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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW about HIKING and TRAVELLING in DOLOMITES | Best trails, weather, public transport
In this post we are willing to share with you all our impressions and experience after hiking and travelling in Dolomites for 3 weeks. We are going to tell you all of our impressions and conclusions we made, some advice that we find very important, the reality of the weather and hiking conditions as well as some of our favorite hikes. Hope that you can learn something new from it. Location and language First of all, Dolomites are located in the South Tyrol where most part of the population speaks in German and it’s not a surprise because it shares the border with Austria. Only After the first World War…
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Tre Cime di Lavaredo Hiking Trail – breathtaking and easy high mountain trek | Dolomites Hiking #8
In this final episode of Hiking in Dolomites we did another quite popular trail – Tre Cime di Lavaredo loop. It is an 11 kilometers hiking trail that goes around the famous three rocks following the rocky mountain paths. It is an easy level hike that everybody can do. Even though it is situated quite high up in the mountains, it has only several uphills and downhills but they are not very steep, most of the time it goes along the side of the hills and mountain plains. It is a wonderful trail to do if you are not feeling like doing any challenging routes but still want to enjoy…
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Hike around Lago di Braies -one of the most beautiful and clear lakes in the world | Dolomites Hiking #7
In this serie of Dolomites Hiking we did the Lago di Braies Hiking Route which is a scenic walking path around one of the most beautiful lakes in Dolomites. It is a very easy 3 km walk that is suitable for everybody. It has plenty of possibilities for the photography enthusiasts depending on the light and weather you can get very different pictures. We didn’t get lucky with the weather but still could appreciate the glorious views over the lake and the mountains around. We started our day in the campground Bersaglio close to the town Brunico where we had a several day rest and had to take the train…
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Exploring amazing Val di Funes on the Adolf Munkel trail | Hiking in Dolomites #6
In this episode of Hiking in Dolomites we are going to share very easy one-day hike to do in Val di Funes. It is called the Adolf Munkel trail. It is 11 kilometers long, has only 400m of elevation profile and most of the trail goes through the forest with some beautiful rocky views on the surrounding mountains and several wide angle landscapes. We woke up to a sunny morning in our wild camping spot in the forest where we had a very quiet night. We didn’t have much choice to choose the spot and it appeared to have quite a bad downhill that we felt a lot while sleeping.…
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EASY one-day HIKE to SECEDA Mountain – Is it too touristic? | Dolomites Hiking in Val Gardena #5
In today’s serie of Dolomites hiking we are going to share with you the easy 16kms one-day hike to the Seceda mountain. We started from the village Santa Cristina di Val Gardena, hiked up 900m to the Seceda and got down doing a loop along the mountain range. Our morning started in the town Canazei in campsite Marmolada in Val di Fassa, South Tyrol. We woke up early to catch the bus to the village Santa Cristina di Val Gardena and fortunately that day it was on time. Morning was fresh and almost freezing with a very cool air. But the day expected to be sunny and bright. At night…
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One-day hike to see all of Dolomites! The most beautiful hiking trail you can find | Passo Gardena-Selva di Val Gardena | Dolomites Hiking #4
That day we did one of our most favourite day hikes in Dolomites starting from Passo Gardena, getting through Refugio Puez to the village Selva di Val Gardena. This is the perfect 16km hike to do if you have little time to spend in Dolomites but want to see all their beauty. And we would recommend it to everybody because of the variety of landscapes and so many wonderful and magnificent nature scenes. We woke up in the campsite Marmolada in the town Canazei quite early, had our breakfast and leaving our tent and camping equipment there were ready to go for a new hike. We wanted to explore the…
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Are these Dolomites rocks even real!? | Magnificent Vajolet Towers in South Tyrol, Italy – Dolomites Hiking #3
This day we did the circuit hike around Vajolet Towers starting in the village Pera di Fassa in Italian Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy. The morning was very fresh and cool and we were really cold. It felt much colder than in Val Venosta where we were hiking before. But then the sun came out and started to heat up everything. We woke up at the campsite Sojal in the village Pera di Fassa and that night we didn’t sleep very well. Unfortunately the campsite was located close to quite fast car road that was noisy even at night. So we had to deal with the sleepy mood all that day.…
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Waterfall paradise trail found in South Tyrol, Italy! | Berkwaal Sentiero del Sole trail – Dolomites Hiking #2
In today’s episode of Dolomites Hiking we are sharing with you the beautiful waterfall paradise trail. It is a one day 15 kms circuit hike in Val Venosta, South Tyrol, Italy starting from the village of Glurns, getting through the village of Schluderns then hiking up to the castle of Coira and taking the Sentiero del Sole to the Berkwaal channel. We started this summer cloudy day in the old medieval village Glurns where we stopped at the campsite Im Park. It was a nice small village with an old stone wall around it and typical Austrian architecture. We already spent a couple of days in it and our favourite…
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Old drowned village Graun and the most beautiful alpine lake Resia in South Tyrol, Italy | Dolomites Hiking #1
This truly amazing trail started in the village Graun in Val Venosta close to the Austrian border. For that day we planned to do around 15 kms and hike around the big lake Resia through the village San Valentin to the other smaller lake Haidersee. The day was sunny and bright and when we first came out to the lake Resia fantastic view opened to our eyes. The water was very still and quiet and we could enjoy the reflections of all of the surrounding mountains which was an amazing sight. The air was cool but at least there was no wind. As we just recently came from the middle…
