Seceda - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

Val Gardena is one of the best holiday destinations in the world when it comes to skiing, hiking and exploring nature. Surrounded by the UNESCO-protected Dolomites, this charming alpine valley is the perfect place to unwind, enjoy life and recharge your mind. The Gardena Spring Trophy is an annual international figure skating competition held every spring in the Valley. Val Gardena has a Serie A ice hockey team, the Hockey Club Gardena.

The Dolomiti Superski is the largest ski area in Italy, born in 1974 and spread over an area of ​​about 3,000 km² in the Triveneto, including most of the winter ski slopes of the Dolomites, for a total of 1,246 km of slopes divided into 12 different ski areas. Of these 500 km are connected "skis on feet". It offers 450 ski lifts and 1,246 kilometers of slopes, about half of which are directly connected to each other, and all of which can be used with a single ski pass.

The Seiser Alm is the largest high alpine pasture in Europe. It is located in the South Tyrolean Dolomites in Italy, around 20 km northeast of Bolzano and above the well-known tourist resorts of Seis am Schlern, Kastelruth, and Ortisei in Val Gardena. In summer, the area is ideal for hiking and mountain tours. The winter sports area has 60 km of downhill pistes, predominantly of easy and medium difficulty, numerous lifts, and a fun park.

Langkofel is the main peak of the massif of the same name, placed between the Val Gardena and Val di Fassa, in the Dolomites. The mountain looks like a series of peaks that stretch for about a kilometer from north-west to south-east. With a cable car from the Sella pass, you can reach the Sassolungo saddle at 2,681 meters and the Toni Demetz refuge, starting point for various excursions.

The Gardena pass is an alpine pass in the Dolomites, located at 2,121 m asl between Val Gardena and Val Badia, between the Sella group in the south and the Cir group to the north, connecting Selva di Val Gardena with Corvara in Badia. The pass is the starting point for many hiking trails. In the surrounding area, there are numerous ski lifts and ski slopes, including the famous " Dantercepies " and "Cir" which, starting from the pass, reach Selva.

The Puez-Odle natural park is a protected natural area that mainly includes two mountain groups: the Puez group and the Odle group, both belonging to the Gardena Dolomites in the Dolomites. Established in 1978 and then expanded in 1999 with the annexation of the Rasciesa area, the protected area is bordered to the west by the Isarco valley, to the north by the Pusteria valley, to the east by the Val Badia and south of Val Gardena.