My hiking day starts quite comfortably because I am already high up.
Hiking heaven
My hiking hotel in Val Gardena is located at the rocky heart of the Dolomites.
The wonderfully bizarre, pale mountains have fascinated me from the moment I saw them. The location of my hiking hotel in the Dolomites at an altitude of 1,650 metres is ideal for setting off with ease, and ensures you always return with an even larger smile on your face. Tours start here on the high plateau of Monte Pana and take me around the Sassolungo, to the Alpe di Siusi, around the Sella Group and to the Puez-Odle Nature Park. Host family Stuffer know every corner of the surrounding area and give me valuable tips. I can also borrow my hiking equipment free of charge at my hiking hotel in Val Gardena and take part in tours with local professionals.
I have never been so entranced by a mountain panorama.
The great wide open instead of walls
The boundaries between inside and outside begin to blur.