{"id":1105,"date":"2026-06-07T19:45:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/item\/passo-giau\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:04:10","slug":"passo-giau","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/item\/passo-giau\/","title":{"rendered":"Passo Giau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.6;color:#3a352f;\">At 2,236 m, the Passo Giau is regarded as one of the most beautiful Dolomite passes and is ringed by striking peaks such as the Ra Gusela and the Nuvolau. The winding pass road is popular with motorcyclists and cyclists; from the top, scenic hikes start with all-round views of the Ampezzo Dolomites.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>One of the most beautiful Dolomite passes<\/li>\n<li>Summit backdrop Ra Gusela and Nuvolau<\/li>\n<li>Popular with motorbikes and road bikes<\/li>\n<li>Scenic hikes from the top of the pass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<table class=\"at-vergleich\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Elevation<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">2,236 m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Backdrop<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Ra Gusela, Nuvolau, Averau<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Location<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">near Cortina d'Ampezzo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">World Heritage<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">UNESCO Dolomites<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Practical info<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f1ec;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Getting there:<\/strong> By car\/motorcycle over the pass road from Cortina or Selva di Cadore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Best time:<\/strong> Roughly June to October (partly closed in winter, please verify).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Cost:<\/strong> Pass free; huts payable (please verify).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Safety:<\/strong> Winding mountain road; trails marked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:12px 0 4px;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;\">\n<li>At sunset the surrounding walls glow (Enrosadira)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Background &amp; History<\/h2>\n<p>The Passo Giau, at around 2,236 metres, is among the most beautiful and most feared passes of the Dolomites in Veneto. In endless hairpins the road winds up between Cortina d\u2019Ampezzo and the Val Fiorentina and opens up a magnificent all-round panorama of some of the most famous rock figures of the region, above all the striking tooth of the Ra Gusela and the mighty pyramid of the Monte Pelmo. Among cyclists the pass summit is notorious, for its consistently steep ramps make it one of the hardest tests that the Giro d\u2019Italia sets in the high mountains.<\/p>\n<p>Like all the Dolomites, the mountain world around the Giau consists of pale limestone and dolomite rock, the petrified remains of primeval coral reefs, which in the evening light glow in that warm pink that the locals call enrosadira. The surrounding valleys belong to the cultural realm of the Ladins, whose ancient world of legend has always peopled the strangely shaped rock towers with kings, witches and enchanted realms. Anyone pausing at the pass thus stands not only at a famous viewpoint, but in the midst of one of the most myth-rich landscapes of the Alps.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#221c1a;color:#fff;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 22px;margin-top:28px;\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.08em;\">Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0 12px;color:#d8d2cc;font-size:14px;\">To make your trip run smoothly , our guides and gear tips for this destination:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;\"><a href=\"\/en\/wanderschuhe\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hiking boots \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/schichtenprinzip-bekleidung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Layering guide for clothing \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/packliste-tages-bergwanderung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Day-tour packing list \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/packliste-huettentour\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hut-tour packing list \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/huettenwandern-einsteiger\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hut hiking for beginners \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Der Passo Giau auf 2.236 m gilt als einer der sch\u00f6nsten Dolomitenp\u00e4sse und ist von markanten Gipfeln wie der Ra Gusela und dem Nuvolau umringt. Die kurvenreiche Passstra\u00dfe ist bei Motorradfahrern und Radlern beliebt; von der Passh\u00f6he starten aussichtsreiche Wanderungen mit Rundumblick auf die Ampezzaner Dolomiten. Highlights Einer der sch\u00f6nsten Dolomitenp\u00e4sse Gipfelkulisse Ra Gusela und [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1134,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","citadela-item-category":[39,40,30],"citadela-item-location":[70],"class_list":["post-1105","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-ausflugsziele-sehenswuerdigkeiten","citadela-item-category-gipfel-berge","citadela-item-category-wandern-bergtouren","citadela-item-location-venetien-dolomiten"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1558,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1105\/revisions\/1558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=1105"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}