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Europe » Italy » Trentino Alto Adige » Ortisei September 24th 2017

Our last day in the Dolomite Mountains, and with one cable car and one chair lift left to ride in the Val Gardena, we hit the road today at a more leisurely pace. The weather had turned a little cooler overnight, so we brought our warmer clothes just in case. We drove to the town of St Christina, and called into one of the local woodcarving retail shops. All of the items on display had been carved by craftsmen in the valley, and we purchased a few small items. It was interesting talking to the wood carver, who had spent some time living in Australia. It took the wood carver ten days to craft the figure in the blog photo. We then headed on up the hill overlooking the town, to catch the Monte Pana Chair ... read more
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Europe » Italy » Trentino Alto Adige » Ortisei September 23rd 2017

As we had exhausted the Cable Cars, Funiculars, Chair Lifts and Travelators in Ortisei, we thought we would turn our attention to the next hapless town. We chose the town of Selva Wolkenstein, two villages further up the Val Gardena. First up we caught the cable car up to Chiampinoi, then walked a considerable distance along the plateau to the base of the imposing Langkofel Mountain. From there we caught another cable car up to the high pass between Langkofel and Plattkofel Mountains. I think this was our favourite cable car, as it was a tall narrow box just fitting two people, where Kim had to first jump in as it moved, then I had to run after it with my backpack loaded up, and jump in, and then have the door slammed on us by ... read more
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Europe » Italy » Trentino Alto Adige » Ortisei September 22nd 2017

Or take the Cable Cars, Funiculars, Chair Lifts, and Travelators on offer at Ortisei instead. The valley in which we are staying is called the Val Gardena. We have our maps, the sun is shining, the forecast temperature for today is 17 degrees, and we are ready to climb the mountains. Our accommodation has provided us with free bus tickets for the duration of our stay, to take us into the town of Ortisei, from where we will launch our assault on the Dolomite Mountains. In the pasture next to our accommodation are two Llamas, one white and one brown. When we reached the town, we purchased a three day Gardena Pass, which provides unlimited access to Cable Cars, Funiculars and Chair Lifts in the Val Gardena region. First up we caught a Cable Car up ... read more
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Europe » Italy » Trentino Alto Adige » Ortisei September 21st 2017

With a long drive in front of us today, Lake Bled in Slovenia to Ortisei in the Dolomite Mountains of Northern Italy, we headed out early at 8.30am after having an early breakfast and checking out of our apartment. First stop was two small lakes just inside the Italian border, at Lago di Fusine. The conditions were perfect for photos of the mirror reflection lake with the snow capped mountains in the background. After taking a lot of pics, then having a Long Black Coffee, we jumped back in the car and headed further west to the small hillside town of San Nicolo di Comelico. San Nicolo di Comelico was featured on an episode of one of our favourite TV shows, Italy unpacked, with British art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon and Italian Chef Giorgio Locatelli. The church ... read more
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Europe » Italy » Trentino Alto Adige » Ortisei July 17th 2013

Day 9 Wednesday July 17. So after our relax and rehab yesterday, off to the physio we headed. It turns out he was very good and spoke passable English. He soon got Chris’confidence and was able to ascertain that there was no structural damage. After 45 mins of diagnosis massage and therapy he pushed Chris onto a bike for 10 mins to enable her to get some faith in the knee and reduce some of the fluid build-up. He recommended morning and night gym bike (our lodge has one) and a gentle walk tomorrow (today), but on good surface. So there is a sealed rail trail that joins all of the towns in this valley so we headed off towards Ortisei – the largest of the towns. We had the fall back of being able to ... read more
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Europe » Italy » Trentino Alto Adige » Ortisei July 16th 2013

Day 7 Monday July 15. Breaky and sandwich routine is second nature now as we head off to our hard walk. We leave on the Gondola right in the middle of town and we would return on the same equipment later. The walk is again on the high plain and effectively walking right around a huge mountain. This way we get to see into the next valley along as well as all of the way to Austria. The walk was stated as 9 miles (14kms) but in fact this was an unfortunate slip of the tongue as it turned out to be 20kms! This was important as discussed later….. The walk is graded difficult not only because of the distance but also because of the elevation gain and loss (900metres each for this walk – and ... read more
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Europe » Italy » Trentino Alto Adige » Ortisei July 16th 2013

Day 6 Sunday July 14. Nice breaky although the only hot choice is one boiled egg. Magnificent cereal fruit bread ham and cheese choices though. Plenty of food. Cut lunches are interesting. The hotel will make you a sandwich but at Eu8 ($12), they don’t represent good value. So the deal is a walk to the town (nobody pre-prepares sandwiches), and the supermarket will make them up for you if you first go to the bread/roll counter, have them slice it (a must), then take the bread to the deli in the bag with the price sticker on it, and they will add the filling (primarily ham and/or cheese), add the incremental stickers onto the bag then you take it to the register. Very quaint but by the end, you have a decent roll at a ... read more
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Europe » Italy » Trentino Alto Adige » Ortisei July 4th 2009

bike trip across 4 passes... read more
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Europe » Italy » Trentino Alto Adige » Ortisei January 8th 2009

Christmas and New Years Snowboarding in Val Gardena: Total km's snowboarded: 143 Total tagliatelle alla funghi eaten by Leanne: 9 Total mozzarella and ricola pizza's eaten by Glen: 14 Total Cluedo games won by Damien: 0 Total red runs done by Casie: 16 Total spectacular stacks: 1 bruised rump by Damien, 1 compacted coccys by Glen, and 1 starfish backwards slide down the saslong slope by Leanne whilst Casie got stuck in powder, but managed to stay on her feet and unharmed.... read more
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