Summer in the Dolomites with the kids

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

• Experience the rich Ladin culture with many traditions that make this region so unique
• Hike amid glorious landscapes of pillars, pinnacles, and colossal rock walls of the Dolomites
• Stay in cozy mountain rifugios with the civilized comforts of a warm bed and hearty cuisine

In this trip you visit some of the most incredible areas in the Dolomites on foot. We take the best of this fairy-tale setting – incredible scenery, gorgeous hotels and Rifugio and delectable cuisine – and we weave them together with great hiking.

Wild alpine meadows, deciduous and evergreen woods, high altitude lunar-like terrain, soaring peaks, dramatic walls and towering heights alternate with the refined South Tyrolean – Italian town of Cortina d’Ampezzo and hidden mountain inns that you encounter during your daily hikes.


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TRIP DETAILS

Length: 4n / 5d

Start / Finish:  Cortina d'Ampezzo

Activity Level: For everybody in good and active physical health.

Cost: Custom self guided trip starting at €940 with minimum 2 members

Includes: Double room accommodation in 3-star hotel and charming rifugios, meals as noted in itinerary, transfers on day , briefing, maps, Italian mobile phone, local basic medical and evacuation insurance. Airport transfers available on request.

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 ITINERARY
Trip itinerary may vary based on weather conditions, fitness levels and abilities of participants, and/or the recommendations of your guide.

Day 1 ~ Arrive in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Dolomites
Arrive in Cortina d’Ampezzo (1,224m / 4,016') on your own (private transfer on request), and check into your bed and breakfast. Cortina enjoys a reputation for great winter skiing and in the summer attracts hikers and mountain climbers who challenge the rocky faces of the nearby mountains. In the afternoon, meet with a local Dolomite Mountains representative for a trip briefing.
D… Hotel in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Day 2 ~ World War Galleries – Cinque Torri
Today short transfer to Passo Falzarego. Near the pass there are several World War I underground passages called “galleries”, which serve as memorials to the terrible fighting that took place here in 1916. We will hike through one of these galleries and stop for lunch at Rifugio Lagazuoi, a mountain restaurant where you’ll feel like you’re sitting on the edge of the world.

After lunch, you have the option to hike down through one of the galleries, or to take advantage of the cable car that speed you to the valley below.
Once in the valley you cross an alpine road, rejoin the hiking route and begin your final ascent (290m / 950') to your rifugio for the night.  Once again the setting for this rifugio is remarkable as it looks at the long wall of the Croda di Lago and sits right near the Cinque Torri (Five Towers). In the distance rise Sorapis and Antelao. Simply put, the view is awesome. (6 hours hiking.)
B,D… Rifugio

Day 3 ~ Croda da Lago - Pelmo Massif
A beautiful hike by the Lastoni di Formin and Croda da Lago Massifs to your rifugio Passo Staulanza under the Pelmo Massif. The Pelmo is one of the Dolomites’ most impressive mountains, 10,391-foot-high Pelmo. Awe-inspiring from every angle, it towers over the Boite and Zoldo valleys, with its giant throne-like appearance and horizontal rock layering that is easily recognizable from afar.
(5-7 hours hiking, 349m / 1,145' ascent / descent.)
B,D… Rifugio

Day 4 ~ Return to Cortina d'Ampezzo
From Rifugio Passo Staulanza, hike to Rifugio Venezia  and down over the River Boite to the thriving township of San Vito di Cadore (1,010m / 3,313').  Take a public bus directly to Cortina d’Ampezzo for oyur last night.  (4-5 hours hiking, 559m / 1,834' descent.)
B… Hotel in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Day 5 ~ Depart
Breakfast and departure.