The Dolomites
Where the hiking is epic, the food is sublime, and the scenery will blow your mind.
My favourite time to visit the Dolomites is in the autumn, when the larch trees turn from dark green to burning orange, and the skies are cloudless dusty blue.
Multi-day trails are strung along mountain peaks, dotted with family-run rifugios where the laughter is free-flowing and the food sublime. Day hikes are punctuated with views that steal your breath, and sparkling alpine lakes luring you towards their shores.
There’s nothing more perfect for aching feet at the end of the day.
In winter, those same trails become perfect ski slopes, as enticing for the beginner as they are for the lucky locals who seem to have been born knowing how to master the piste.
Here’s everything you need to plan your own incredible adventures in the Dolomites.
- Dolomites 3 Day Itinerary: Cortina vs Ortisei (How not to regret your life choices)
- 7-Day Dolomites Itinerary: The Best Week of Your Life Starts Here
- The Perfect 5 Day Dolomites Itinerary: Hikes, Highlights + Holy Shit Views
- The Ultimate Dolomites Itinerary (3 to 14 Days of Mountains, Magic + Messy Hair)
- How to Get to the Dolomites: Because Apparently “Just Fly to Italy” Isn’t Helpful
- Best Time to Visit the Dolomites: When to Go and When to Definitely Not
- What to Wear Hiking in the Dolomites So You Don’t Regret Your Life Choices
- Where to Stay in the Dolomites: The Ultimate Guide to Picking Your Base
- Skip the Cable Car: How to Hike Seceda the Hard Way – and Love It
- Driving in the Dolomites: 10 Things No One Tells You (But Should)
- How to Visit Lago di Braies (Without Losing Your Mind)
- Cadini di Misurina Hike: A No-Bullshit Guide to the Dolomites Best View
- How to Hike Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Without Wanting to Scream at the Crowds)
- How to Get to Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Without Losing Your Mind): A Complete Guide for First-Timers
- The Ultimate Dolomites Road Trip Builder (For When You Have No Idea Where to Start)
- Renting a Car in Bolzano, Italy (Without Losing Your Deposit or Your Mind)
- What to Do in the Dolomites When You’re Wild, Free, and Slightly Overwhelmed
- Visiting the Dolomites: A Guide to Planning Everything You Need for an Unforgettable First Trip
- How to Hike to Lago di Sorapis Without Crying on a Cliff Edge
- Larch Madness: Hiking Croda da Lago to Lago di Federa in Peak Autumn Colour
- How to Visit Alpe di Siusi (Seiser Alm): the Dolomites Dreamiest Plateau
- 10 Dolomites Day Hikes That’ll Blow Your Boots Off
- Hiking Seceda: The Dolomites’ Most Ridiculous Ridgeline And How to See It Properly