Ortisei Retreat
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
7 days, planned by Cypress & Stone
Seven days walking in South Tyrol, where the road signs are in three languages and the German one usually comes first.
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| Bolzano |
| Val Gardena |
| Ortisei |
The Seceda ridge is a tilted slab with the Odle spires behind it. Go up early — the cable car queue by ten is forty minutes.
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| Seceda ridge |
| Odle group |
| Val Gardena |
Fifty-seven square kilometres of meadow at 1,850 m, closed to private cars during the day, which is why it is still worth walking.
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| Alpe di Siusi |
| Sciliar |
| Sassolungo |
Three passes in three hours. Falzarego still has First World War tunnels bored through the rock either side of it.
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| Passo Gardena |
| Passo Pordoi |
| Falzarego |
| Cortina |
Ten kilometres and about 350 m of climbing. Anticlockwise puts the north faces in front of you for the second half rather than behind you.
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| Tre Cime |
| Rifugio Locatelli |
| Lavaredo saddle |
The lake is the start of the Alta Via 1. Access is capped in summer and the road is closed to cars for most of the day, which is why this is a dawn trip.
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| Lago di Braies |
| Croda del Becco |
| Boathouse |
Verona is about four hours and has better connections than anything closer.
Day 1 · Fri, 18 Sept, 2026
Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.
Published by the operator. Nights on the ground can move with weather and permissions.
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
6 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 4 dinners across 7 days, at camp. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 7.
12 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
“Walking in Europe with the timed tickets booked at release”
A walking operator whose main skill is administrative: Alhambra slots, Sagrada tickets and hut beds, booked the day they open.
Did this over 7 days and it was the best walking I've done in years. No complaints about any of the hotels — all of them well placed. No hesitation recommending them.
The route is beautiful and the pacing was sensible — nobody was rushed on the climb. No complaints about any of the hotels — all of them well placed. Simple food, well made, and enough of it. No hesitation recommending them.
South Tyrol in the right season is something else, and the team knew exactly where to camp. Would book with them again.
The route is beautiful and the pacing was sensible — nobody was rushed on the climb. Recommended.
Did this over 7 days and it was the best walking I've done in years. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. Whoever planned the days knew what they were doing. Good value for what's included.
Did this over 7 days and it was the best walking I've done in years. No complaints about any of the hotels — all of them well placed. Whoever planned the days knew what they were doing. Recommended.
Well organised from the pickup onwards. The daily distances were honest about what they'd be. Would book with them again.
The route is beautiful and the pacing was sensible — nobody was rushed on the climb. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. Plenty to eat and they were happy to work around a gluten allergy. Would send friends their way.
No. Every walk here is on marked paths with no cabled sections, which is why no harness is needed. The Dolomites invented via ferrata and there is plenty of it, but mixing it into a general walking week means half the group waiting at every pitch.
One other operator runs this trail. See all 2 side by side →