).

Engine by engine

The top ten places: in how many answers each engine suggests them. Percentages don't add up to 100: each one says in how many answers that item appears, and one answer names more than one.

PlaceAll enginesChatGPTCopilotGeminiGrokPerplexity
Lago d'Arpy 92% ±— —100%100%80%80%100%
Lago Blu 80% ±— —60%100%60%80%100%
Lago di Place-Moulin 80% ±— —60%100%60%80%100%
Lago del Miage 80% ±— —100%100%20%80%100%
Lago Verney 76% ±— —80%100%60%40%100%
Laghi Lussert 40% ±— —0%0%0%100%100%
Lago Misérin 40% ±— —0%100%20%80%0%
Lago Checrouit 36% ±— —0%0%0%100%80%
Lago Gabiet 36% ±— —0%100%0%80%0%
Laghi del Parco di Mont Avic 32% ±— —60%0%0%0%100%
02Who tells the story

Who tells this destination's story

Every time AI answers about Valle d'Aosta it cites sources. When it cites a middleman instead of the official site, the destination is told by those who profit from it.

Out of 100 cited sources

  • DMO5%
  • Hotel0%
  • OTA4%
  • Other sources92%

Other sources, 92%: of which

Item by item, out of all cited sources: together they add up to the other sources' share. Next to each, the most cited sites.

  • Maps and apps44%Komoot · Google Maps · Italia in Cammino
  • Unclassified16%panoramica.it · focusontrips.com · discovermorgex.it
  • Newspapers and magazines15%ilTurista.info · Quotidiano Piemontese · Corriere della Sera
  • Private tourism portals4%Visit Italy · La Thuile
  • Social and video4%TikTok · Instagram · YouTube
  • Hotel listings3%Its4Kids
  • Travel blogs2%Guida Turistica Valle d'Aosta
  • Transport and services2%LifeInTrek
  • Guidebooks and encyclopedias2%Wikipedia · Touring Club Italiano

DMO by DMO, engine by engine

Across the category questions in Valle d'Aosta, except those about hotels: in how many answers AI cites a DMO site as a source. The first row is the DMO covering the region most.

DMOAll enginesChatGPTCopilotGeminiGrokPerplexity
Love VdA regional16% ±— —80%0%0%0%0%
ENIT national12% ±— —60%0%0%0%0%
Comune di Ayas municipal4% ±— —20%0%0%0%0%
03The sources

How many answers include DMOs and hotels

Across the category questions in the region, except those about hotels: the share of answers citing at least one DMO, and the share citing a hotel's website.

DMO
20%
of answers cite at least one DMO ±—
Hotel
0%
of answers cite a hotel's own site
OTA
20%
of answers cite an OTA ±—
Other sources
68%
of answers cite guides, media, blogs ±—

out of 25 answers

Engine by engine

How many answers of each engine cite a DMO and a hotel's own site.

DMOHotel
ChatGPT100%0%Copilot0%0%Gemini0%0%Grok0%0%Perplexity0%0%

For comparison: OTAs

The intermediaries AI cites instead of DMOs and hotels: Booking, Tripadvisor, Expedia, Google Hotels.

  1. 1Tripadvisor20%±——
  2. 2Google Hotels4%±——
04The questions

The questions · Valle d'Aosta

The questions we ask every month, each backed by a real Google search. Under each: the places AI names most, and how many answers cite a DMO or a hotel's website.

IT

quali sono i laghi più belli in Valle d'Aosta?

Search: laghi valle d'aosta · 12,600 Google searches a year

  1. 1Lago d'Arpy92%
  2. 2Lago del Miage80%
  3. 3Lago di Place-Moulin80%

DMO 20%Hotel 0%

05The answers

What AI answers, in full

One question, and each engine's answer on the first of the 5 runs. Highlighted names are the ones we count; below the text, the cited sources.

We asked

«quali sono i laghi più belli in Valle d'Aosta?»

ChatGPT · gpt-5-6


I più belli, secondo me, sono questi:

  • 🏔️ Lago d'Arpy - spettacolare vista sul Monte Bianco e facile da raggiungere.
  • 💙 Lago Blu - piccolo, turchese e con il Cervino sullo sfondo.
  • 🌲 Lago Verney - grande lago alpino vicino al Piccolo San Bernardo.
  • 🏞️ Lago del Miage - ai piedi del Monte Bianco, con ambiente glaciale davvero suggestivo.
  • 💎 Lago di Licony - più selvaggio e impegnativo, a 2.555 m, con acqua blu intenso.

Se vuoi fare una sola escursione, sceglierei il Lago d’Arpy: bellezza + panorama + difficoltà contenuta.

The map cards ChatGPT shows
Name Score Category Address Phone
Lago d' Arpy ⭐ 4.8/5 (887) Lake 11017 Morgex, Aosta Valley, Italy -
Lac Bleu ⭐ 4.7/5 (922) Lake 11021 Valtournenche, Aosta Valley, Italy -
Verney Lake ⭐ 4.8/5 (242) Lake 11016 La Thuile, Aosta Valley, Italy -

Cited sourcesLove VdAilTurista.infoCorriere della Sera+ 1 other sources

The engine's original text, without links. Other runs of the same question may answer differently: that is why we run it 5 times.