Cross Country Safari – Cross Country Skiing in the Italian Dolomites

This tour has an eight day, seven night itinerary.

Day 1: Arrival in Toblach/Dobbiaco or Nieder-dorf/Villabassa) Individual arrival. Car parking at the hotel or nearby available.

Day 2: Toblach/Dobbiaco or Nieder-dorf/Villabassa –Sexten/Sesto (around 15-45 km)You  will  start  your  crosscountry  skiing  tour through the  open  Pustertal  Valley toInnichen/San  Candido you will get to Sexten/Sesto. The fittest of you can go first from Innichen/San Candido to Sillian in Austria and then to Sexten/Sesto. On both versions you will be surrounded by the majestic mountain peaks of the famous Dolomites. 

Day 3: Sexten/Sesto –Fischleintal/Val Fiscalina -Sexten/Sesto: (around 8-20 km)Today  you  will  be  going  into  Fischlein  Valley –along the river “Rio di Sesto” beneath Sextner’s sundial to the Talschluss hut where you can enjoy a marvellous view, a cap-puccino or some of the traditional specialties of the region.  Alternative tour: Nemes hut -Coltrondo hut –Kreuzbergpass/Passo Monte Croce are in-viting to drink or eat something along the route (transfer/ticket not included).

Day 4: Sexten/Sesto –Pragsertal-Plätzwiese/Valle di Braies-Prato Piazza (around 20 -50 km)From Sexten/Sesto you slide through spruce woods to San Candido/Innichen, the cultural centre of the Hochpustertal. Under the alpine skiing centre of the village, called Haunold/Baranci, the tracks will lead you to the West, following the open „Pustertal” val-ley. In Toblach/Dobbiaco you can visit the Alpine zoo or one of Gustav Mahler’s composing studios. After-wards wide snowfields will take you to Niederdorf/Villabassa. Going further you will leave the Pustertal and get to the Valley of Prags/Braies. Once again you can choose the more challenging version and surround the lake of Prags/Braies before reaching the high plat-eau Plätzwiese/Prato Piazza, where you will meet again with the ones, who have taken the direct way up on to 2,000 metres above the sea level!

Day 5: Plätzwiese/Prato Piazza (one loop is around 7/8 km)Today you can explore the wild nature of Plätzwiese/Prato Piazza and admire the impos-ing Hohe Gaisl/Croda Rossa. For who would like to have a change: take some snow shoes and walk up to Strudelkopf/Monte Specie from where you will have a spectacular view of the Three Peaks.

Day 6: Valley of Gsies/Casies –Toblach/Dobbiaco-Niederdorf/Villabassa (around 8-40 km)Winter landscapes, local farm  houses, an  open sun-ny  valley  will  be  on  today’s  programme.  Typical guesthouses offer local food and some refreshment.  Keep   your   skiers on   and   go   back   to   Wels-berg/Monguelfo –the  inexhaustible  ones  can  go  to Niederdorf/Villabassa-Toblach/Dobbiaco.

Day 7: Toblach/Dobbiaco-Niederdorf/Villabassa–Cortina Höhlenstein-tal/Cortina Valle di Landro  (around 10 –50 km) From   the   cross   country   skiing   centre   in   To-blach/Dobbiaco you ski along the old train route into the  Valley  of  Landro/Höhlensteintal.  You  can  decide whether  to  have  our  famous  apple  strudel  at  the lake of Toblach/Dobbiaco or to continue until you get to  the  point  where  you  see  the famous  “Three Peaks”  and  further  on  to  the  arena  of  Cortina d’Ampezzo. 

Day 8: Departure from Toblach/Dobbiaco-Niederdorf/VillabassaIndividual departure or possibility to extend your stay.Start dates 2017, self-guided tour:

Key Details:

• Extra nights and skiing lessons can be booked on request.
• Eight day, seven night itinerary.
• This tour will start and end in Toblach.
• The entire distance of this cross-country skiing tour is approximately 426km / 264 miles
• Minimum Nubber 2

There are lots of attractions and places to explore during your skiing holiday in Italy including:

• Italian Dolomites
• Toblach’s Cross Country Ski Centre
• Three Peaks
• Platzwiese

Getting to Italy:

By Rail – From Innsbruck to Franzensfeste. From there with the Val Pusteria train towards Innichen/San Candido/Lienz to Niederdorf/Villabassa or Toblach/Dobbiaco

Please check timetables on: www.deutschebahn.de | www.oebb.at | www.trenitalia.it

By Car – Italy can be reached by car via ferry and well-maintained motorways.

Over the Brenner motorway to Brixen/Bressanone, through the Pustertall/Val Pusteria to Niederdorf/Villabassa or Toblach/Dobbiaco or taking the Felbertauernstraße (in Austria) to Lienz in Osttirol, further on to Toblach/Dobbiaco or Niederdorf/Villabassa.

By Air – There are a number of flights available to Italy and a number of airports the nearest of which are Treviso, Venice, Innsbruck and Verona. A private transfer can be organized on request (price on application) .

For more information on getting to Italy please visit the Italian Tourism website.