Veneto Dolomites
This summer-only refuge enjoys a spectacular location right at the base of the 5 Torri. Run by the Lelo family since 1937, it has hosted world-famous mountaineers and monarchs in its simple rustic rooms. Come midday, parties of climbers and hikers descend from the rock face for barley soup, plump casonciei ravioli and apple strudel.
In August, the SR48 access road is restricted and a shuttle operates from Cortina d'Ampezzo
14.18 MILES
Atmospherically set in a castle 15km south of Brunico and full of folk treasures, this is the best of three museums in this region devoted to Ladin…
LUMEN Museum of Mountain Photography
16.71 MILES
Anyone passionate about the mountains should make a beeline for this captivating museum, opened in 2018 at the summit of Kronplatz ski resort. The…
12.83 MILES
Part of Reinhold Messner’s five-museum ode to the Dolomites, the so-called Museum in the Clouds on Monte Rite (2181m) offers a complete 360-degree…
Chiesetta di San Giovanni in Ranui
18.01 MILES
Sitting alone in a meadow below the gargantuan spiky peaks of the Odle mountain group, this tiny and almost impossibly picturesque onion-steepled church …
Messner Mountain Museum Kronplatz
16.53 MILES
Mountaineer Reinhold Messner's sixth and final mountain museum also sadly happened to be one of the final projects of star architect Zaha Hadid before her…
Parco Nazionale delle Dolomiti Bellunesi
24.05 MILES
Just over 17km northwest of Belluno, this magnificent national park offers trails for hikers of every level, wildflowers in spring and summer, and…
Museo Civico di Palazzo Fulcis
26.6 MILES
Although Belluno’s Civic Museum has some 600 notable regional works of art, including some stunning canvases by local talent Sebastiano Ricci, the real…
20.52 MILES
Brunico's 13th-century hilltop castle is the evocative setting for mountaineer Reinhold Messner's fifth 'Mountain Museum'. Opened in 2011, it documents…
12.83 MILES
Part of Reinhold Messner’s five-museum ode to the Dolomites, the so-called Museum in the Clouds on Monte Rite (2181m) offers a complete 360-degree…
14.18 MILES
Atmospherically set in a castle 15km south of Brunico and full of folk treasures, this is the best of three museums in this region devoted to Ladin…
3. Messner Mountain Museum Kronplatz
16.53 MILES
Mountaineer Reinhold Messner's sixth and final mountain museum also sadly happened to be one of the final projects of star architect Zaha Hadid before her…
4. LUMEN Museum of Mountain Photography
16.71 MILES
Anyone passionate about the mountains should make a beeline for this captivating museum, opened in 2018 at the summit of Kronplatz ski resort. The…
5. Chiesetta di San Giovanni in Ranui
18.01 MILES
Sitting alone in a meadow below the gargantuan spiky peaks of the Odle mountain group, this tiny and almost impossibly picturesque onion-steepled church …
18.68 MILES
Ortisei's folky Museum de Gherdëina has a particularly exquisite collection of wooden toys and sculptures, along with other artefacts and exhibits related…
18.8 MILES
One of the Ladin valleys' fascinating cultural museums, this three-story structure in the village of Vigo di Fassa is packed with beautiful wood carvings…
20.46 MILES
This pristinely maintained cemetery set in a forest on Kühbergl just behind the town has graves of soldiers from the nearby WWI front as well as a section…