The Dolomites in 2 days, on foot

This 2-day self-guided walking plan for The Dolomites covers 13 narrated sights in an easy day-by-day order. Each day is split into a morning and an afternoon loop, and every stop has a two to three minute audio story in the Gingerguide app.

You set the pace: this is a suggested order, not a schedule. Walk it in 2 days, or stretch it out. Reorder freely; The Dolomites rewards a detour.

The The Dolomites route at a glance

• Day 1
• Day 2

Day 1

Day 1 covers 7 stops and about 0.5 km on foot, from Sella Pass and Sella Ronda to Bolzano. 5 longer hops are best done by public transport or taxi. ≈ 0.5 km of walking, about 5 min

Morning

1. Sella Pass and Sella Ronda: The Sella Pass, a mountain pass of about 2,200 metres between the Sella group and the Sassolungo, one of the four passes of the Sella Ronda, the famous circuit around the Sella massif. 11 km to the next stop: take transport
2. Seceda: Seceda, the green mountain above Val Gardena that faces the jagged peaks of the Odle group, reached by cable car from Ortisei, with one of the most photographed views in the Dolomites. 4.9 km to the next stop: take transport
3. Val di Funes: Val di Funes, the green valley below the jagged Odle peaks, where the little church of Santa Maddalena stands among meadows in one of the best-known views of the Dolomites. 8.6 km to the next stop: take transport
4. Val Gardena and Ortisei: Val Gardena, in Ladin Gherdëina, a Dolomite valley of three villages, Ortisei, Santa Cristina and Selva, famous for its Ladin language, its woodcarvers and its ski slopes below the Sassolungo. 4.3 km to the next stop: take transport

Afternoon

1. Alpe di Siusi: The Alpe di Siusi, in German the Seiser Alm, a vast high plateau of meadows in South Tyrol, often called the largest alpine meadow in Europe, below the Sciliar and the Sassolungo. 23 km to the next stop: take transport
2. Ötzi Museum: The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, home of Ötzi the Iceman, the natural mummy of a man who died in the Alps about 5,300 years ago, shown with his clothes and tools. 0.5 km on foot (6 min) to the next stop
3. Bolzano: Bolzano, in German Bozen, the capital of South Tyrol, a market town where Italian and German meet, with the medieval arcades of the Lauben, Piazza Walther and its Gothic cathedral.

Day 2

Day 2 covers 6 stops over about 80 km as the crow flies, from Lago di Carezza to Lago di Braies. ≈ 80 km between stops, straight line

Morning

1. Lago di Carezza: Lago di Carezza, the Karersee, a small lake of deep green and blue water at the edge of the forest below the Latemar, known in legend as the lake of the rainbow. 21 km to the next stop
2. Marmolada: The Marmolada, at 3,343 metres the highest mountain of the Dolomites, with the largest glacier of the range, a First World War front and the scene of a deadly glacier collapse in 2022. 18 km to the next stop
3. Cinque Torri: The Cinque Torri, five rock towers above Cortina d'Ampezzo, where restored Italian trenches, shelters and gun positions of the First World War form part of a great open-air museum. 7.2 km to the next stop

Afternoon

1. Cortina d'Ampezzo: Cortina d'Ampezzo, the mountain town of the Veneto in a wide valley ringed by the Tofane, Cristallo and Sorapis, a Ladin community and host of the Winter Olympics of 1956 and 2026. 16 km to the next stop
2. Tre Cime di Lavaredo: The Tre Cime di Lavaredo, the three great rock towers of the Sexten Dolomites, almost 3,000 metres high, circled by one of the most famous walks in the Alps and marked by First World War ruins. 19 km to the next stop
3. Lago di Braies: Lago di Braies, the Pragser Wildsee, a green mountain lake below the cliffs of the Croda del Becco, with its wooden boathouse and rowing boats, the start of the Alta Via 1 high route.

Walking distances and times follow streets and footpaths (routing by openrouteservice.org, map data © OpenStreetMap contributors). Times are walking only, at an easy pace; add time at each stop.

Updated: October 24, 2026

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