Alta Badia

The guests wishing to visit Val Badia (German: Gadertal) can choose a residential hotel in the mountains, as you are more free than in a traditional hotel in South Tyrol. You aren’t supposed to go back to the hotel for your meals; moreover, the housework items are already there, to let you feel really at home! You can stop in Alta Badia for two or three days to visit this valley Ladin villages, to have fun in winter in the various “après-ski” bars and do some trekking, horse-riding or Nordic Walking in summer. You can experiment the sensation of taking part into a mountain bike tour lead by Maria Canins!

Bike Hotels Alta Badia

Alta Badia lies at the Dolomites foot among mountain pasture and shepherds’ huts, encircled by the “Pale Mountains” (Italian: Monti Pallidi, German: Bleiche Bergen). Its economy is based on tourism, as this industry has its roots in the warm Ladin hospitality; this culture is 2000 years old and it’s very well preserved till nowadays. Thanks to the Ladin people love for nature, Alta Badia wasn’t ruined by mass tourism; on the contrary, it managed to keep its mountain aspect intact.

The “Bike Hotels” in Alta Badia are a good solution if you are mountain bike fans, as many hotels in South Tyrol belonging to this hotel group lie in this valley. In these hotels in the Dolomites, everything is tailored on the mountain bike fans’ needs, from the wellness treatments till the menus. Moreover, Val Badia offers you the possibility of exploring the most exciting “Giro d’Italia” stages; they take place here in the Dolomites every year! Another important sport event for the best trained cyclists is the “Maratona dles Dolomites”, whose track is 175km long and it also means cycling among 7 Dolomites passes. It started in 1987 and it’s now one of the most important amateur mountain bike races in Europe.