Coming to Val Gardena, you feel as if you are entering a fairy tale. These are not just beautiful words, but the feelings of those who found themselves in this valley for the first time. Descending from the Brenner Pass, the peak of Sassolungo will appear in front of you - this is a sure sign that you are almost there.
In this valley, many people speak German, and the inscriptions on the signs are presented in two versions: German and Italian. This is due to the fact that back in the 19th century these places belonged to Austria-Hungary. The locals are Ladins, they speak Ladin among themselves, but can communicate in Italian and German, so there are never any problems with communication.
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On the map of Italy, Val Gardena looks very tiny, but once you’ve been here, you begin to understand what a large part of the country it is, thanks to its traditions, the beauty of nature and the attitude of local residents towards tourists.
basic information
Location
The Val Gardena ski resort in Italy is located in the northwestern part of the famous Dolomites, in the Alto Adige district. By the way, there is also another one, popular throughout Europe, Italian
How to get to Val Gardena
The closest airports to the valley are located in Verona (about 190 kilometers) and Innsbruck (about 120 kilometers). It would be preferable to take a train to Bolzano, and from there by bus, directly to your destination.
Weather, season
Already in early November, heavy and regular snowfalls begin. Temperatures in November tend to sub-zero levels. The winter months are the coldest in Val Gardena - temperatures drop to minus 20 degrees.
The ski season begins in December and continues until the end of April.
Trails, slopes, lifts
Most visitors to Val Gardena make sure to spend some time on the Sella Ronda circular route - it's 26 kilometers of descent. For this you need a ski pass “Dolomita Superski”. There are three ski areas in Val Gardena:
- Ortisei is the largest village, located at an altitude of 1236 meters;
- Santa Cristina Val Gardena is a small village located at an altitude of 1426 meters;
- Selva di Val Gardena (Italy) is the most popular village among holidaymakers, located at an altitude of 1526 meters.
Santa Cristina offers 175 kilometers of trails, many of which are illuminated at night. On the territory of this ski area there are 83 lifts that can transport up to 109 thousand people per hour to the top. The longest descent is 8 kilometers. The flat routes are 24 kilometers long.
Ski-pass prices (in euros)
| Duration, days | Adults | Children |
| Low season | ||
| 1 | 38 | 27 |
| 6 | 194 | 136 |
| Average season | ||
| 1 | 42 | 29 |
| 6 | 213 | 149 |
| 13 | 370 | 259 |
| High season | ||
| 1 | 48 | 34 |
| 6 | 242 | 170 |
| 13 | 420 | 294 |
Accommodation, other activities, après-ski, attractions
Numerous hotels in Val Gardena, chalet-style cottages, hostels, and apartments in Val Gardena allow you to feel comfortable. Some of the best hotels are:
- Adler (Ortisei);
- La Perla - somewhat removed from the city, but is one of the most beautiful hotels in Val Gardena;
- Villa Luise is known for its excellent panoramic views.
Hotels in Selva Val Gardena also surprise with their diversity. One of the hotels, Acadia, is located right on one of the slopes and offers its visitors, in addition to accommodation, a restaurant, a SPA salon and a free sauna. The number and location of hotels will help you determine the map of Selva Val Gardena.
Apre-ski in Val Gardena starts at about three o'clock. We advise you to visit the Cuca bar-restaurant, which offers beautiful views of the Sassolungo peak.
For a holiday with children, visit Swiss. There are several levels of trails of varying difficulty. For beginners and children there are special preparatory courses and walks with instructors. In Zermatt you don't have to worry about your child - he won't be bored and is under reliable supervision.
If you want to have a really fun time, visit the Luiskeller Bar in Selva Gardena. Here you will be greeted by the real Austrian anthem, a large amount of beer and schnapps. It must be said that Val Gardena is extremely rich in excellent restaurants, both on the slopes and at the foot.
In between skiing, you can visit the thermal complex with 11 saunas and baths, which is located in Ortisei. The local wine library located in Selva Val Gardena, as well as the wine library in Ortisei, are extremely popular. You can get an unforgettable experience by visiting the nearby Fischburg Castle, built in the 18th century.
In Val Gardena you can enjoy hiking, horse riding, indoor tennis courts, squash, bowling and billiards. Don't forget to visit the snowboard park in Piz-Sella, which has a boarder cross track and a whole gallery of figures.
Val Gardena! As beautiful as this phrase sounds, this Alpine valley is so beautiful from all points of view. A separate book could be devoted to describing it, but we, limited by the narrow framework of a ski essay, will try to briefly highlight the main aspects in order to give impetus to further more detailed acquaintance with the details already on the spot.
"Val" in Italian means "valley", "Gardenia" in the local Ladin language means "fence" or "enclosure". A narrow and steep serpentine valley (elevation gain of about 1000 meters) goes to the right of the highway connecting the Italian Bolzano with the Austrian Innsbruck. Administratively, the resort is located in the Alto Adige region, in the province of South Tyrol, which until 1918 was part of the Habsburg Empire, which left and continues to leave its mark on the local way of life. In particular, this is manifested in the lifestyle of the local population and traditions, which are much closer to Austrian than to Italian. For skiers, this is important in the sense that the quality of service here is similar to Austrian, and many people recognize Austria as the best in terms of the level of ski product. However, this does not apply to après ski, which is much quieter and calmer here than in some daring Austrian villages. In the evening after skiing, it is customary to visit one of the restaurants, but if you wish, in some bars you will find local flavor in the form of cheerful Tyrolean songs and dances, for example, in the La Stua establishment in Selva at the finish line of the route with Ciampinoi.
From a skiing point of view, Val Gardena is part of the Dolomites Superski alliance, which unites twelve resorts with a common ski pass and ranks first in the world in terms of total kilometers of slopes. When we talk about the Dolomites, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, we always have to use excellent adjectives: the largest region, the largest mountains, the most beautiful views. And this is really not an exaggeration: the Dolomites are considered by many to be the most beautiful mountains in the Alps; majestic views of stone giants, especially in the rays of the setting sun, are classic alpine landscapes and are included in all photo albums dedicated to popular European mountains.
Not all regions of the Dolomiti Superski are connected by highways; traveling by car from one to another takes from half an hour to two to three hours. But this does not apply to the Sellaronda region, which in turn includes Val Gardena. It has 400 kilometers of connected trails that you can navigate without taking off your skis, visiting, in addition to Gardena, the trails of the resorts of Alta Badia, Arabba and Val di Fassa.
Let's focus on considering the ski opportunities of Val Gardena itself. For skiing in the valley, there are 175 kilometers of ski slopes with a good combination of beautiful forest and open slopes. The region unites three towns: Ortisei (1236 m), S. Cristina (1428 m) and Selva (1563 m). Each of them has lifts into the ski area, which can generally be considered continuous, with the exception of Ortisei, where the ski slopes are on both sides of the city. To get there from one side of the valley to the other, you need to use an underground tunnel with a travelator, and then walk another three hundred meters. You can also use the bus service between the main ski lifts of the cities, but it can hardly be called convenient due to the low frequency of flights, and you will also have to pay for the trip. In general, we travel only on skis, lifts and sometimes on our own two feet. By the way, in Selva there are hotels located directly on the slope or next to it, which allows you to ski on a ski-in/ski-out basis.
So let's start with the beginners. One of the best “training” sites in the Alps is offered for them - the Alpe di Siusi plateau (1700-2210 m) above Ortisei. Large, spacious, sunny. Trails with smooth terrain that do not require much effort to maintain balance. You can call this a family place, where mom, dad and children get on skis for the first time. And this happens in the majestic scenery of the surrounding mountains. A great start to your ski career. The kilometers of slopes here are sufficient for small ski safaris, which will delight not yet very experienced skiers.
As you gain experience and gain confidence in the technique, when the red runs are no longer scary, you can move to the other side of the valley and climb to the top of Seceda (2518 m). There are excellent wide trails of medium difficulty towards San Cristina; it’s quite possible to stay here for half a day to “drive”. Diluting this pleasure, we recommend a wonderful eleven-kilometer (the longest in the region) descent back to Ortisei. It is not very wide, since its main part is in the forest, winding along the slope in small zigzags. But it is very beautiful and there are two local attractions on it: a beautiful, several meters high, frozen waterfall and, closer to the bottom of the route on the right side, Anna’s Cafe, where you can have a delicious lunch or end your ski day with dinner. Popular and colorful place. A little advice: take a ride along this route at least once, not at the end of the day, but at least before lunch, while it is not too broken - you will get great pleasure.
Well, with skiing skills growing, it's time to move further up the valley and visit the slopes of San Cristina and Selva. To do this, we will use the local “metro” - an underground rail funicular connecting the northern and southern slopes above San Cristina. We will climb to the top of Ciampinoi (2254 m), which offers breathtaking views of the local landmark - Sassolungo Peak (Sassolungo, 3181 m, “sasso lungo” translated from Italian means “long stone”), from here there are several options for descent. First of all, self-confident skiers should stay on the slopes of the Alpine Ski World Cup, which takes place here annually around the Christmas holidays. It is called Saslong A and leads back to San Cristina, with a height difference of more than 800 meters. If you are not entirely confident in your abilities, you can go down the parallel red option (Saslong B), which is also very good. Closer to the finish of the red route, right next to the descent, stands the Fischburg castle, built in 1641 and served as the summer hunting residence of the Wolkenstein princes, who ruled in these places at that time (by the way, the Austrian name for Selva is Wolkenstein). Here, above San Cristina, there are several excellent routes from the top of Mont de Seura (2117) to the Monte Pana plateau (1636), located away from the main routes - they are usually sparsely populated and not very broken.
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In the area of Plan de Gralba |
The red and blue pistes in the area of Plan de Gralba (1800 m) are very pleasant. Not very long, with a drop of about 400 meters, but quite wide and comfortable even for beginners. But it will be quite difficult for them to get here from Selva, since to do this they need to go down from the top of Ciampinoi, the exits from which at the top are quite steep. For beginners, skiing in Selva and Cristina will generally be difficult, unless you are starting to ski for the first time and do not plan to spend your entire vacation on a training slope - for this case, there is an excellent site in Selva right within the city, served by several rope tows. The return red and black runs from Ciampinoi to Selva are good for confident skiers, but, unfortunately, they quickly break down due to the heavy load.
And finally, the last ski area is the slopes going to Selva from the top of Dantercepies (2300 m). With a very pleasant average slope, long, rolling, but they have the same problem as with the pistes on Ciampinoi - they quickly break up, as they lie directly on the Sellaronda route. The best time to ski here is in the first half of the day, before lunch.
We covered all the ski areas of Val Gardena, but this of course does not mean that you will only ski here. Other regions of Sellaronda, connected to it by ski lifts, are no less attractive, and you will probably make more than one voyage to the slopes of Val di Fassa, Alta Badia, Araba with its famous Marmolada glacier. Amazing opportunities for building ski safari routes. Most likely, you will return to these parts more than once, because from the first visit the carousel of Sellaronda is just beginning to unwind.
In the meantime, the first trip ends, what to bring home from here? The South Tyrol region is famous for its products. For example, every tenth apple in Europe is grown here, and in accordance with the highest environmental standards, which is facilitated by the local climate - a large number of sunny days, clean mountain air. In every town you will find shops with local specialties, many of which will surely appeal to your taste: in addition to apples (dried and in the form of juice), there is speck, wine, the famous grappa (the tradition of preparing which originated here in the thirteenth century) with a variety of flavorings, honey, canned vegetables and fruits, and so on and so forth. The abundance can easily make your head spin. And if you also taste several varieties of grappa, kindly offered for sampling by the hospitable owners of food stalls, then life in general can be considered a decided success. In general, prepare some free space in your suitcases. Don’t forget to also buy some kind of wooden interior item, at least a small figurine of an animal or a saint. The traditions of wood carving in Gardena are very strong; in each city there are several workshops where the process of “animating” wooden blanks takes place right before your eyes.
Today, the resort continues to combine aspiration with progress, maintaining and developing excellent skiing and, in general, sports infrastructure, with loyalty to traditions: the Ladin language (belonging to the Romansh group), local crafts and farming, regularly held folklore holidays and festivals are direct confirmation of this. “Striving for the future while paying tribute to the past” - perhaps this could be the motto of these regions.
Val Gardena is a very sunny place, which is confirmed by both statistics and our skiing experience. There is always good snow cover here, which is maintained in occasional winters with little snow by an excellent artificial snowmaking system. Local slopes are suitable for skiers of any level, the main thing is to choose the right city for accommodation (for beginners - Ortisei, for experienced ones - Cristina and Selva). It’s just that snowboarders don’t really like the local slopes, saying that it’s not convenient for them everywhere and there are a lot of gentle slopes on Sellaronda. There seems to be a certain amount of snobbery in this, although there really aren’t very many snowboarders on the slopes. Well, we’ll let everyone decide where it’s best to ski, but on our own we’ll just say that Val Gardena is our favorite place in the Alps.
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How to get to Val Gardena
Val Gardena is one of the most famous and sought-after ski resorts in Italy, located in South Tyrol, in the Dolomites. The resort's infrastructure is considered the best of the best; it is not for nothing that the World Alpine Ski Championships were held here. In the Val Gardena valley there are three resort towns - Selva Gardena, the largest, cheerful and noisy; Ortisei, the second largest, is suitable for families and for spa lovers; Santa Cristina, the smallest and most cozy, for lovers of nature and solitude.
Fans of skiing, staying at the resorts of Val Gardena, will be able to test their skills on the slopes of the Sella Ronda massif, which is considered the most popular circular ski route. All three resorts are connected by a continuous network of slopes and lifts for maximum comfort on vacation.
Getting to the towns of Val Gardena by public transport is quite difficult and time-consuming. The nearest city with an airport accepting flights from Russia is Verona. You can view the flight schedule from Moscow to Verona on specialized services Aviasales, Buruki and others.
Verona is located at a distance of almost 200 km from the resort. To get from Verona to Val Gardena by public transport, you need to take a train to the town of Bolzano, and from there take a bus to one of the settlements of Val Gardena. Together with the transfer from Verona airport to the railway station and a transfer to Bolzano, the total travel time will take at least 5 hours, and this does not count the time spent on the flight.
That is why those tourists who go on vacation to Val Gardena most often use transfer services or rent a car at the arrival airport. An individual transfer from Verona to Val Gardena is not a cheap pleasure, but it completely solves the issue of transfers and significantly reduces travel time. Yes, on services ,
and other similar ones, you can order a transfer at the time of arrival, in which case the travel time directly to Val Gardena from Verona airport will be only about 2 hours. In addition to individual transfers/taxi from Malpensa Airport, there are also shuttle buses operated by Alto Adige Bus.
It will take the same amount of time to get to the resorts of Val Gardena in a rented car. The beauty of this method of transportation is that you can rent a car right at Verona airport, it won’t take much time, but it will give you complete freedom of action. - This is a popular and sought-after option.
You can get to the Val Gardena valley in similar ways from other cities in Italy, but all of them are located at a greater distance than Verona. For example, Bergamo is at a distance of 277 km, Milan is at a distance of 322 km, Venice is at a distance of 309 km.
Simone/Val Gardena in summer Where to stay in Val Gardena
You can stay in Val Gardena at the three nearest resorts - Selva Gardena, Ortisei, Santa Cristina, all of them have a wide range of rooms and are located in close proximity to the ski slopes. For accommodation in the resorts of Val Gardena, you can choose hotels or apartments, while apartments are still a developing type of accommodation, so hotels of various types predominate here by a large margin. The general recommendation when looking for accommodation in Val Gardena, regardless of its type, is to book early, which will provide you with an ideal accommodation option in terms of price/quality ratio.
Hotels in Val Gardena
In the Val Gardena valley you can find hotels of various star categories, including both budget accommodation options and exclusive five-star ones. Most hotels in the resort include breakfast or half board in the price, while the restaurant infrastructure here is also well developed. Another advantage of local hotels is that almost all of them have access to the ski slope, so there is little need to spend time and money on additional travel. Many hotels are chalet-style, cozy and made from natural materials - all this, combined with local cuisine and a hospitable atmosphere, gives you the opportunity to feel the spirit of the Dolomites.
Hotels in the 4 and 5 star categories, as a rule, are additionally equipped with spa and wellness centers, where relaxation procedures are possible without leaving the hotel. Spa areas are equipped with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, sauna, hydromassage, fitness center, Turkish bath. For those who prefer a hotel without a spa center, you can find a place to relax in the center of the Val Gardena resorts, which have separate wellness complexes with a similar range of amenities.
You can check prices for all possible accommodation options in Val Gardena on specialized search engine sites Booking, Hotellook and others that allow you to compare all existing offers for the required dates. Using these services you can see all the available options in Selva Gardena, Santa Cristina, Ortisei and other smaller localities, for example, in Campitello, Vilnos, Alpe di Susi and others.
Hotels that are consistently popular among tourists include, for example:
- Hotel Diamant 4* (Location - the town of Santa Cristina. The hotel is designed in an Alpine style, there is a wellness center with a swimming pool, gym, sauna and hydromassage. There is also a restaurant and bar on site. You can stay in rooms of various sizes, meals include breakfast. You can leave your car in paid private parking, but advance reservation is required. Wi-Fi is free throughout the hotel);
- Hotel Pinei 4* (Location - the town of Castelrotto, guests are offered a free shuttle to the ski area. The hotel has a spa with an indoor pool, sauna, steam bath, hydromassage. There is also a restaurant and bar on site. You can stay in rooms of various sizes, meals - continental breakfasts. There are ski storage spaces, free public parking, wireless Internet);
- Charme Hotel Uridl 3* (Location - the town of Santa Cristina, guests are offered a free shuttle to the ski area. The nearest ski lift is at a distance of 800 m. The hotel has a restaurant, bar, terrace. Guests can stay in rooms of various sizes, meals are half board. There is a children's playroom for children room and playground. The hotel has ski storage, free public parking, wireless Internet);
- Hotel Pradell 3* (The hotel is located in the town of Ortisei, 400 m from the nearest ski lift. The hotel has a spa area with a sauna, a relaxation terrace, and an Italian restaurant. You can stay in rooms of various sizes, meals are half board. Breakfast is served as a buffet .Parking spaces and Wi-Fi are provided free of charge).
Apartments in Val Gardena
Full-fledged apartments in Val Gardena can be found in the town of Ortisei, while aparthotels (a mix of hotels and apartments) can also be found in Selva Gardena. The main difference between apartments and hotels is that when renting an apartment there is no such option as meals, i.e. You will have to take care of food yourself, eat in restaurants or cook yourself. As a rule, apartments are equipped with a kitchen area and all necessary appliances.
The advantage of renting an apartment is the ability to find an apartment at the same price as a hotel room, while the size of the apartment, as a rule, is many times larger than the size of any room, i.e. the apartments can be compared to a full-fledged apartment or even a house. In general, apartments as holiday accommodation are more suitable for families with children, as well as large companies. Apartments in the following complexes are in stable demand:
- Residence Antares 3* (Location - Selva Val Gardena, on site there is an indoor pool, spa, restaurant. The nearest ski lift is 200 m away. Guests can stay in studios or apartments of various sizes, including family-type apartments. All rooms have an equipped kitchen area. Public parking and wireless internet are provided free of charge);
- Panorama Apartments Gran Tubla (The complex is located in Ortisei and offers a free shuttle bus to the ski slopes. The apartments come in a variety of sizes, each with an equipped kitchen area. Breakfast is available for an additional fee. The complex has free private garage parking. Wi-Fi is free in the the entire territory).
mendhak/Val Gardena What to see in Val Gardena
The main specificity of the Val Gardena resorts is skiing, although in the summer holidays are in demand here due to natural and climatic conditions, as well as the development of infrastructure. The total length of the ski slopes in Val Gardena is 175 km, 52 km of which are easy slopes, 100 km of medium difficulty and 20 km of difficult ones, suitable for professional skiing. At the same time, a record number of lifts operate in the Val Gardena valley - 83, 36 of which are chairlifts, 23 are rope tows, 12 are cabins and even one metro lift.
Val Gardena also offers great opportunities for cross-country skiing and hiking. The only ones who may not feel entirely comfortable at the resort are snowboarders, because... The resorts were originally built for skiers, so there is no fan park here. The nearest fan park with various figures and a length of 700 meters can be found in the town of Piz Sella.
Leo-setä/Val Gardena ski lifts You can relax after a busy day of skiing on the mountain slopes at the local spa complexes. Both are located in Ortisei. MarDolomit is a wellness center with swimming pools and saunas. Thus, the complex has outdoor and indoor pools, waterfalls, children's pools, trampolines, showers of varying intensity, stone baths, brine baths, vitarium, heat therapy, Finnish sauna, inhalations, Kneipp baths and much more.
The complex is open daily. Current prices can be found on the official website of the health complex MarDolomit—>.
Another spa center, 181Fit, is also located in Ortisei. This center has a strong focus on fitness, wellness and self-care. A fitness room, a spa area with a sauna and a treatment room, as well as a beauty salon are the main components of relaxation in this spa center. Among the procedures you will be offered various types of massage, masks and facials, depilation, peeling, anti-cellulite treatments, makeup, manicure. More detailed information and prices for services can be found at official website—>(in English.)
Val Gardena offers a very varied active holiday. In addition to alpine and cross-country skiing, the resort offers rock climbing, mountaineering, horse riding, ice skating, paragliding, sledding, tennis, golf (in summer), and snowshoeing. All this is available in the resorts of the Val Gardena Valley. In general, we can say that vacation here combines active sports with pleasant relaxation procedures and interesting leisure time. For this, Val Gardena has excellent slopes, ski lifts, all kinds of routes, spas and wellness centers, restaurants, discos, bars, cafes, shopping promenades, so every tourist here can find something to suit their taste.
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The Val Gardena valley lies in the heart of the Dolomites in Italy (province of South Tyrol) and is very popular among skiers. The main advantages of this ski region are stunning mountain views, cozy villages and endless opportunities for skiing and ski safaris: almost 200 km of slopes plus convenient access to the Sella Ronda circular route and neighboring areas. In total, vacationers have access to almost one and a half thousand kilometers of slopes, connected by lifts and ski buses.
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Until the end of the First World War, Val Gardena was part of Austria-Hungary, as a result of which the German language is even more common here than Italian. The local population also speaks Ladin, so all geographical names and settlements in the valley have 2-3 names. For example, the village of Ortisei in Italian sounds like Ortisei, in German it is called St. Ulrich, and in Ladin - Urtijёi.
Trails, slopes, lifts
In the Val Gardena valley in Italy there are three winter resorts: the village of Ortisei, Santa Cristina and Selva Gardena.
From Ortisei you can easily reach the Alpe Di Siusi area, excellent for relaxing skiing and learning, and Seceda & Col Raises, which will interest more experienced skiers (in particular, the region's longest run, the 10 km La Longia, is located here).
From the village of Santa Cristina, located in the center of the valley, you can easily reach the already mentioned area of Seceda & Col Raises, as well as Monte Pana (the area for beginners) and Ciampinoi, where the most difficult and famous slopes of Val Gardena are concentrated, including the “black » Saslong track, where the World Cup stage in giant slalom and downhill is held.
The lift to Ciampioni also starts from Selva. In addition, from Selva there is direct access to the Plan de Gralba ski area, where blue and green slopes predominate, and Dantercepies with training slopes where local ski schools conduct classes.
In addition, the famous Italian “around the world” route, the Sella Ronda route, runs through the Val Gardena valley: you can go around it or go through it to the slopes of the neighboring valleys - Val di Fassa, Alta Badia and Arabba Marmolada.
Entertainment and active recreation
Val Gardena has illuminated trails for night skiing, fun parks, cross-country ski trails, ski kindergartens and ski schools. In addition, local villages are perfectly prepared for relaxation after skiing.
Thus, in Ortisei, the Mar Dolomiti aquatic center is equipped with a swimming pool, saunas and spa. Santa Cristina has a small museum and a 16th-century castle, an outdoor skating rink and a paragliding school. In Selva there is a sports center, a tennis center Tennis Center GMA, an ice palace Stadium PR Anives, extreme sports centers - paragliding, rock climbing, winter hiking, etc. In addition, this village has the largest number of entertainment facilities - in the evenings there are pubs, a shooting range, sports bars, discos, bowling alleys, etc.
Local cuisine and wines
Restaurants in Val Gardena will introduce their guests to the best traditions of Tyrolean and Ladin cuisine, rich in meat dishes, and will also offer pizza, spaghetti and risotto typical throughout Italy. The choice of establishments is also quite wide: there are restaurants in every village, many of them are located at hotels - and there are also mountain huts on the slopes where you can have lunch while skiing.
Where to stay
Many hotels in Ortisei, which is considered a family resort, are aimed at quality holidays with children. There are very few hotels in the fabulous Santa Cristina, but here you can truly relax in a quiet and cozy atmosphere. In Selva, the busiest village in the valley, the range of hotels is the most diverse - from modest 2* hotels to expensive, comfortable chalets with spacious rooms, restaurants, wellness centers and swimming pools. In particular, here is the Sporthotel Alpenroyalp Gourmet & Relax 5*, which has been repeatedly recognized as one of the best hotels in the Italian Alps.
