• The services of a profesional qualified International Mountain Leader,

• All accommodation as described,

• Meals as detailed in the Meal Plan,

• All road transfers required by the itinerary (Not airport transfers),

• All snowshoe equipment and safety equipment

• Airport transfers at the start and end of the holiday,

• Some meals as detailed in the Meal Plan,

• Miscellaneous spending - drinks etc.

TRAVEL TO YOUR DESTINATION

In some cases you may choose to take a ferry and/or train to your holiday start and end destination. Please see further information on Travelling by Train.

If flying from the UK there are low cost airlines available to the start and from the end of your holiday.

To benefit from full financial protection, ease your holiday planning, and avoid dealing with airlines, we can book scheduled flights from the UK as part of a flight inclusive package. Scheduled flights are usually more expensive than low cost alternatives, however potentially less stressful if your flight is cancelled or delayed. If you book flights through KE Adventure Travel we will offset the carbon of your flight.

Cortina has excellent train and bus links. Rome2Rio is a useful site which gives a map and overall picture of how the local public transport network links up and who to book with. From Cortina the journey to San Vito Di Cadore is around 25 minutes on public transport. If travelling from Venice then you will change buses before Cortina. If travelling from Innsbruck and you will change in Cortina please take a look at Rome2Rio for the route. Local trains and buses to reach Cortina can be found at www.sad.it and trains from the UK to Cortina can be sourced here.

The closest airports are Venice in Italy and Innsbruck in Austria.

Venice: Venice has two airports. The main airport is Venice Marco Polo but some airlines such as Ryanair fly to Venice ‘Treviso'. There is a 15 minute drive between these two airports. To transfer from Venice to Cortina choose either the Cortina Express or Flixbus the journey time is between 2h-2h30. We recommend buying tickets in advance which can be done easily and in English. Check the timetables carefully as they vary with stops and times. If arriving into Treviso airport you will need to take an airport bus into Treviso town to pick up the Cortina bus. The bus tickets vary in price depending on how far in advance you buy them from 5€ - 20€ one way.

Innsbruck: From Innsbruck the journey time about 4 hours. From the airport you can take a free shuttle bus, it takes 15 mins and leaves every 10 mins, to reach Innsbruck central railway station. From the central rail way travel by train to Brennero (also known as Brenner) then to Fortezza (also known as Franzensfeste) then to Dobbiaco (also called Toblach) and then the local Sud Tirol no. 445 bus to Cortina.

If you would like to arrange a private transfer from Innsbruck or Venice or any other destination - www.taxicortinasci.it

All meals from dinner on day 1 to breakfast on day 8 are included in the holiday price, excluding lunches. Packed lunches can be ordered at your overnight accommodation (in preparation for Day One, you may wish to bring some muesli bars, chocolate and snacks with you). We suggest you allow 30 Euros per day for your lunches.

When in the towns and villages all tap water is drinkable. In mountain huts there is usually not a sustainable drinking water supply. Water in plastic bottles is brought in to the hut. All huts have a recycling point. If you have to purchase water in plastic bottles please buy the largest bottle you can so as to use less plastic. Please take purification tablets or a filter bottle (such as a Water-To-Go bottle) to treat your water if you can fill from a local stream. Bottled water is not provided. We do not encourage the purchasing of single use plastic bottles. Local authorities are working to find solutions to using plastic water bottles in huts. We monitor the situation carefully for updates.

Whilst we can cater for vegetarians, albeit sometimes with a more limited choice, we cannot always provide for special diets.  Due to the nature of some of the trips that we operate and the countries in which we operate them, it can be very hard (and sometimes impossible) to cater for a wide range of dietary choices and you may have to supplement your meals with food/snacks from home.  If you have specific dietary requirements please do speak to our sales team and they will be able to advise you whether or not we will be able to offer your specific choice.  Please note that we are unable to provide separate menus and cannot accept liability for any problems arising from special dietary requirements or intolerances.

During the holiday the group will spend 3 nights in a hotel and 4 nights in mountain huts. For the mountain huts, normally we manage to reserve rooms or small dormitories just for our group so you are not sharing with other groups, however, this cannot be guaranteed. In summary, once we leave San Vito Di Cadore you may be accommodated in private bedrooms with en suite facilities or in larger rooms with shared showers and toilets.

On the Alta Via route accommodation is limited and we may have to book Rifugios other than those mentioned. In this respect the itinerary will sometimes vary from that described in terms of the length of days and distance covered.

The group will be led by a qualified, English-speaking International Mountain Leader.

This holiday does not involve any significant ascent to altitude and we would not expect any altitude issues with this trip.

We estimate that €300 should be sufficient to cover all personal expenses including the above-mentioned meals.

For this holiday you should take one piece of luggage and a daypack.  Note that your daypack will need to be big enough to carry everything you require (including your mountain equipment) for the 4 nights travelling hut to hut. 

For international flights please check your baggage allowance with your airline.

For each holiday there is a minimum number of participants required to enable it to go ahead. Once the minimum number is reached, the trip status will change from 'Available' to 'Guaranteed to run'. You can check the trip status for each departure in the ‘Dates and Prices’ table. Other than in exceptional circumstances, we will not cancel a trip once it has achieved this guaranteed to run status so you are free to proceed with your international flight booking and other travel arrangements.