Inside the secret of Val di Fassa

The Val di Fassa Petal Trail

The Sentiero dei Petali della Val di Fassa (Val di Fssa Petal Trail) is approximately 11 kilometres long, and is divided into five smaller sections. They are paths in loops that form petals around the villages in the valley bottom where they start and finish. 

However the petals here are not only figurative, they are also real and colourful. In summer, they climb up to the meadows in bloom, above the villages. And among the green and blue, there is the delicate purple of the bellflowers and the bright pink of the rhododendrons. There is no more careful, more precise gardener than nature, which arranges them beautifully under the Fassa peaks. 

The Basalt Stone Waterfalls of Val di Fassa

The Val di Fassa is home to some of Italy's most hidden basalt waterfalls. Basalt is common throughout the Val di Fassa, but its column shape is a rarity and it is this peculiarity that makes the basalt waterfalls in Val di Fassa look like a miracle of nature. 

Suddenly, in the woods, the spectacle is before you. The water roars as it splashes over dark, shiny, black rock. It is surprising, as well as refreshing, to be down here on summer days. 

You can easily reach the basalt waterfalls in Val di Fassa from Canazei by walking up towards Mortic or more quickly from Pian de Frataces.  

In the side valleys of Val di Fassa

Val San Nicolò, Val Monzoni, Val Duron and Val Dona are the side valleys of Val di Fassa. Quiet and peaceful, some still totally unspoilt. 

Whatever you choose to do in these valleys, be it walking or cycling, you can feel how everything breathes, everything has its own space. The tabià (huts and barns), for example, built by the Fassani people when they came up here for the summer grazing, ruin neither the views nor the meadows. They in fact still nestle in the landscape, along the path, just below the woods. 

When in Val di Fassa, ask for your Valley Card! You can reach Val San Nicolò, Val Monzoni, Val Duron and Val Dona using the organised shuttles.