Via Venezia Alpina – hiking across the Alps to the Adriatic Sea

With this stage your crossing of the Alps begins, which leads you to the Italian Adriatic Sea. This first day is mainly used to gain altitude. On mostly leisurely paths you penetrate further and further into the mountains to the Karwendelhaus, where you spend your first evening on the Via Venezia Alpina… read more

The second stage is a special day, because today you will climb the highest mountain of the Karwendel. That is why it demands a lot of altitude from you both on the ascent and on the descent. From the Karwendelhaus you hike south, in the determining direction of the entire Via Venezia Alpina. Right at… read more

On the third stage, you are about to descend into the Tyrolean Inn Valley, so there is a lot going on for your thighs and knees again. You cross the mountain range that separates you from it via the Lafatscherjoch, from which you have another beautiful view over the Karwendel. On your long descent through… read more

2,000 vertical meters in one day and not a single one downhill? The look at the altitude information on this tour may make you swallow at first. But don't worry: you can use two tools. A hiking bus runs from Hall to Tulfes. From there a mountain railway floats up to the Tulfeinalm. So you can get help… read more

Stage 5 is followed by summit after summit. No sooner have you got off one than the next. This ridge hike through the Tux Alps becomes a special highlight of the Via Venezia Alpina. And since you climbed so far the day before, you don't even have to climb that many meters. With easy scrambling and sections… read more

Stage 6 on the Via Venezia Alpina is no walk in the park either, as it continues to explore the remote mountain landscape of the Tux Alps. Once again you turn south first thing in the morning and always climb up the side of a mountain stream to the saddle under the vulture. Here you can make a detour… read more

On this stage you get very close to the Hintertux Glacier. To do this, you first hike a little downhill, and then cross over to the Spannagelhaus. Here you can visit a marble show cave, if you are in time and a guided tour is taking place. Then you climb up to the left of the glacier through the rocky… read more

This stage on the Via Venezia Alpina is particularly scenic, as it leads high above the turquoise shining Schlegeis reservoir. Behind it rise the glaciated Zillertal mountains. Your destination is the Pfitscherjoch, where you leave Austria behind and continue hiking through South Tyrol the next day.



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Stage 9 is pretty bumpy again - it's best to go to bed early, because getting up early is also a good idea. First you descend from the yoke into the Pfitscher valley. To do this, you use a pass trail that was used by smugglers between Austria and Italy. On the other side of the valley you then climb… read more

This stage is again very long. But you can shorten it by taking the bus from Pfunders to Niedervintl. You can often hike out of the valley away from the main road, but there are more beautiful sections on the Via Venezia Alpina.



In Niedervintl you have reached 750 meters and thus suddenly quite deep after… read more

A lot of ups and downs await you on this day. The wonderful views of the impressive Dolomites contribute to the motivation. From the Kreuzwiesenalm you hike to the mountain ridge in the east. On this you go south to the saddle behind the Glittner Joch, from which you descend to the Lüsener Joch. There… read more

You can only enjoy this stage: some of the most beautiful panoramas of the South Tyrolean Dolomites await you. From the Schlüterhütte you climb over a ridge and then hike slightly downhill into the heart of the Puez-Geisler Nature Park. The imposing rock walls come closer and closer and you will hardly… read more

On stage 13 it is now mainly uphill again and through the middle of the Sella group. From the Gardena Pass you climb straight up to the rocks in the south. Here you cross a little more to the left, and then climb very steeply in the next channel to the Pisciadù hut. This section is provided with ropes… read more

On this day you say goodbye to the Sella in order to approach the next famous mountain group: the Marmolada. In the morning the hike begins quite flat over a plateau to the Rifugio Forcella Pordoi. From here you descend steeply through the southern slopes to the Pordoi Pass. If you want to save yourself… read more

Stage 15 is very long and not stingy with vertical meters. Depending on your form of the day and your preferences, you can shorten this route with a bus or mountain train ride. Right in front of the Rifugio Marmolada, for example, you can get on the bus and let it take you to Alleghe. The almost 20 kilometers… read more

This stage takes you through the spectacular Civetta. Most of the time you will stay in the green areas below the white rock peaks. The long descent into the rear Val Corpassa takes about the first half of the route. From there it goes steeply in several steps up to Forcella del Camp.



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Today the ski group welcomes you to the Belluno Dolomites National Park. So the level of the last few days will be maintained and you can look forward to more phenomenal prospects. At the beginning you walk between trees and meadows. Then you come closer to the white rocks again, but stay in the scenic… read more

With one last fantastic day in the Belluno Dolomites you say goodbye to the high alpine peaks. Your destination for today is Belluno. Only a mountain range separates this city from the Piave plain, where it becomes really flat. Again, the route and descent are very long today, but you can cover about… read more

When you look at the tour information, you might be thinking: How can it get more strenuous after crossing the Alpine ridge? This way is actually not that far, because the first twelve kilometers from Belluno to the village of Nevegal are intended as a bus ride. Once there, you can then decide whether… read more

For the Via Venezia Alpina a stage by bus and train is actually planned, namely by bus to Ponte della Priula and then by train to San Donà di Piave.



If you want to walk everything, you can follow the dream path - crossing the Alps from Munich to Venice - or this tour. Hiking this route takes another three… read more