Sappada is a precious jewel of the Dolomites located on the border between Friuli Venezia Giulia e Veneto.
Sappada is located at an altitude of 1200 meters and is a place that has a fundamental characteristic: being in fact on the border with theAustria it is characterized by the German language and by many companies and farms. The snow makes the perfect backdrop for a great White week, with a long season starting in December and ending in April.
The ski area of Sappada is mainly aimed at skiers who have an average experience or for beginners and is characterized by 7 blue slopes, easy to follow, 9 red slopes, of intermediate grade, and a black slope dedicated to more expert skiers.
Furthermore, for all skiers there are 5 2-seater chairlifts and many ski lifts. While as far as transport is concerned, there is a free ski bus service for all those who can get a ski pass.
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What to do if you don't ski
For the whole family there is a huge Nevelandia amusement park where you can find rafts, skating rinks, inflatables. Also in the park you can find bobsleigh tracks, mini quads and an engaging staff of entertainers. Tickets to enter the Nevelandia park are not paid but you only pay for the rides and in addition you will also find kiosks where you can stop and relax.
What to do in Sappada?
In the natural center of Sappada there is no shortage of naturalistic parks to be able to go for walks and excursions with the whole family. In the hamlet of Muhlbach there is a very pleasant park, the Parco della Fauna Alpina from which it is possible to reach the waterfalls. You will also find a deep gorge, the Orrido dell'Acquatona, which gradually meets the Piave.
From the springs of the Piave, a beautiful excursion will take you to the top of Monte Peralba where you take a long (illuminated) path that will take you to the Calvi refuge. Immediately after the Calvi refuge you go towards the Sesis pass up to via Papa Giovanni Paolo II until you reach a peak 2649 meters high. Among other places of natural interest you will find the Ziegelhutte lake, Monte Ferro, the Terze Group and Lake Olbe.
What to see in Sappada?
Like all nature centres, the center of Sappada is also characterized mainly by small wooden houses created with the architectural technique of interlocking beams at the corners, the so-called "blockbau".
With this method each part of the building is built with a part of tree and without the use of concrete. In fact, every year many events are organized where it is possible to watch the works created by the carvers.
Inside the center there are several villages that make Sappada a universe to be explored. Among the churches built in Baroque style you will find the parish church of S.Margherita, the occasional Regina Pacis located in the Soravia village, the church of Sant'Osvaldo and the beautiful chapel of Sant'Antonio; while for those who want to know the origins of the history of Sappada, the town offers you a multitude of museums.
The best known is the "Giuseppe Fontana" Ethnographic Museum, which will lead you to discover the origins of Sappada through flora and fauna. Another museum is the Little Museum of the Great War, where there are precious relics of the First World War.
Why spend your holidays in Sappada?
The main fundamental points that explain the reason for spending holidays in Sappada, in addition to naturalistic excursions, churches and museums, are the folklore events. The events are numerous: the best known is the Sappadino Carnival, which is celebrated every Sunday and each time depicts a different social class represented precisely by masked citizens.
The Carnival of Sappada is very old and is characterized by small theatrical representations in which the characters depict scenes relating to rural life. The most famous character of this carnival is the so-called Mask of Rollate, the most important symbol of the city and of Shrove Monday.
The Rollate is a characteristic character who wears a fur coat with cowbells and who plays while walking to make his passage understood; while during Shrove Tuesday ski races are organized for adults and children.
In addition to the Sappadino Carnival, you will find the Folklore festival, a festival organized by the group of woodcutters, characterized by parades of people from all over the world, the Plodar Fest, this is also a folk festival with traditional music and local food and the Sappamukki festival which recalls the period of migration of the flocks, a period in which the cows return to the country where they have spent the period in the mountains.
As you can see, the naturalistic territory of Sappada is a very rich territory in certain characteristics, where there are many attractions for adults and children with a wonderful view of the snow-capped mountains.
