Price includes
: Local English speaking biking guide as per programme (5 biking days); mountain bikes; 6 nights half board hotel accommodation (twin rooms) in 3* Hotel in Corvara in Badia ; meals as noted (B=breakfast, D=dinner), transportation when needed.
Price does not include
: Airfare, meals not noted on itinerary, insurance of any kind, optional tipping to leader, guides and local staff, excess baggage charges, items of a personal nature (sodas, alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages, such as coffee and teas, laundry, etc.) and everything that is not specified before.
Mountain biking in Alta Badia, Dolomites
A week of biking in the Alta Badia region with base in the charming mountain village of Corvara at the foot of the Sella Massif.
Tinted
in weathered shades of
rose, yellow and gray, the fairy-tale spires and dramatic rock walls of
the
Dolomites rise in elegantly chiseled shapes of fantastic form, looking
every
inch like a landscape devised by the gods. And if this isn’t
exactly heaven,
well, it’s about as close as you can get.
The Dolomites were named after Deodat de Dolomieu, a French geologist
who
discovered an unusual carbonate rock with foreign properties in 1789.
“Dolomite”
became the name of both the mineral as well as the mountain range in
which he
found it. The Dolomites form part of the Oriental Italian Alps and are
situated
between the Austrian border to the north and the Venetian plain to the
south.
Long known as a paradise for rock climbers, the Dolomites are a great
destination
for fit hikers and bikers as well. We’ll see by bike the best
the Dolomites
have to offer, including the majestic Sella and Tofane massifs and some
of the
most incredible parks in the Dolomites: the Fannes – Sennes
– Braies and the DolomitiAmpezzaneNaturalParks. On
the trail,
you’ll only need to carry a light daypack with the daily
essentials (camera,
water bottle, jacket, and an occasional packed lunch).
Daily program
1
Arrive
to Corvara in Badia in the afternoon. Meeting and briefing with the
guide.
Corvara
2
Corvara
– La
Villa – Altiplano Storse - Pralongia
– Corvara
The Pralongià plateau,a geologic relic from the
“Terziario”, is inserted in the area of the Alta
Badia and surrounded of the rocky mountains of the Sella and
Conturines-Fanis groups.
Corvara
3
Santa
Croce Sanctuary Bike on open
meadows and pine forests to the church and sanctuary of Ospizio Santa
Croce.
Corvara
4
Fanes
– Sennes – BraiesNaturalPark A beautiful and demanding bike ride through the
Altiplano di Fanes with its panorama of the Western Dolomites:
Lavarella, Conturines and Cime di Fanis massifs.
Corvara
5
From
Corvara bike uphill to Passo Incisa, Cherz , Alfauro, Varda and back to
Passo Campolongo. From
here down to Corvara on gravel road along the golf course.
Corvara
6
Corvara
– La
Villa – Pedraces – San
Leonardo – Piccolino – San Vigilio
You will be biking through all the towns of the Alta Badia region up to
the heart of the Dolomites in the charming valley of San Vigilio
