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Alto Adige-Dolomites Alta Via Fanes Sennes
- Spellbinding views, wild open spaces, mountain lakes, jagged peaks
- Warm, comfortable family-run accommodation
- Rich flora and fauna
- Friendly locals with a unique cultural heritage
- Superb culinary, including cheeses, carne salada, polenta, mushrooms, speck and outstanding wines
From: 505 €
Tripcode: ITSW200
1.5 Comfort
Level 1 - EN:
Simple accommodation, often with multiple rooms like huts, cottages or guesthouses. Sometimes with bunk beds and often with shared bathrooms. All camping trips fall into this category.
Level 1 - EN:
Simple accommodation, often with multiple rooms like huts, cottages or guesthouses. Sometimes with bunk beds and often with shared bathrooms. All camping trips fall into this category.
Level 2:
Simple to good inns, small family hotels, B&Bs and agriturismo (farmsteads), generaly with private bathroom. Often chosen for their excellent location in relation to the itinerary.
Level 2:
Simple to good inns, small family hotels, B&Bs and agriturismo (farmsteads), generaly with private bathroom. Often chosen for their excellent location in relation to the itinerary.
Level 2:
Simple to good inns, small family hotels, B&Bs and agriturismo (farmsteads), generaly with private bathroom. Often chosen for their excellent location in relation to the itinerary.
Level 3:
Good hotels, inns, B&B, agriturismo (farmstead) with ensuite private bathroom, often wel located and serving good meals
Level 3:
Good hotels, inns, B&B, agriturismo (farmstead) with ensuite private bathroom, often wel located and serving good meals
Level 3:
Good hotels, inns, B&B, agriturismo (farmstead) with ensuite private bathroom, often wel located and serving good meals
Level 4:
Special hotel with excellent food, ambiance and service. Accommodations with a special touch.
Level 4:
Special hotel with excellent food, ambiance and service. Accommodations with a special touch.
Level 4:
Special hotel with excellent food, ambiance and service. Accommodations with a special touch.
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3 Difficulty
Level 1:
Walking levels:
Trips with short walks of generally three to four hours (excluding breaks) and/or optional day excursions; flat or slightly hilly terrain using well kept paths.
Cycling levels:
Easy biking in nearly flat landscape; also possible for people with little or no bicycle experience. The daily distances are approximately 30-50 km in general. Bicycles with up to 3 gears can do the job. All our adult rental bikes have at least 21 gears.
Level 1:
Walking levels:
Trips with short walks of generally three to four hours (excluding breaks) and/or optional day excursions; flat or slightly hilly terrain using well kept paths.
Cycling levels:
Easy biking in nearly flat landscape; also possible for people with little or no bicycle experience. The daily distances are approximately 30-50 km in general. Bicycles with up to 3 gears can do the job. All our adult rental bikes have at least 21 gears.
Level 2:
Walking levels:
Moderate day walks, 4-5 hours per day (excluding breaks) on hilly to mountainous areas using well kept, sometimes stony paths.
Cycling levels:
Biking on gently undulating terrain, you may encounter short climbs from time to time. The daily distances vary between 30 and 65 km. A bicycle with minimum 7 gears will do. All our rental bikes have at least 21 gears.
Level 2:
Walking levels:
Moderate day walks, 4-5 hours per day (excluding breaks) on hilly to mountainous areas using well kept, sometimes stony paths.
Cycling levels:
Biking on gently undulating terrain, you may encounter short climbs from time to time. The daily distances vary between 30 and 65 km. A bicycle with minimum 7 gears will do. All our rental bikes have at least 21 gears.
Level 2:
Walking levels:
Moderate day walks, 4-5 hours per day (excluding breaks) on hilly to mountainous areas using well kept, sometimes stony paths.
Cycling levels:
Biking on gently undulating terrain, you may encounter short climbs from time to time. The daily distances vary between 30 and 65 km. A bicycle with minimum 7 gears will do. All our rental bikes have at least 21 gears.
Level 3:
Walking levels:
Trips with strenuous day walks or trekking in mountainous areas. 5 to 7 hours walking maximum per day, sometimes carrying backpacks with stuff for one night; height differences between 500 & 1000 m. per day
Cycling levels:
Strenuous biking trips in areas where you cannot avoid steep slopes. Some bicycle experience in short trips is needed. The daily distances range from 30 up to 75 km.
Level 3:
Walking levels:
Trips with strenuous day walks or trekking in mountainous areas. 5 to 7 hours walking maximum per day, sometimes carrying backpacks with stuff for one night; height differences between 500 & 1000 m. per day
Cycling levels:
Strenuous biking trips in areas where you cannot avoid steep slopes. Some bicycle experience in short trips is needed. The daily distances range from 30 up to 75 km.
Level 3:
Walking levels:
Trips with strenuous day walks or trekking in mountainous areas. 5 to 7 hours walking maximum per day, sometimes carrying backpacks with stuff for one night; height differences between 500 & 1000 m. per day
Cycling levels:
Strenuous biking trips in areas where you cannot avoid steep slopes. Some bicycle experience in short trips is needed. The daily distances range from 30 up to 75 km.
Level 4:
Walking levels:
Trips with heavy excursions in high mountains, sometimes carrying backpacks with stuff for several nights. 6 to 8 hours maximum per day; height differences up to 1200 meters per day; only for participants with an excellent condition and without fear of heights.
Cycling levels:
Serious and strenuous biking trips in mountainous area, the slopes are longer and/or steeper than at the previous category. Requires a good physical condition, a broad cycling experience and adequate mountain climbing bicycle. The daily distances range between 30 and 80 km.
Level 4:
Walking levels:
Trips with heavy excursions in high mountains, sometimes carrying backpacks with stuff for several nights. 6 to 8 hours maximum per day; height differences up to 1200 meters per day; only for participants with an excellent condition and without fear of heights.
Cycling levels:
Serious and strenuous biking trips in mountainous area, the slopes are longer and/or steeper than at the previous category. Requires a good physical condition, a broad cycling experience and adequate mountain climbing bicycle. The daily distances range between 30 and 80 km.
Level 4:
Walking levels:
Trips with heavy excursions in high mountains, sometimes carrying backpacks with stuff for several nights. 6 to 8 hours maximum per day; height differences up to 1200 meters per day; only for participants with an excellent condition and without fear of heights.
Cycling levels:
Serious and strenuous biking trips in mountainous area, the slopes are longer and/or steeper than at the previous category. Requires a good physical condition, a broad cycling experience and adequate mountain climbing bicycle. The daily distances range between 30 and 80 km.
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Duration: 8 days
Details
Trekking the Fanes and Sennes Peaks
Enjoy exhilarating hikes through a magnificent nature reserve with stunning landscapes of dramatic limestone mountains and snow-capped peaks, picture-perfect alpine pastures and idyllic meadows. This unique German-speaking part of Italy boasts an exceptional cuisine, a rich variety of wildlife including marmots and chamois, and an extraordinary variety of flowers wich bloom in their thousands in spring and summer. Beginning in Platzwiese, you walk across the Fanes-Sennes Nature Reserve to San Vigilio di Marebbe, overnighting in beautifully located mountain huts where hearty meals provide you with energy for the breathtaking walks. The walks on well-marked trails are satisfyingly long but never exhausting.
Itinerary
Expand itinerary Collapse itineraryDay 1: Arrive in Plätzwiese
Check-in at your accommodation in Plätzwiese. If you arrive early you can go for one of the hiking options described on day 2. Or you can simply relax enjoying the beautiful view of the Dolomite peaks.
Day 2: Roundtrip from Plätzwiese via the Strudelkopf or via Stollaplatz
From the Berggasthof Plätzwiese, you walk via a very gradually ascending gravel road to the Dürrensteinhutte. Here begins the climb to the Strudelkopf, where you will have a beautiful view of the surroundings peaks and the famous Drei Zinnen. You walk back partly via the Dolomites Höhenweg. The other walk possible is a short hike starting and ending at Plätzwiese via Stollplatz. Pleasant and mostly easy walking, with wonderfully rewarding views, particularly during the last part. Vistas mainly of alpine meadows and fields. You first descend to Stollaplatz; from there you climb again through woods along a splashing mountain stream before returning to Plätzwiese along rolling meadows.
Challenge: 8,7 km, 350m in ascent, 350m in descent, 3 hrs (or 4,5 km, 220m in ascent, 220m in descent, 2 hrs)
Day 3: From Plätzwiese to Sennes
From the Berggasthof Plätzwiese, you descend via a narrow path along a mountain creek down to the main road. After 1 km along a path flanking the road, you start the climb to up to Forcella Lerosa. After this, there follows a steep section through the forest and then a gradual climb on a dirt road to Rifugio Sennes.
Challenge: 17,9 km, 900m in ascent, 750m in descent, 6 hrs
Day 4: Roundtrip from Rifugio Sennes via the Munt the Sennes
After the tough walk of the day before, today you will be faced with a easier challenge. A short walk, which may be extended with the climb of the Muntejela de Senes (2787 m), will lead you over the Sennes Plateau. The view from this mountain is unsurpassed.
Challenge: 7,2 km, 300m in ascent, 300m in descent, 2,5 hrs
Day 5: From Rifugio Sennes to Rifugio Fanes via Lago de Foses
You first follow part of the broad Dolomite Höhenweg trail, at roughly constant elevation. Then further over rocky trails and a stepped descent through the forest. Following a zig-zag path, you climb back up above the tree line. You then descend via an unpaved road, and reach Pederü. Many visitors enter the Fanes-Sennes Park here. There follows a long climb to rifugio Fanes, partially over an unpaved road, partially along mountain trails.
Challenge: 17,5 km, 850m in ascent, 900m in descent, 6-7 hrs
Day 6: Roundtrip from Rifugio Fanes via Ju della Crusc and L'Ciaval or via Bivacco della Pace
This all-day route takes you up a steep, wooded hillside to the bare, rocky expanse of the Fanes plateau. At Ju della Crusc you reach the edge of the plateau, where you enjoy dramatic vistas over the valley below. You can optionally extend the hike with a climb up to the L'Ciaval peak. Note: Turn back if there is a risk of thunderstorms. Climbing the L'Ciaval requires some scrambling using both hands and feet. Do not attempt this if you are inexperienced or if the rocks are wet from recent rain. Without the peak, the walk is 4 km shorter and there is 300m less ascent and descent. As alternative, you can choose the walk via Bivacco della Pace. This hike begins as a comfortable walk along an unpaved road winding through pleasant alpine scenery, and then climbs steeply above the tree line to the dramatic Monte Castello outcrop. The track was originally a First World War military road bringing supplies to the front, which was at Monte Castello.
Challenge: 16,7 km, 900m in ascent, 700m in descent, 8 hrs (or 15 km, 850m in ascent, 850m in descent, 6,5 hrs)
Day 7: From Rifugio Fanes to San Vigilio
You first climb steeply for 400 m to the Ju de Sant Antone. The descent is on a debris slope. The grit can move a little under your feet, but it is not dangerous. Afterwards, you are on gentler terrain, first forest, then meadows and ending in the lively tourist town of San Virgilio in Marebbe.
Challenge: 17 km, 600m in ascent, 1450m in descent, 7 hrs
Day 8: Departure from San Vigilio
The trip and our services end after breakfast.
Practical info
Included:
- 7 night accommodation on B&B basis
- 6 dinners
- 6 pack lunches
- 24-hour telephone assistance, just a phone call away
- Detailed road book and maps in English
Not Included:
- Flights and public transportation
- Other meals not mentioned
- Luggage transport (can be booked in advance)
- Travel insurance
- Admissions and entrance fees of any kind
- Tips and gratuities
- Personal expenses such as meals, drinks, phone calls, extra transfers etc.
- Any items that have not been specifically mentioned in the program
Optional Services:
- Luggage transfer from day 3 to day 7
- Private transfer to Platzwiese
Getting there and away:
If you come by train you can reach the first accommodation by bus (Steiner Bus Company) leaving from the town of Villabassa.
If you come by car, you can park in the town of San Vigilio di Marebbe, where the trip ends and from where we can organize a private transfer.
We can also arrange private transfers from the nearest aiports.
Reviews
Start: Platzwiese
Finish: San Vigilio di Marebbe
Dates & prices
Trip availability: Starting any day from 15 June to 30 September.
| Dates of the trip | Price |
|---|---|
| dormitory, excl. luggagetransport: | 505 €/person |
| twin rooms, excl. luggagetransfers: | 555 €/person |
| double room, excl. luggagetransfers: | 555 €/person |
| triple room, excl. luggagetransport: | 560 €/person |
| quadruple room, excl. luggagetransport: | 570 €/person |
| dormitory, incl. luggagetransport: | 630 €/person |
| quadruple room, incl. luggagetransport: | 655 €/person |
| triple room, incl. luggagetransport: | 655 €/person |
| twin rooms, incl. luggagetransfers: | 680 €/person |
| double room, incl. luggagetransfers: | 680 €/person |
| Dates of the trip | Price |
|---|---|
| dormitory, excl. luggagetransport: | 510 €/person |
| twin rooms, excl. luggagetransfers: | 560 €/person |
| double room, excl. luggagetransfers: | 560 €/person |
| triple room, excl. luggagetransport: | 565 €/person |
| quadruple room, excl. luggagetransport: | 580 €/person |
| dormitory, incl. luggagetransport: | 640 €/person |
| quadruple room, incl. luggagetransport: | 660 €/person |
| triple room, incl. luggagetransport: | 665 €/person |
| twin rooms, incl. luggagetransfers: | 690 €/person |
| double room, incl. luggagetransfers: | 690 €/person |
| Dates of the trip | Price |
|---|---|
| dormitory, excl. luggagetransport: | 540 €/person |
| twin rooms, excl. luggagetransfers: | 595 €/person |
| double room, excl. luggagetransfers: | 595 €/person |
| triple room, excl. luggagetransport: | 600 €/person |
| quadruple room, excl. luggagetransport: | 610 €/person |
| dormitory, incl. luggagetransport: | 665 €/person |
| quadruple room, incl. luggagetransport: | 695 €/person |
| triple room, incl. luggagetransport: | 695 €/person |
| twin rooms, incl. luggagetransfers: | 720 €/person |
| double room, incl. luggagetransfers: | 720 €/person |
| Dates of the trip | Price |
|---|---|
| dormitory, excl. luggagetransport: | 545 €/person |
| twin rooms, excl. luggagetransfers: | 600 €/person |
| double room, excl. luggagetransfers: | 600 €/person |
| triple room, excl. luggagetransport: | 605 €/person |
| quadruple room, excl. luggagetransport: | 620 €/person |
| dormitory, incl. luggagetransport: | 675 €/person |
| quadruple room, incl. luggagetransport: | 700 €/person |
| triple room, incl. luggagetransport: | 705 €/person |
| twin rooms, incl. luggagetransfers: | 730 €/person |
| double room, incl. luggagetransfers: | 730 €/person |
| Dates of the trip | Price |
|---|---|
| dormitory, excl. luggagetransport: | 530 €/person |
| twin rooms, excl. luggagetransfers: | 585 €/person |
| double room, excl. luggagetransfers: | 585 €/person |
| triple room, excl. luggagetransport: | 590 €/person |
| quadruple room, excl. luggagetransport: | 605 €/person |
| dormitory, incl. luggagetransport: | 660 €/person |
| quadruple room, incl. luggagetransport: | 685 €/person |
| triple room, incl. luggagetransport: | 690 €/person |
| twin rooms, incl. luggagetransfers: | 715 €/person |
| double room, incl. luggagetransfers: | 715 €/person |
| Dates of the trip | Price |
|---|---|
| dormitory, excl. luggagetransport: | 505 €/person |
| twin rooms, excl. luggagetransfers: | 555 €/person |
| double room, excl. luggagetransfers: | 555 €/person |
| triple room, excl. luggagetransport: | 560 €/person |
| quadruple room, excl. luggagetransport: | 570 €/person |
| dormitory, incl. luggagetransport: | 630 €/person |
| triple room, incl. luggagetransport: | 655 €/person |
| quadruple room, incl. luggagetransport: | 655 €/person |
| twin rooms, incl. luggagetransfers: | 680 €/person |
| double room, incl. luggagetransfers: | 680 €/person |
Other prices
People and luggage transfer San Vigilio-Platzwiese. 127€
People and luggage transfer San Vigilio-Brunico train station. 40€
Other prices
| Dates of the trip | Price |
|---|---|
| transfer from Dobbiaco train station to Pratopiazza: | 70 € |
| optional transfer bags+ people S.Vigilio-Brunico train station: | 44 € |