Walking / Italy
Dolomites
Italy 46.41° N, 11.84° E
The Dolomites are the Alps with better food. Pale limestone towers rise straight out of meadows, and a hut with a wood stove and a wine list is never more than a few hours’ walk away.
We come in summer, when the high paths are clear of snow and the cable cars carry your bags from one valley to the next.
- Fly to
- Venice or Innsbruck
- On the ground
- Walking, cable cars
- Stay in
- Family-run rifugi
Best months
Best months: June, July, August, and September
Dolomites, up close.
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The huts
Rifugi are family businesses, often in their third generation. Expect private rooms, hot showers and a kitchen that takes itself seriously.
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The light
Dolomite rock turns pink, then orange, then violet at the end of the day. Locals call it enrosadira, and plan dinner around it.
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The history
The front line of the First World War ran along these ridges. You walk through its tunnels by headtorch.
Journeys in Dolomites.
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