The Dolomites
On a high craggy ridgeline with bird's-eye views down to Vallunga's green meadows, Rifugio Puez is the kind of mountain oasis that old-school hikers dream of: totally no frills, with a menu that's all about loading you up with calories and sending you back out on the trail.
Grab a bowl of dumplings in broth or a plate of eggs, speck and potatoes, finish it off with a quick apple strudel, and you're good to go!
Museo Archeologico dell'Alto Adige
23.7 MILES
The star of the Museo Archeologico dell’Alto Adige is Ötzi, the Iceman, with almost the entire museum being given over to the Copper Age mummy. Kept in a…
6.96 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
12.02 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…
24.79 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…
23.77 MILES
Bolzano's four-storey contemporary art space is housed in a huge multifaceted glass cube, a brave architectural surprise that beautifully vignettes the…
Chiesetta di San Giovanni in Ranui
5.88 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
11.78 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…
Messner Mountain Museum Firmiano
26.09 MILES
The imposing Castel Firmiano, dating back to AD 945, is the centrepiece of mountaineer Reinhold Messner's six museums. Based around humankind's…
1. Chiesetta di San Giovanni in Ranui
5.88 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 …
6.96 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…
7.45 MILES
Ortisei's folky Museum de Gherdëina has a particularly exquisite collection of wooden toys and sculptures, along with other artefacts and exhibits related…
4. Messner Mountain Museum Kronplatz
11.78 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…
11.92 MILES
The lofty two-spired baroque cathedral you see today was built on top of the AD 980 Gothic-Romanesque original in 1745. While the bishop decamped to…
11.94 MILES
This museum is far more interesting than most of its ilk, and its magnificent palazzo (mansion) home testament to Bressanone's once-important religious…
7. LUMEN Museum of Mountain Photography
12.02 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…
8. Parco Naturale Sciliar-Catinaccio
12.88 MILES
This 7291-hectare park takes in some of the Dolomites' most spectacular landscapes, including the Sciliar and Catinaccio massifs as well as pine forests,…