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For the first time the ski slopes in Selva di Val Gardena will host the spectacular race of mountain biking at the night of Monday, February 6, 2012.
Christmas is in the air! We are happy to invite you again this year for the traditional Christmas market in Val Gardena Ortisei. At the foot of the majestic Castle Gardena ( Fischburg ), you can expect our giant Christmas tree, surrounded by lovingly decorated wooden huts.
Recently the new site has been to allow everyone to plan trips or days of alpine skiing in Val Gardena and the Dolomites, with direct cooperation of expert guides from mountaineering school in Val Gardena.
Val Gardena polishes its snow equipment for the opening of the winter season, which this year starts on Dec 5th. Skiers and snowboarders will enjoy fun on the slopes till or even a bit longer, weather permits.
The magic of Christmas and the excitement of the World Cup in the breathtaking scenery of South Tyrol, in the heart of the Dolomites, the UNESCO World Natural Heritage in Val Gardena, begins before the winter! When nature is stripped of the colors of autumn and the majestic Dolomite walls reflect the sun’s rays gently [...]
On 3 April Val Gardena will host the 15th edition of Suedtirol Gardenissima, the famous race where everybody can measure themselve and compare to the leading athletes participating in the World Cup Skiing. Gardenissima features the longest giant slalom in the world with over 110 gates placed on the slope of over 1,000 meters in [...]
Although the smallest from three main villages in Val Gardena, S Cristina enjoys its central location between Ortisei and Selva Valgardena.
One of the most famous an popular spots in the Alps is a small Ladin village Selva Valgardena every year visited by a million of tourists from all over the world.
The biggest community of Val Gardena, Ortisei is habited by some 4,5 thousand of citizens, 83 % of them speak Ladin as their mother tongue. The rest split among German and Italian speaking people, which explains the tree names visible sometimes on the road signs in Ladin part of Dolomites.
In the shade of one of the most unique forms of Dolomites called in Italian Sassolungo stretches equally extraordinary run, named accordingly Saslong.
Arguably the moust beautiful skiing tour in the whole Alps, Sella Ronda, the famous ski tour around the Sella mountain range, is the good test of skills and endurance of every alpine ski lover. The massif of Sella Mountain range is cut somewhere in the middle by the wide summit plateau resembling from a long [...]
The total of 39 competitions will be hosted in 20 resorts, in Italy this year as traditionally Three resorts will see the best skiers : Val Gardena, Alta Badia and Bormio. In February there is a break for FIS World Ski Championships 20 11 held between 08 and 20 February 2011 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.