Alleghe: Lake, Civetta and Trails for Many Interests

Alleghe between the Lake and Civetta

Alleghe combines a lake with a distinctive mountain backdrop while also offering different trails, excursion options and family-oriented activities. Lago di Alleghe was formed in 1771 after a landslide dammed the watercourse. Monte Civetta rises 3,220 metres above Alleghe and, together with the lake, forms a closely interconnected landscape unit. For your travel planning, this combination means that you can consider scenery, activity and local history as different focal points without reducing the character of the place to just one activity.

Local History and Tourism Tradition

In the centre of Alleghe stands the church dedicated to Saint Blaise, which was largely rebuilt after this landslide. Alleghe's tourism tradition dates back to the 19th century. Together, these give a stay a historical dimension that can be directly combined with the experience of the landscape. If you are looking not only for trails and viewpoints but also want to get to know the historical character of a place, this connection is a meaningful focus for your planning.

Hiking between the Valley and Higher Elevations

The hiking options in Alleghe include easy walks in the valley, hikes at higher elevations and challenging via ferratas. Lago Coldai is a lake of glacial origin, meaning a body of water shaped by glaciers. From Masarè, you can reach the Ru-de-Rialt waterfalls via a short detour along a trail. For planning purposes, you can therefore distinguish between a peaceful walk in the valley, a hike at higher elevations and a challenging via ferrata. Lago Coldai and the waterfalls provide two different landscape highlights within the range of hiking options.

Mountain Biking and Family Experiences

Alleghe also offers several clearly distinguishable options for active days with children or people of different experience levels. Alleghe offers mountain-bike routes for the whole family as well as trails for experienced mountain bikers. The Kids Bike Park is a learning area where children can practise handling mountain bikes. The Civetta Adventure Park in the Piani di Pezzè forest offers four courses with different difficulty levels, leading over wooden walkways, tree trunks, Tibetan bridges and lianas. Ally Farm Summer is a nature park in Piani di Pezzè in the heart of the Dolomites. There, Ally Farm Summer offers a family course that ends in a scenic viewpoint area. This allows the day to be planned differently depending on age and experience, without everyone having to choose the same level of difficulty.

The Lake and Viewpoints

From the centre of Alleghe, cable cars lead to high-altitude viewpoints. Pedal boats can be rented on Via Lungolago; a trip on the lake takes approximately one hour. This gives you two clearly different options for a day trip: a ride on the water or a cable-car journey to a viewpoint. Which option you choose depends on whether you want to experience the lake directly or head to a high-altitude viewpoint.

Practical Information on Site

The IAT Alleghe provides tourist information and reservation services, as well as selling tickets for public transport and the ski bus. This allows you to take tourist questions, reservations and the use of these transport services into account in your initial planning.

Other Places

Other places: Padola, Pescul, Farra D'alpago, Falcade, Chies D'alpago, Cencenighe Agordino, San Pietro di Cadore, Puos Dʼalpago

For the higher-level travel overview: Belluno.