Granvara Relais & Spa Hotel
Travel Blogs from Selva Di Val Gardena
The mighty Dolomite Passes
... a group of signs indicating where this road leads but the sign indicating what pass it leads to is covered in hard snow and so I have no idea what pass I’m heading for.
This road appears to be classed as a secondary road as it’s not on my map and appears as though it has not been treated for ice and snow.
I head up this wonderful road at extremely slow pace. There are patches of ice everywhere and the bike lets go on a number of occasions making ...
Onwards to find the Dolomites
... plough came around the corner and so I simply pulled up on the wrong side and he ploughed right through the lot leaving the road reasonably safe for me to ride down!!
Soon I was back into the town of St Christina and started looking for a hotel. well, never in my life in this massive tourist part of the world would anyone struggle to find a hotel!! Sure enough as it is out of season every hotel in the area is closed. I found an open restaurant and went inside hoping for ...
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... apple trees laden with fruit, at least we think that's what they were. Bell chimes every hour I think, will know doubt find out tonight. Will go up cable car again tomorrow and then bus onto Saltria, unsure really as can,t get any other info than in rick steves Italy book, tourist information is closed. So will check Internet, bloke at our accom,lucky, he has been the only one to speak English to us so far. See what ...
The Italian Pit Stop
Dear Family, Friends and Other Dogs
So, our first pit stop was an Italian job completed by a man (whom my mistress said looked just like somehuman, whom they call Liam Neeson). Liam told us that it would take him three days to make a new long chimney for Landy's smoke (yes, he has a five a day diesel habit) and three days it did. The greatdanevine is always to be trusted, just like a dog’s nose – isn’t that right ...
A fantasia journy
... I'm driving slow...very slow...I mean very very very slow...I could walk it faster. For ten minutes I couldn't breath the view was stunning and extremely dramatic, it was abyss all around and the huge rocks of the Dolomites were closing on us from above...I have to admit I don't like them at all those rocks, remember disney's movie fantasia?? If so, there is the part with Stravinsky music, in this piece there is a bold mountain that look exactly like the Dolomites figures...in the ...
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