Paqngo

This is my favorite part of Italy. Such beautiful photos.

leifields

Love your trip reports, Adelaidean! Have read many of them and took note of tips, logistic information, comments on accommodation, food, etc. But what I enjoy most are the beautiful pictures you take. Gorgeous!! You have such a good eye to spot them, get the right angle and frame!

Now, I’m dreaming about my first trip to the Dolomites this September. Got a lot of inspiration from your TRs. We (DH & I) are going to visit Bressanone and Ortisei. But got very impressed with what you are seeing in Corvara. I also love mountains, forests, small villages, flowers and hikes.

So, if you would compare Ortisei with Corvara, do you have a favorite or any comments? 😊

Hambagahle

Superb photos! Sadly I have never been to this part of Italy and probably never will but I am enjoying "visiting" through the photos!

Adelaidean

It’s fairly common to order half board here, ie breakfast and dinner, here’s a daily menu example :

A salad and appetiser buffet, then choice of 3 first, and 3 second courses.

Plus dessert.





I tend to pick the basics, but in addition there may be sushi, or pasta, or fish; etc.

Adelaidean

Day 32 : Corvara, Italy
Quite hot 30C and we were not looking to do long walks, so did some chairlift/ cable car hopping today.

Up Col Alto cablecar, walk to chairlifts, over to Piz Sorega down to San Cassiano village, return, then gondola to La Ila/La Villa/ Stern village and bus home to Corvara.
















Lots of bikers here, bike trails look fantastic and easy to transport on chairlifts.

Adelaidean

Hmmm, leifields, Corvara vs Ortisei:

we chose Ortisei on our first trip to the Dolomites and it worked well for us, I liked that it had 3 cablecar options direct from town, and the bus connections were good, lots of great restaurants, seemed to attract a lot of English speaking tourists.
Really busy, but we were there in mid summer peak season.

I chose San Candido next time, it was quieter, more European tourists, but we went in September.

Corvara is lovely, really a busy thoroughfare and lots of roadworks going on, but efficiently managed and excellent bus service.
Great food, great access to cablecars.
Lots of European tourists also.
But, everyone speaks good English, and all the TI’s have been really helpful.

I don’t know if any of that helps, the decision making is hard when it’s all so lovely.
Do check the cablecar closing times, though, for whichever you choose.

Adelaidean

Also, familiarise yourself with the App - I didn’t buy tickets via the App, but referred to it for timetabling, cost of journey so as to have correct change for driver, finding bus stops, but also being aware of the different names of the villages…







Each village has 3 names, and La Villa is not La Valle.

Stormbird1

Beautiful pictures, meals look outstanding! I had the halfboard at Hotel Rose in Niederdorf/Villabassa and they offered along with your selections, an exceptional salad bar! Best food I had in Italy!

Liefields, don't forget the Val Gardena Card when you go to Ortisei. Covers all the lifts in Val Gardena! Well worth the costs of

• 135,00 € for six consecutive days
• 103,00 € for three consecutive days

Corvara looks inviting! But 30C? That's too hot for me!

Stormbird1

That APP looks great!

leifields

Adelaidean, thanks for your response and comments! Yes, I know… it is hard to choose because everywhere is so beautiful there. But I will keep Ortisei. And I did check the cable car closing times last year when I booked the hotel and put our days in Ortisei in the beginning of our trip. I downloaded the Sud Tirol Mobil App yesterday and started getting familiar to it. I checked how far Corvara is from Ortisei by bus and it looks like is 1.5 to 2h - 2 buses.

Thanks for taking the time in sharing your knowledge and stunning photos in all those fabulous trips!

Stormbird1: thanks for your tip!

Melnq8

I'd be in trouble with those second courses...maybe they'd let me order two first courses instead?

Still enjoying your report Adelaidean. We're headed to the Dolomites in December and after exhaustive research decided on San Candido and St Cristina. It was definitely hard to narrow down all the options.

Nelson

Beautiful pictures once again. But 30C, oouf!

Don’t mind confessing I had to look up quark dumpling. That looks like a meal in itself.

swandav2000

Sooo gorgeous!! So jealous of your wonderful treks!! The area around Corvara looks somewhat like the Bavarian landscape, eh?

Yup, it was 33C here (though lol I was not out hiking in it!!). The next morning, though I needed a jacket at 17C in the morning. Ahh. I love that the heat doesn't last too long here.

Still sooo enjoying your photos and your walks and your descriptions!

s

Adelaidean

Day 33: Corvara, Italy
It has been uncomfortably warm until now.

Forecast for storms and cool change, so opted to walk to Pisciadu falls.

Refreshingly cool, about 15C, high cloud but not obscuring mountains.

Really, really beautiful.

Surrounded by mountains, walking through forest, just perfect.






















We did about 8 km today, easy walking.
I like the travel family ‘reunion’ type of trip, meeting with family/ friends again, where they choose to join us for the part of the itinerary that appeals to them.

Adelaidean

Day 34 : Corvara
So quiet, roads closed for a cycling event (non competitive), but no cars or motorbikes this morning, really pleasant to amble the streets (there’s not many of them) without the noise.










And, blue sky, clear with no haze, cool, just perfect.












Stayed local as no bus service, from Colfosco (next village) we took the Colfosco gondola to the nearby Edelweiss hut area, then took a punt and walked uphill and on the higher trail (nerve wracking for me) around to Col Pradat lift where we lunched and descended by gondola.
Wow, what a day. Stunning landscape, crisp clear air, cool enough for hiking, and every step higher revealing more majestic views.




Up past the winter chairlifts




Dog having fun in the snow




Up we go























That’s our trail





Lunch here ….







return by the gondola to Colfosco






New build attached to old









parking for all

Adelaidean

We arrived back in Corvara about 4:30, so jumped on the Boe lift just for a quick look (closes at 5:30 and we were NOT hiking down)



Heading up….



Boe lifts



Marmolada glacier





Sassongher


















Franz Costner rifugio

Melnq8

Looks like a great day!

Stormbird1

Wow! Outstanding! Amazing how blue that sky is without all that heat and humidity! Gorgeous pictures!

I found that trail and the Edelweiß Hütte and the Rifugio Col Pradat on Google Earth. It appears that Colfosco has a lot of apartments and pensions. My kind of town.

TDudette

Stunning photos! As always, I sigh for Italy. More soon, per favore.

rmfish

I fell in love with Bressanone and stayed there. Three different trips. The Cathedral is beautiful and on Sunday’s it used to have a High Mass with orchestra and choir. Fabulous. I was there once for the Feast of the Epiphany when I also visited the small and charming Christmas market.
Also liked Bolzano and thought Otzi and his museum very moving.