My husband and I, fit 67 and 71 year old, are leaving Venice to travel up to the Dolomites. Looking forward to actually seeing them in real life. Keen to do say 2 half day easy to mid level walks and anything else around there, so any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm guessing there are some tours around the area too. Any suggestions on those too please.
Best place to stay whether is a mid range hotel or Airbnb. Unsure whether to stay Bolzano or Osteni. We are from New Zealand so still deciding whether to hire a car from Venice or bus.
Also is it best to train from Bolzano to Vienna to finish our trip.
Thanks so much.
Posted by
Washington, DC USA
682 posts
I highly recommend the book Walks in Italy's Val Gardena by Laurel Barton and her husband. Laurel is a frequent contributor to this forum. The book focuses on easy hikes and includes information on the various lifts, local buses etc. If you search this forum for "Dolomites" you will find many responses to questions similar to yours. Advantages of staying in Ortisei rather than Bolzano are that in Ortisei you can walk to several lifts, hotels provide a free bus pass for local transport and often provide trekking poles if you don't bring your own. Bolzano is an hour away.
Posted by
529 posts
Looking forward to actually seeing them in real life.
To see the Dolomites go to Ortisei.
Brad
Posted by
CA, USA
1368 posts
As your trip gets closer look up the activities offered including guided hikes on the https://www.valgardena-active.com/en website. We did several from Ortisei last year and they are free if your hotel is a Val Gardena partner which most are. They have hikes that start from other places as well.
As for getting there from Venice and then on to Vienna, look into taking trains to at least understand an alternative to driving. We took the train from Salzburg to Bolzano and it was easy.
Posted by
Boise, ID, USA
2470 posts
I’ll just point out that some of the mountain lifts may not be running that early in June. However, from Ortisei there are enough options that you should have no trouble filling your days. I also highly recommend the walking book mentioned above.