
Walks in The Italian Dolomites
The Italian Dolomites are a Mecca for high-level walkers and this holiday combines superbly varied walking by day with luxury **** comfort at night – a highly sought-after mix! Excellent bird-spotting, stunning flowers and unrivalled Alpine views.
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Reviews 97 Reviews5/5
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Vacation Style Holiday Type
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Luxury
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Self Guided
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Walking
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Activity Level Moderate plus
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In the heart of the northern Italian Dolomites, close to the border with Austria and dominated by the famous Tre Cime (Three Peaks), is the beautiful Tyrolean village of Dobbiaco. A week’s walking from here allows you to discover the beauty and sheer magnificence of the majestic Alta Pusteria Valley.
With over 1,000kms of trails, the Italian Dolomites are a mecca for high-level walkers and we provide a selection of meticulously researched route notes for walks at various levels. highlights include a high ridge path along the Austrian border with 360-degree views over the Italian Dolomites and Austrian Alps, and a circular hike around the world-famous Tre Cime, three immense obelisks of sheer rock that have now become the symbol of the region. Amazingly, all of this is accessible on well-defined paths either directly from the hotel, or via a short bus or cable car ride.
The superb walking is matched by first-class accommodation at the beautiful **** Park Hotel Bellevue, which combines old-world charm with good old fashioned hospitality. Facilities include a luxurious spa with sauna, steam room, swimming pool and massage/beauty treatments. There’s also a cosy lounge to curl up in with a book, or you can take an aperitivo in the relaxing bar. Evening meals are served in the atmospheric dining room where the menu includes a weekly five-course banquet and themed Tyrolean buffet evening.
- All breakfasts and 7 dinners
- 7 nights center-based accommodation (see accommodation section)
- Route notes and maps
- 7 Day Mobile Card for travel on local buses and trains
- 3 Chime shuttle bus tickets
- 3 Boot Walking options each day
- Flights
- Arrival & departure transfers (available on request, inquire for supplement)
- Room upgrades and extra nights at selected hotels (inquire for prices and details)
- Single Supplement (available on request – inquire for supplement)
Highlights
- Breathtaking natural landscapes
- Excellent bird-spotting; stunning flowers; unrivalled Alpine views
- Beautiful 4-star family-run hotel with spa, pool, sauna and steam room.
- Visit the world-famous Tre Cime (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- Day 1 Day 1 - Arrive at Dobbiaco
- Day 2 Day 2 - Chapels and Churches Walk 15km/9.5mi/4.5hr
- Day 3 Day 3 - Nemes Alp Walk 15km/9.5mi/5hr or 17km/11mi/5.5hr
- Day 4 Day 4 - Lago di Braies, Grunwald Valley and the Hochalm 19km/12mi/6.5hr (with shorter, easier options)
- Day 5 Day 5 - High Mountain Pastures and Rifugio Ra Stua Walk 16km/10mi/6hr
- Day 6 Day 6 - Mount Elmo and the Klammbachutte Walk 14km/9mi/5.5hr
- Day 7 Day 7 - Tre Cime (Three Peaks) 11km/7mi/4hr or 17km/11mi/5.5hr
- Day 8 Day 8 - Leave Dobbiaco

All breakfasts and 7 dinners are included.
Evening meals are served in the atmospheric candlelit dining room where high quality cuisine includes a weekly 5-course banquet and themed Tyrolean buffet evening.
Activity Level: 3 (Moderate)
This is a centre-based independent walking holiday. Walks can easily be extended/shortened by using the complimentary 7- day Mobil Card which gives unlimited access to local buses and selected cable cars and chairlifts. The walking is along varied and well signed footpaths, both at high altitude and in the lower valleys. There are moderate ascents on most days, and longish descents on days when a cable car is used to gain altitude. Walkers should have a good fitness level and be confident on uneven terrain. This trip is unsuitable for severe vertigo sufferers, but will appeal to people wanting challenging high level mountain walking by day, and luxury 4-star hotel accommodation at night.
As this is a self-guided holiday there is no group and no leader. There may be others on the same departure date as you, but you will not be organised together. You are provided with route notes for each day, which begin with an overview of the walk and advice on lunch, followed by detailed instructions. The route notes contain a 24 hour emergency assistance telephone number should you need it and in emergencies, the hotelier is normally able to dispatch a taxi or pick you up themselves. They may wish to charge for this service.
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Parkhotel-Bellevue-Dobbiaco
Package Confirmed Dates | Trip Status Trip Status | Price (PP) Excluding Flights | Price (PP) Including Flights | |
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June 5, 2021
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Available |
$1,999.00 |
N/A |
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June 12, 2021
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Available |
$1,999.00 |
N/A |
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June 19, 2021
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Available |
$1,999.00 |
N/A |
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June 26, 2021
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Available |
$2,099.00 |
N/A |
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July 3, 2021
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Available |
$2,149.00 |
N/A |
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July 10, 2021
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Available |
$2,149.00 |
N/A |
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July 17, 2021
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Available |
$2,149.00 |
N/A |
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July 24, 2021
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Available |
$2,149.00 |
N/A |
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July 31, 2021
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Available |
$2,349.00 |
N/A |
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August 7, 2021
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Available |
$2,379.00 |
N/A |
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August 14, 2021
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Available |
$2,379.00 |
N/A |
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August 21, 2021
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Available |
$2,179.00 |
N/A |
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August 28, 2021
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Available |
$1,999.00 |
N/A |
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September 4, 2021
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Available |
$1,999.00 |
N/A |
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September 11, 2021
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Available |
$1,999.00 |
N/A |
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September 18, 2021
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Available |
$1,999.00 |
N/A |
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September 25, 2021
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Available |
$1,999.00 |
N/A |
Mrs Smith
Dobbiaco / Toblach is a lovely small town and a great centre for walking in the Dolomites. Public transport is very good (and runs on time) so it's easy to plan and feel confident of your arrangements - vital when self-guiding. The route notes were very good and we never needed to actually look at the provided maps - though having the routes pre-downloaded on a gps was a godsend, because sometimes there was a plethora of paths in popular places initially going off in similar directions. The suggested timings worked very well for us too, so again we felt confident that we would arrive at various locations on time. The Hotel Bellevue was very good and their packed lunches quite generous, though there were also opportunities to buy lunches in town and most routes had refuges or cafes en route.
Ms Gaskell
Great hotel in a lovely location in the centre of Dobbaccio. Impressive rugged mountain peaks as you walk, with some wonderful traverses, a few tricky ascents and descents and a lot of gravel paths. Only a few of the suggested walks start directly from the hotel so if you don't want to take a bus to start your walks then this may not be the holiday for you. However, the buses are great and they always stick to the timetable so we had no problems. The Tre Cime walk was the highlight. Nemes Alps was next best but we recommend you miss out the last downhill slog (a 600m altitude loss all on a wide gravel 'road') - instead we suggest you either get the bus back from Kreuzberg/Monte Croce Hotel after a hot chocolate at the hotel - it's like thick chocolate sauce! - or do the pass from the Kreuzberg hotel and retrace your steps to the hotel and then get the bus home. Check out the gun turrets at the foot of the mountains during the first half of Nemes Alps walk. Consider researching these before you go - we wish we had.
Mrs Edwards
Excellent in every respect, flight arrangements, hotel transfer, accommodation and route guides.
Miss Cherry
Excellent hotel which was a great base for a range of amazing walks.
Mrs Wilde
Overall a good holiday experience. A decent hotel. The local transport worked very well. Please note that the upgrade pretty much only seems to mean a bigger room.
We were disappointed not to have tea / coffee making facilities in the room. These seem fairly standard in most places, but not the Parkway Bellevue. We asked but were told firmly 'no'. This was compounded by the fact that you are charged for any hot drinks you do have. (This is NOT made clear on the menus at all) The beds were VERY firm. It was also quite annoying to have to sit at the same table EVERY morning and night. It was like having school dinners 'on your house tables'. The hotel provided a rucksack in some rooms. It would have been helpful to know this and its size. We were NOT allowed a second even to hire. (We had taken our own but theirs was a bit bigger) The food was good but there was an awful lot of it. One less course and more concentrated effort on the others would have helped. The vegetarian option I had one night was definitely minimalist. There was no wine tasting evening - at least 2 of us asked about it and were told it would happen. But these were generally small niggles (not the kettle issue though for me!)