Ra Gusela, Dolomites

Dolomites

[ OVERVIEW ]

The Dolomites are cycling's cathedral — pale rock towers rising straight out of green valleys, linked by the mythical passes of the Giro d'Italia. At the heart of it lies the Sellaronda, the legendary loop around the Sella massif that strings together four of the sport's most revered climbs — Gardena, Sella, Pordoi and Campolongo — in a single unforgettable circuit. We ride it the way it should be ridden: on quiet weekdays, with a support car at every summit and a rifugio lunch waiting at the top. Beyond the Sellaronda, the Giau and the Fedaia offer the kind of days that stay with you for life.

Experience Details

Trip Duration

7 days, 6 nights

Pricing from

€5,200

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A winding mountain road with sharp turns zigzags down a steep hillside covered in green vegetation and some rocks, with forested mountains in the background.

The sacred passes of the Giro beneath the most beautiful mountains on Earth

Ride Features

The sacred passes of the Giro, ridden with support at every summit: the full Sella Ronda — Campolongo, Pordoi, Sella and Gardena in a single circuit of the massif — the Passo Giau’s brutal, beautiful ramps, and the Fedaia beneath the Marmolada glacier for those who want the full examination. This is the terrain of the Maratona Dles Dolomites. We ride it on quiet weekdays, with rifugio stops the Gran Fondo crowds never get.

Food & Drink

The Ladin valleys keep a kitchen found nowhere else in Italy: canederli dumplings, speck cured in mountain air, casunziei pasta, kaiserschmarrn at 2,000 metres, and Alto Adige whites — Gewürztraminer from its home valley — poured with rifugio lunches you’ll measure future lunches against.

Sightseeing & Culture

The Ladin people have held their own language and culture in these valleys for two thousand years. Add WWI tunnels and vie ferrate threaded through the very passes you climb, Cortina’s belle-époque polish, and the enrosadira — the evening light that turns the pale rock rose-pink, with a name invented just for it.

Accommodation

A 4-star alpine hotel in Alta Badia or the Val Gardena with full wellness floor — sauna, pools, treatment rooms — because in the Dolomites recovery is not an afterthought, it’s half the culture. South Tyrolean hotels are arguably the best-run in the Alps; expect to be looked after properly.