In South Tyrol, Friuli, Lombardy, Valle D'Aosta to spend your summer to the fullest
Summer in the mountains. You walk along paths suitable for everyone and stop in mountain huts or farmhouses where you can taste the local specialties.
Summer in Alta Badia: adventures for all tastes
Adventures for everyone from 1500 to 3000 meters. Summer in Alta Badia is called Explore your way and allows you to try guided activities ranging from outdoor fitness to bike rides, to high altitude trekking starting from Badia, Colfosco, San Cassiano, La Villa and Corvara. This last resort is located at 1568 meters in a sunny basin. Characterized by summer lifts that start from the historic center and reach the Col Alt-Pralongià plateau, where simple paths wind through the Puez-Odle natural park.
The more trained can choose the most demanding climbs, up to the top of Sassongher (2665 meters) and enjoy the panorama that embraces the Sella, Gardenaccia and Sasso della Croce group.
What not to miss in a spectacular setting
A orienteering adventure on Piz Sorega where, with compasses and maps, a precise route must be found in the shortest possible time that winds its way through meadows and woods. It is one of the Explore you way proposals to make the whole family spend the summer. And for jogging enthusiasts do not miss a healthy run on the paths that connect the towns of Alta Badia.
Also do not miss the homemade pasta and apple fritters of Piz Arlara, a refuge that can be reached on foot from various villages or by chairlift from Corvara. Throughout the summer the review "In vetta con gusto" is staged with many gastronomic events.
Summer in Carnia: absolute nature
The rock pinnacles created by millenary erosions are one of the wonders of the nature trail of Lander. A beautiful geological mountain walk that starts from Piano d'Arta in the middle of summer.
A couple of hours in which you stand with your nose up to admire the spectacular shapes of these stone towers up close. They rise tens of meters into the blue sky. Of great visual impact are also the paths of the nature reserve of Mount Cucco.
For those who face them early in the morning or in the evening, towards sunset, encounters with deer, chamois and roe deer that live in the forest of black pines of Austria are not rare.
In Carnia the high rock walls are reflected in springs, streams and pools of water that are suitable for practicing all kinds of sports, such as canoeing, windsurfing, sailing or cycling circuits along the banks.
What not to miss among alpine meadows and lakes
Cavazzo lake, the largest of the Friulian lakes. According to the legend it was formed with the tears of the sky fell in the form of rain. It is located just fifteen minutes from the swimming pools Arta thermal baths. Thermal center which in summer becomes the meeting point for all sportsmen. A temple of alpine wellness with pools of Pudia spring water at different temperatures, whirlpools, Finnish saunas, hammams and after-sport massage cabins.
A visit toarchaeological area of Zuglio, small village next to Arta Terme, the northernmost Roman city in Italy. Not far away it is worth reaching the Parish church of San Pietro in Carnia, in the Gothic style.
Also you can't miss the cjarsons stuffed with aromatic herbs and the potato gnocchi prepared by the young chef of Randis, a farmhouse near Arta Terme.
