Rifugio Scotoni

The Dolomites


Stunning views at 1985m coupled with traditional food and mountain hospitality make this a quintessential Badia experience. Book ahead if you'd like to stay in one of the cosy, blonde-wood bunkrooms (summer only; per person with breakfast/half board €40/62).


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby The Dolomites attractions

1. Museo Ladin

10.19 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…

2. Messner Mountain Museum Kronplatz

13.04 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…

3. LUMEN Museum of Mountain Photography

13.25 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…

4. Chiesetta di San Giovanni in Ranui

14.08 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 …

5. Museum de Gherdëina

15.27 MILES

Ortisei's folky Museum de Gherdëina has a particularly exquisite collection of wooden toys and sculptures, along with other artefacts and exhibits related…

6. Messner Mountain Museum

16.96 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…

7. Kriegerfriedhof

16.99 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…

8. Messner Mountain Museum Ripa

17.06 MILES

Brunico's 13th-century hilltop castle is the evocative setting for mountaineer Reinhold Messner's fifth 'Mountain Museum'. Opened in 2011, it documents…