Stayed here three wonderful days and nighs. The room was extremely restful. The wood scent…read morerefreshing and the linens so soft. The hosts were attentive and gracious. The food...that could be an entire post. D*E*L*I*C*I*O*U*S*! The breakfast buffet had so many scrumptious choices. Dinner, sit, enjoy and savor

This hotel sits on a cliff overlooking a beautiful alpine peak. I have been here during last winter…read moreand it was one of the most magical winter wonderlands. It is located in the heart of alps surrounded by divine natural beauty. The hotel itself is very cute and cozy. It has a huge dining hall/Bar on the ground floor. They also have a numerous spa amenities such as sauna, turkish bath, sleeping room, and my favorite of all hot tub on the patio that overlooks the mountains. A BIG YES!! The hosts treat all their guests like their family. The food was exceptionally good. Everything was made from scratch and served with perfection. The dinner menu changes daily based on the chef's special. Be sure to come with a huge appetite! The breakfast is a buffet style. They serve a wide range of bread, prosciutto, cereal, cheese and beverages. If you are here during the ski season, you can buy the ski pass directly from the hotel. The hotel also has a separate storage room for your ski gears which makes it super convenient. I highly recommend this place. it is a great treat with a fantastic hospitality! Can't wait to go back!

Melodia del Bosco is a lovely hotel in Alta Badia that caters to all things outdoor activities…read more Melodia is family owned and operated. The owner is also an avid cyclist, which accounts for the amenities available to cycling groups. This hotel offers great value for the price; from the rooms to daily breakfast and dinner, complimentary wifi, among other things, for which I think I think make it a five-star choice. The rooms: I found our room to be very comfortable, spacious and clean. We had a view to the meadows on the backside of the hotel where you can see deer eating wildflowers in the mornings! All rooms basically come with a view of some sort and a balcony. The food: Breakfast is included in your stay and you get an array of fresh fruit, cheeses, salmui's, breads, pastries, granola, etc. You can also order eggs to your liking. We also enjoyed dinner here one night. The menu features traditional Ladin cuisine as well as some Mediterranean influenced dishes. Other amenities: The hotel offers laundry service which is super fast! They also have a sauna, steam room and massage onsite in addition to a play area for kids and a small gym. In the winter, they have a shuttle to the ski lift, since this is not located directly on the ski area. This hotel is also ideal for cycling groups, as they have a cycling garage with space to wash your bikes as well as storage. Melodia is not located in a town, which for some might not be ideal. But the overall value here makes it a five!

Yes... "as good as it gets". OK, so I've only been to a handful of rifugios (mountain huts in the…read moreAlps where you can eat and/or spend the night... you know, a refuge) ... http://www.altabadia.org/en/italian-alps-dolomites/food-and-drink/mountain-huts-dolomites.html ... but these people served great espresso and machiattos. I didn't try their food but I'm guessing this is a view that you are not going to come across every day. It was worth the effort of hiking 8 miles uphill. (You might be able to drive there, too?) This rifugio started off as a church built in 1484, the detached house built in 1718. They have food... I hear the Kaiserschmarren is a classic and they have things like eggs with speck and polenta with cheese and mushrooms. This is one of those rifugios where you can spend the night, at least in the summer. More info--- http://www.dolomitemountains.com/en/resources/resources135.htm

I have no doubt that the views here are fantastic...unfortunately, the day we decided to get in a…read more'quick' (8.4 miles round-trip, in this case) hike from San Cassiano, it was quite cloudy, with the opportunity for rain virtually the entire time. We made it to the rifugio at Santa Croce just as the rain began to let loose, so we took the opportunity to wait out the low-hanging thunderstorm in the rifugio and grab a quick snack while we were at it. It was quite thinly-staffed while we were there (and there were few tourists there as well - just a couple other parties that got stranded by the weather), so it took a bit of time to get our check at the end, which was important given that we got a let-up in the rain long enough to book it back to town. The entrance has sliding doors - a modernity that wasn't at any other rifugio - and that leads you to a dining room on the right. We got a speck and cheese sandwich to share, along with a bowl of tagliatelle with a porcini mushroom cream sauce. The sandwich was alright - the speck was great, and the cheese reminded me of a muted Swiss cheese (a plus in my book, as I don't like Swiss usually), but utilizing the Tuscany-style bread that lacked salt made the sandwich a bit on the plain side. The tagliatelle, on the other hand, was very good, and with tagliatelle that was a bit different from the rest of the trip - the edges were serrated, giving it a bit more texture with each bite. The mushroom-infused sauce wasn't the best we had on the trip, but it was still very enjoyable (and quite affordable to boot). While we did not stay here for very long, we enjoyed the coziness of the rifugio while we waited out the rain. It's not the best rifugio we visited, and there's no doubt that the view would be more enjoyable with a clearer sky, but it was a sight to behold when we stepped out after the rain had passed and we saw the limestone mountains washed in rain and seeing endless waterfalls running down every nook and crevice. The trail is worth a hike for the views, but the food is pretty good as well!