Localities: Campiglio & Pinzolo

Madonna di Campiglio

Situated at an altitude of 1550 metres in the wonderful hollow between the Brenta Dolomites and the glaciers of Adamello and Presanella, Madonna di Campiglio became a renown tourist area in the second half of the last century. Madonna di Campiglio was turned into a refined holiday area for nobles and the rich Austrian and Central Europe upper middle-class. In 1889 and 1894 Princess Sissi and the Emperor Francesco Giuseppe were its guests. The variety of the environment assures in winter the possibility to cross, departing from the center of the country and returning without for this to remove the skis, innumerable kms of slopes up to 2600 mts, always different for degree of difficulty.
Madonna di Campiglio is certainly today the number one between the Italian ski stations and one of the most important of the whole Italian Alpes.

Pinzolo

Pinzolo is an uncontaminated mountain village and a lively tourist centre in the Rendena Valley, in the heart of the 900 million square metres of the Adamello-Brenta Natural Park.
And it is thanks to this spectacular environment that Pinzolo can offer at the same time adventure and peace, fun and sport, friendly people and the hospitality of the many characteristic facilities.
In winter the snow, guaranteed all the season long, and the fast and modern lifts of the ski area which get to the 2100 metres of the Doss del Sabion, allow to practise skiing, snowboard, cross-country skiing, telemark, ski excursions, ski mountaineering and any kind of walks and adventures.
In summer, on the other side, it is very difficult to choose among the classic excursions to the Brenta Dolomites, to the Adamello or to the Presanella, and fishing, playing golf and tennis, horse riding, paragliding, free-climbing…
But besides its protected environment of a rare beauty, Pinzolo is an interesting centre also from the historical and cultural point of view. In fact, in Pinzolo, there is the Church of San Vigilio, which is considered one of the most important monuments in Trentino for its southern façade. This church, built before 1000 A.D., was frescoed in the XVI century by Simone Baschenis with allegories of the Dance Macabre and of the Seven Mortal Sins.
Moreover, in 1952, the first Italian Alpine Emergency Service was founded.

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