Culture & tradition

Dolomiti Super Ski includes the Ladin valleys of Val Gardena, Alta Badia, Arabba and Fassa. Ladino is a language that developed during the Roman times and is a mix of Latin, Italian, French and Spanish. As well as the Dolomites, Ladino is regularly spoken in the provinces of Bolzano, Trento and Belluno and the Swiss canton of Grigioni.

Gastronomy

Dolomiti Superski extends from Veneto to the region of Trentino South Tyrol and is known for its exceptional cuisine. The valley of Alta Badia has 6 Michelin Star restaurants and there are other highly rated restaurants throughout the region. The 5 different culinary traditions of Ladin, Tyrolean, Venetian, Trentino and Mediterranean attract food connoisseurs from around the world.

Sella Ronda

The Sella Ronda is one of the most famous skiing circuits, 24km of blue and red pistes that can be skied in either direction around the vast jagged Sella Massif mountain to which many of the Dolomiti ski resorts are connected. The Sella Ronda provides lift-linked access to the valleys of Alta Badia, Val di Fassa and the Val Gardena area, including Val Gardena - Selva where the FIS World Cup down hill is held every year.

Gebirgsjägertour

The Gebirgsjägertour ski circuit, also known as the Peace Tour, passes beneath the peaks of the famous summits of Civetta, Monte Pelmo and Tofana.

Spa & wellness

Try out the Dolaondes, Aquapark Vidor in Canazei which is part of the spa and wellness centre spanning 2,400sqm. The treatments follow the ancient philosophy of bioclimatology used in Roman Baths and include hamman, hydromassage, frigidarium, tepidarium and Finnish sauna to name a few!

Or, try the thermal center QC Terme Dolomitin Pozza. Spread over 4,000sqm it includes swimming pools and sensory pools fed from the sulphurous Aloch thermal spring - the only one in Trentino.

Marmolada

Skiing on the Marmolada is not to be missed - from Arabba it takes around 40 mins skiing to the base cable car and then a further 2 cable cars to get to the top. The best known run is the Bellunese from Punta Rocca at 3300m down to Malga Ciapela, a vertical drop of 1800m and 12km long - truly amazing and stunning scenery all the way.

Hiking Trails - Via Ferrata

During the First World War, one of the front lines ran through the Dolomites which saw heavy fighting between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian forces. There are now open-air war museums at Cinque Torri (Five Towers) in Cortina d'Ampezzo and Mount Lagazuoi which many people visit during the summer and as part of the organised ski tours during the winter.

Via Ferrata are "climbing paths" that have ropes, rope bridges and metal ladders nailed to cliff walls to help the climber and vary in terms of difficulty. They were created by the troops navigating their way across the region during the war.

Hiking Trails - Alta Vie

There are a number of long distance footpaths that run across the Dolomites, which are called "Alte vie" (i.e., high paths). Such long trails, which are numbered from 1 to 8, require at least a week to be walked from start to finish and during the walk, you can stay over night in the mountain huts called "Rifugi". The first Alta Vie and, perhaps, most famous is the Alta Via 1 which is a 150km path that runs south from Pragser Wildsee, near Toblach, to Belluno.