Alpe di Siusi (Seiser Alm) in Italy is home to the Dolomites, Europe's largest alpine meadow AND serves as a training ground for Olympic athletes!

1. Alpe di Siusi (Seiser Alm): A Photojourney
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Alpe di Siusi (Seiser Alm in German) is in t he heart of t he Dolomit es in It aly, which are a
UNESCO World Herit age Sit e.
Needless to say the scenery is SPECTACULAR! If that wasn’t enough, Alpe di Siusi is also home to Europe’s largest
alpine meadow. AND there’s still more! Sitting at approximately 1850m, it is also the training ground for many Olympic
athletes from around the world. I ran into the women’s Norwegian cross- country ski team. My dreams of being BFFs with
an Olympic athlete were quickly dashed though – they were in the middle of a training run and flew past us.

2. Th e b r e a th ta ki n g Do l o m i te s

3. Th e vi e w fr o m Di b a i ta Mo u n ta i n Hu t wh e r e we we r e s ta yi n g .

4. S o m a n y h i ki n g /r u n n i n g a n d b i ki n g o p ti o n s i n Al p e d i S i u s i ( S e i s e r Al m )

5. Th e Do l o m i te s r i g h t b e fo r e i t r a i n e d .

6. Alpe di Siusi offers a variety of activities ranging from hiking, running, biking, climbing and even paragliding (more on
that in an upcoming post). There’s even a race held every year where you can race alongside (OK behind)
Kenyan Olympians! You might want to start off with a cup of coffee first from Valentin Hofer, Italy’s first coffee
sommelier. You’re going to need your energy if you’re going to try to keep up! On the other hand, I might just stick with
hiking, the Dolomites are a hikers ultimate playground!
Know Bef ore You Go t o Alpe di Siusi (Seiser Alm):
German and Italian are widely spoken in Alpe di Siusi. Despite being in Italy, German is many resident’s native
language in this region.
Alpe di Siusi is at a high elevation (approximately 1850m) so give yourself time to acclimatiz e and don’t plan
anything to ambitious activity wise until you have done so.
Bolz ano is the largest city in the area with lots of train/bus connections.
Alpe di Siusi is ~ 120km south of Innsbruck and ~ 300km north of Venice.
Be sure to check out Spikes in the Dolomites, a gorgeous photo from Simon at Wild About Travel for another
perspective of Alpe di Siusi. And also Touring the Dolomites in Northern Italy from Jeff at EuroTravelogue.
View Dibaita S.N.C. Di Christian Rier & Egon Mair in a larger map
Thank you to Alpe di Siusi Tourism for hosting me. As always all opinions are expressed are my own. They did not make
me fall in love with the place nor promise that I would observe Olympians in training.