Hiking in the Dolomites
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- Fabulous week of walking in Italy's stunning Dolomites, a UNESCO world heritage site
- Trek past vast limestone cliffs, meadows, lakes and Tre Cime
- Stay in a comfortable family-run hotel with swimming pool
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Our trip begins in the Arrivals Hall at Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) at 15.45pm. Your tour leader will meet you by the waterfalls in the Arrivals Hall near the red fronted Relay shop (currently no water is flowing at the waterfalls due to Covid restrictions). Pleas...
Taking the public bus we travel to Ferrara to begin our walk to Lake Braies (1494 metres/4902 feet). We make our way through the fields and forest paths to arrive at the grandeur of the hotel at the head of Lake Braies - a justifiably popular lake spot with high side...
We take a local bus this morning to the old spa town of Altprags from where we climb up through beautiful flower meadows and on through forests to reach the lovely Putzalm hut for a well-earned coffee break. We then continue climbing to reach the tree line and shortl...
We take a bus to Sesto and then a cable car to the top station of approximately 2000 metres/6562 feet and then ascend Mt Elmo at 2434 metres/7986 feet. Our walk takes us along a ridge that marks the border between Austria and Italy and has a number of bunkers and look...
Today is an opportunity to either rest your legs and explore the cultural side of the region or keep up the activity levels and try some biking. A popular cycling day is the 50 kilometres/31.1 miles cycle ride to the Austrian town of Lienz. This gentle descent follows...
We take the bus to the Auronzo hut at 2320 metres/7612 feet, just below the famed UNESCO site of the Tre Cime de Lavaredo. From here we take a quieter path to the most impressive north faces of the Tre Cime and pass the Langalm hut before following another less well-k...
We take the public bus to Pratopiazza (1991 metres/6532 feet) - approximately 50 minutes - and walk a high-level track to the Durrenstein hut (2040 metres/6693 feet). From here we make a climb to the summit of Strudelkopf - a fabulous summit at 2307 metres/7569. The p...
Departing Dobiacco this morning we drive to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) where we will arrive about at 13.30 pm and this is where the holiday ends. The earliest time you should book a flight to depart today is 15.30 pm.
Meals Provided : Breakfast
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Explore! Reviews & Ratings
Linda
Oct 2023
Hiking in the Dolomites
The stunning scenery and exceptional tour leader.
Doreen
Sep 2023
Hiking in the Dolomites
Excellent trip & tour leader, Andy
Karen
Sep 2023
Hiking in the Dolomites
The Dolomites are stunning and I would definitely recommend the trip. Andy our tour leader was amazing. His level of knowledge, expertise and client focus was seco...
Evelyn
Sep 2023
Hiking in the Dolomites
Well organised great trip leader fantastic hikes comfortable accommodation
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