Stunning Trails, Villages, Vineyards and Cuisine
Trip Type: Small Group Adventure
Territory:
Region: Dolomites
Trip Price: From $7,995
Single Supplement: $1,695
On-Trip Airfare: $0
Duration: 8 days/7 nights
Trip Begins/Ends: Bolzano, Italy / Venice, Italy
Minimum Travelers: 4 travelers
Maximum Travelers: 16 travelers
Pricing detailed for this Small Group Adventure is based upon double occupancy. Additional charges for single travelers and any on-trip airfare required for the trip apply. A booking deposit is required to reserve your space. Small Group Adventure pricing includes all lodging, meals (unless otherwise noted), activities, baggage handling, transportation, and guide service. Not included are travel costs to/from gateway cities, guide gratuities, and personal incidentals including, but not limited to, trip cancellation/interruption insurance, alcoholic beverages, and laundry service. Travel with Off the Beaten Path requires agreement to our standard Terms & Conditions.
No Sweat - 1-2 miles of walking or hiking per day, plus easy activities
Nice & Active – 3-6 miles of hiking or walking per day, plus physically active exploration
High Five! – 5-10 miles of hiking per day, plus possible peak bagging or other action-oriented fun
Be ready to hike 6 to 8 miles a day, with potential steep sections and ascents and descents of 1,000 to 2,000 feet, even with cable car and chairlift rides. Trails encompass a variety of surfaces and descriptions, from single-track paths, to wider gravel trails, to passage through the WWI mountain tunnel.
Most all of our Small Group Adventures can be made private to just your traveling troupe. Just give us a call at (800) 445-2995 and tell us that you would like to “make it private”!
Generally, there are two ways to make a small group adventure private. First, you could capture one of our published departure dates for just your group. In order to achieve this, we have to have sufficient space available to create a separate private trip. Second, we could take the details of this itinerary and fashion it for just your group on dates of your choosing. For this, too, we just need to review your interest, group size, and preferred timing in order to create the trip.
In all cases, the process begins with a phone call so give us a ring at (800) 445-2995 and after just a few minutes gathering information, we can set to the task of making your trip a reality!
Meet your Trip Leader in Bolzano, and it’s off on to the village of Fiè allo Sciliar. We get our legs under us on an easy hike to a lake that was established in the 16th century for fishing. Today, the lake is a conservation area and meeting place for locals and tourists alike. After lunch in a rifugio, we hike back to the hotel. Rifugios are small, hike-in mountain inns, and embody the soul and charm of being afoot in the Dolomites.
A cable car takes us up to begin our hike around Mount de Bulacia, which winds through green meadows to the Goller Kreuz (a cross monument) and the “witches’ benches,” two enormous stones of red igneous rock. The hike leads on past the Filln Kreuz (Fillner cross) with spectacular valley views. We’ll enjoy lunch in a rifugio, then descend by cable car. After dinner in a local restaurant, we’re treated to a grappa and gin tasting.
Today’s destination is the UNESCO World Heritage Puez-Odle Nature Park. We’ll take a cable car to begin our hike at 6,955 feet, hike over two passes then down an undulating trail—all with panoramic views. We have lunch at the historic Rifugio Col Pradat, then drive to our next lodgings in the village of Corvara, beautifully set in the South Tyrol region’s Alta Badia valley.
Still in Puez-Odle Nature Park we hike to Rifugio Fanes on a beautiful trail that climbs for a bit then crosses through a valley of pine forests and over a mountain pass. According to legend, ancient Fanes people live in caves in the rock. We’ll enjoy lunch at the rifugio, which often features Ladin cuisine, then hike back.
We catch a cable car to Mount Lagazuoi, at 9,026 feet, where Italian soldiers dug tunnels up through the mountain to attack Austrian soldiers occupying the summit. We can descend through the winding tunnel, then continue on to Cinque Torri (“Five Towers”), with its incredible views of the largest remaining glacier in the Dolomites. The open-air museum Grande Guerra is a reminder of what this region experienced during WWI. Tonight we enjoy a wine tasting and lovely dinner.
This morning’s ascent (either on foot or via cable car) takes us up to the Pralongia Plateau, surrounded by the 10,000-foot-plus Pelmo and Civetta mountains, Marmolada glacier, and the Sella massif. There are a number of paths and trails to choose from, as well as a large variety of mountain restaurants along the way. Explore the charming village of Corvara this evening and enjoy dinner on your own.
After breakfast, we drive to a charming alpine resort town that was host to the 1956 Winter Olympics, then continue on to the picturesque village of Follina, on the “Strada del Prosecco”—the Prosecco wine route. This small community in the foothills of the Treviagian Alps was developed in the 12th century by Cistercian monks. We enjoy lunch on the grounds of our 5-star hotel, then set out to explore, from the 12th century abbey to contemporary wineries. We’ll enjoy an informative (and delicious) Prosecco tasting at Marchiori Wines and return to our hotel for a gourmet dinner at a 1-star Michelin restaurant.
After our final breakfast, the group will travel to Venice together to bid fond farewells and catch flights home.
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