After circling around in the Provence, I
continued to Italy for some mountain hiking. There I concentrated
around two areas: Lago di Garda (aka Gardasee in German) and the Brenta
Dolomites.
For your information, the whole
trip (Transport in Italy, Accomodation, Food, etc. - excluding
Travel from/to Italy)
did cost me about 600 €.
Have fun! Robert Lange, robert.lange@s1999.tu-chemnitz.de,
2007-12-30
The Google Map hiking tracks I created with the help of a Garmin
eTrex portable GPS and gpsbabel +
gpx2map.
Arrival
I arrived in the afternoon by train from Torino and moved by
speed boat to Limone sul Garda.
Pictures Boat Tour
I moved in at Hotel Limone. It was okay - just the (cheap) rooms toward the street are very noisy with all the motorcyclists passing by. And my room was right adjacent to the garden where several (loud) performances took place ...
Tour Monte Baldo
I moved by ship to Malcesine and took the cable car up to Monte Baldo.
| Distance | 11 km |
| Route | Monte Baldo Route |
| Pictures | Monte Baldo Pictures |
| Reference | Lonely Planet "Hiking in Italy", page 143 |
| Highlights | Magnificient view down to Lago di Garda |
Tour Valle del Singol
The next tour brought me up the mountains at the Limone side of the Lago di Garda. As I missed the bus, I did walked the route in the opposite direction.
| Distance | 23 km |
| Route | Valle del Singol Route |
| Pictures | Valle del Singol Pictures |
| Reference | Lonely Planet "Hiking in Italy", page 149 (reverse) |
Arrival
I moved by bus from Limone sul Garda to Madonna di Campiglio, a (in winter times) busy skiing resort. Already on arrival I was overwhelmed by the pure beauty of the Brenta Dolomites.
My hiking base was Hotel All' Imperatore, a fine high-class hotel. Originally I wanted to stop in Hotel Palu which is run by the same owners than the Imperatore. Unfortunately (or fortunately for me) the Palu was closed down for this time of the year, so I was lucky to get an reduced-price offer in their Imperatore. I still payed 50€ a night, but it was fully worth it's money. You can find some pictures in the next section.
Sampling Via Brocchette
Here I was double unlucky. First I indended to take the cable
car to reduce the height to climb. But it did stop just the weekend
before, so I had to climb up from Madonna all by myself. This ate up a
lot of time.
And secondly I wanted to have a first sampling of Via Ferrata, thus I
wanted to explore the easy ones. Just I somehow managed to miss the
entrace and to end up in Via Brocchette (said to be the most difficult
one in the Brenta Dolomites). So I just tried it for a short distance,
and then I had to turn back.
I definitely plan to come back - next time doing a multi-day hike up in
the Brenta Dolomites themself.
| Distance | 26 km, Height difference 1500m - 3000m -1500m |
| Route | Sampling Via Brocchette |
| Pictures | Sampling Via Brocchette Pictures |
| Reference | Lonely Planet "Hiking in Italy", page 207, 209 (intended tour) |
| Highlights | Via Ferrata Experience |
Tour to Lago di Nambino
To recover from the last day's long and exhausting trip, my final route just led me a few kilometers to a nearby mountain lake.
| Distance | approx 10 km |
| Route | not tracked |
| Pictures | Lago di Nambino Pictures |
Source material for planning
This are the books I used for planning my trip. I highly recommend you to get them when you want to follow my track, because it will enable you to change the itineracy to your needs.
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