Is this place real?…read more It is! The food is good, so much better than it needs to be (or would be in the US) with that view. Don't forget to ask for some local mountain flora schnapps on the way out!

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!

Hay soup. Think about that. Does not sound appetizing or even real. Well, hop the chair lift from…read moreCompatsch, at the top turn left and after a 30-minute meander along a view-spectacular trail, veer off to this "mountain hut" as the locals call these dining oases in the Dolomites. The setting, the building, the tables, the menu...everything is 100% alpine natural. Specialty of the house? No kidding...hay soup. Actually it is a secret recipe of herbs and spices served in bowl that you can eat.... literally. It's a bowl made of the local bread and it is DELICIOUS. There are many other food and beverage offerings to tempt and after an extra long hike, tranquilize happily. We were recommended to this place by the fine folks at Hotel Rosa Eco Alpine, about a five-minute walk from downtown Compatsch. Looking to hike and receive a genuinely unique culinary reward? Climb and find Gostner Schwaige.

Fine dining on the slopes in the Dolomites - table service, table clothes, cloth napkins, wine and…read morecocktails, all with gorgeous views of the mountains. I am now spoiled forever. Our best meal so far in the Dolomites! Started with an appetizer of raw and cooked seafood that was amazing - Tuna tartare, smoked salmon, calamari, red shrimp sashimi, a longastino, and two amazing tempura fried shrimp, and a bottle of the Kerner white wine which arrived at our table chilled in a wine bucket. Wow! As delicious as it was beautiful. We then each had a pasta - I had the venison ragu, my husband had the vongole linguine (clams), and our friend had the paparadelle w/ speck, like a carbonara. Desserts looked amazing, but alas, too full. Next time! Will definitely plan a meal here every time we come. Reservations recommended; it is super popular!

In 2010 I came here for 4 days to snowboard with friends and fell in love with the breathtaking…read moreview of the Dolomites. No wonder Unesco declared these mountains as a world heritage! Alta Badia is considered as the top ski resort for beginners/ intermediate because more than 50% of the pistes are piste azzurre (blue =beginner runs. Equivalent to green slopes in America) and 40 % of the pistes are red/medium-difficulty. It would be an understatement to say Alta Badia has plenty of lifts.... there are more than 50 lifts! The reason why it has so many lifts is because Alta Badia is made of 6 villages - Corvara, Colfosco, La Villa, San Cassiano, Padraces, & Sella Ronda. These villages are all linked together so you can ski at any of them except Sella Ronda. Padraces is considered the easiest pistes and Sella Ronda is known for more challenging runs but you need the Superski pass to get a direct access. There are nearly 100 slopes and the snow condition is fantastic!! I personally prefer Obereggen more but Alta Badia is just as fun and beautiful, and perhaps has better apre-ski scene. P.S.- At the mountain huts, try the delicious goulash!!!

The new Apartments are really beautyful. The house is…read morelocated in a wonderful area, really close to the slopes (in the winter) and to the starting point of some beautiful walking tracks (in the summer). In the owner's family there is a certified Mountain Guide that brought me and my family in some really beauyful places!