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The Dolomites without the suffering. One base in the Val Gardena so nobody packs a bag twice, trails chosen for legs of every length, and huts where lunch is polenta the size of your head. Built for families who want a real mountain week, not a resort.
Trip at a Glance
- DestinationItaly
- DatesAug 9 – 16, 2027
- Duration7 Nights / 8 Days
- Group SizeMax 16 Travelers
- Travel StyleFamilies, Active, Outdoors
- Activity LevelActive
- AccommodationOne valley base, seven nights
Highlights
- Sunrise cable car to the Seceda ridgeline — the view everyone has seen and nobody forgets
- Guided easy via ferrata for anyone 10 and up, with an alternative walk for everyone else
- Rifugio lunches: strudel, polenta, and the world's best mountain hospitality
- Swim in the (very cold) Lago di Braies and warm up with hot chocolate
- Family cooking afternoon: canederli, made badly by everyone, eaten happily
- Stargazing night with a local astronomer above the tree line
Day by Day
8 days, 7 nights. Every day has an anchor and an escape hatch — nothing here is compulsory.
Transfers from Venice, Verona or Innsbruck. Settle in, short valley walk, welcome dinner with the kids at the same table.
Early cable car, gentle ridge walk with long stops, hut lunch. Afternoon at the hotel pool.
Europe's largest high alpine meadow. Easy loop, horses, and a hut where you order strudel by pointing.
Guided beginner via ferrata for those who want it; a lake walk and bakery mission for those who very much do not.
Bikes, spa, town, or nothing. We will give you five good options and zero pressure.
The famous lake early, the famous little church later, plenty of car-nap time in between.
Canederli workshop in the afternoon, farewell dinner, then a clear-sky astronomy session above the village.
Transfers to Venice, Verona, Innsbruck or Munich.
What's Included
- 7 nights in a family-run alpine hotel (pool and sauna)
- All breakfasts, 5 dinners, 4 hut lunches
- All cable cars and mountain transport
- Certified mountain guide for hiking and via ferrata days
- Via ferrata equipment for all participants
- Cooking workshop and astronomy evening
What's Not Included
- Flights and travel insurance
- Meals not listed
- Bike rental on the free day
- Spa treatments
- Gratuities
We would rather show you this list than surprise you with it later.
Important Info
- AgesDesigned for children 7+. Every hiking day has a shorter alternative and a lift option.
- Fitness2–5 hours of walking on active days, mostly downhill after a cable car up. You choose daily.
- WeatherAugust: warm days, cool nights, occasional afternoon thunderstorm. We plan around it.
- RoomsFamily rooms and connecting doubles held for our group. Tell us your configuration early.
- GroupUp to 16, usually four to five families.
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