Destinations

Courmayeur lies at around 1,200 m directly at the foot of Monte Bianco and is one of the most tradition-rich mountain resorts in Italy. The traffic-calmed pedestrian zone with stone houses, the alpine museum and the proximity to the Skyway, Val Veny and Val Ferret make the town a fashionable…

The Gran Paradiso, at 4,061 m, is the only four-thousander lying entirely on Italian soil. The protected area surrounding it was established in 1922 as Italy's first national park, originally to save the Alpine ibex from extinction. Today the park is one of the best places in the Alps to…

Mont Blanc, in Italian Monte Bianco, is at around 4,805 m the highest mountain in the Alps and in Central Europe. On the Italian side above Courmayeur the modern revolving cable car Skyway Monte Bianco opens up the glacier world as far as the Punta Helbronner at 3,466 m, with…

The Pala group is the largest massif of the Dolomites and impresses with a wide, moon-like high plateau at around 2,600 m, ringed by rugged peaks. The cable car from San Martino di Castrozza to the Rosetta opens up this high plain comfortably. The area belongs to the UNESCO World…

The Lago di Molveno lies at around 820 m directly beneath the walls of the Brenta Dolomites and is regarded as one of the cleanest mountain lakes in Italy. Its turquoise water, a lido and family offerings make it a popular destination in summer, repeatedly awarded as the most beautiful…

The Brenta group is the only Dolomite massif west of the Adige and part of the Adamello-Brenta Nature Park. It is famous for its bold towers and for the Bocchette via ferratas, which rank among the most classic in the Alps. The starting point is the fashionable resort of Madonna…

Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy; its northern shore, framed by steep mountains, around Riva del Garda and Torbole belongs to Trentino. The reliable winds Ora and Pelér make the northern basin one of the best surfing and sailing areas in Europe. Above the lake rises Monte Baldo,…

The Rosengarten is one of the best-known Dolomite massifs and famous for the Enrosadira, the intense rose-red glow of its walls at sunset. According to legend, King Laurin turned his rose garden into petrified rock. The massif, with the Rosengartenspitze, offers demanding via ferratas and hikes across scenic alpine meadows….

The Pragser Wildsee is regarded as the most beautiful of the Dolomite lakes. Its turquoise-green water, the wooden boathouse and the steeply rising Seekofel wall make it one of the most photographed places in the Alps. Because of the heavy crowds, access is time-regulated in summer; an easy walk leads…

The Seiser Alm is, at around 56 km², the largest high-altitude alpine meadow in Europe, a broad, gently rolling meadow landscape at about 1,700 to 2,300 m. Against the backdrop of the Schlern, Langkofel and Plattkofel it is a hiking paradise in summer and a cross-country and ski paradise in…

The Tre Cime are the most famous rock formation of the Dolomites and one of the best-known mountain motifs in the Alps. The three striking towers, with the Cima Grande up to 2,999 m, rise on the border between South Tyrol and Veneto in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of…

The Lago Maggiore stretches from Ticino into Italy; its Swiss northern end around Locarno and Ascona is known for a mild, almost Mediterranean climate, palm promenades and camellia blossom. Locarno holds, at around 197 m, the lowest point in Switzerland at the lake's surface. Above the town stands the pilgrimage…