Exploring Europe’s Largest Alpine Meadow: Nature’s Playground

Nature’s Playground overview

Our guests might choose to try a short biking route, or set out on foot via the Bullacia Circle Trail to the Witches’ Benches, a 10-kilometre route that takes around three hours. We stop for the best views — the grassy slopes of the Val Gardena for instance, or the soaring cliffs of the Puez-Odle group — but there’s just as much to see on the trail’s edge as in the distance.

Top points from the source

• The Alpe di Siusi is Europe’s largest high-altitude alpine meadow and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
• It’s also home to COMO Alpina Dolomites, one of the continent’s best destinations for autumn hiking and biking.
• Here, Alex Schenk, Head Guide at COMO Alpina Dolomites, shares the mountains through his eyes.
• Alex Schenk is Head Guide at COMO Alpina Dolomites.
• He has over 15 years’ experience as a hiking guide and ski instructor, and is also an avid mountain biker.
• I always recommend our guests start slow when exploring the region by e-bike or foot — there’s a lot to take in and it can take up to three days to acclimate to the higher altitude.
• Taking a gentle pace allows you to get to know the scenery more intimately, to notice some of the details that make this place so unique.
• Our guests might choose to try a short biking route, or set out on foot via the Bullacia Circle Trail to the Witches’ Benches, a 10-kilometre route that takes around three hours.
• We stop for the best views — the grassy slopes of the Val Gardena for instance, or the soaring cliffs of the Puez-Odle group — but there’s just as much to see on the trail’s edge as in the distance.
• There are some 790 species of flowers and herbs growing on the Alpe di Siusi, from the star-shaped Edelweiss to blue gentians and yellow arnica.

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