Hotels
Adler Hotel
ph: 0471-796203 - fax: 0471-796210
Ortisei
Is a romantic hotel with a great tradition dating back to 1788. It
has always been patronized by VIPs and is furnished with period pieces.
Its renovated rooms are all decorated in Tirolean style. It also has
a "stube" (room with a typical wood-burning stove), a swimming
pool, and the Dolasilla health Spa and beauty center.
Posta-Cavallino Bianco
ph: 0471-796392 - fax: 0471-79517
Ortisei
Is an intimate, four star, period hotel which has been recently renovated.
Hotel Luna Mondschein
ph. 0471-796214 - fax 0471-796697
Ortisei
Has wonderful room with wooden interiors and has a charming stube
(tipical Tirolean dining room).
Sporthotel Alpenroyal
ph:0471-795178 - fax 0471-794161
Selva di Val Gardena
website www.alpenroyal.com
In Selva, in Val Gardena, the modern and highly practical Sporthotel Alpenroyal
deserves mention. It offers a wide array of services geared toward health, sports and
relaxation. The rooms are large and light, the pool enclosed. The bar boasts a fireplace
and piano. The newest addition is the department for health and beauty, the Beauty Center
Eghes, which offers a Cleopatra bath and a straw body soak in addition to the classic mud-pack.
The cuisine includes many vegetarian and diet dishes, but that by no means precludes a gala
dinner or two, regional dining events or an outdoor grill! And speaking of outdoors,
the area is great for cross-country skiing, close to the Dolomite Superski circuit and
there's even a brand-new ice-skating rink nearby.
Gourmand stops
The "stube" of the Hotel Adler (ph: 0471-796203)
is the most elegant place in town, and presents excellent quality with
respect to local tradition.
The Genziana Hotel restaurant, on Ortisei's main piazza,
(ph: 0471-797598) has been recently renovated with cozy and warm wood
paneling. It serves traditional dishes prepared with great care. Among
the specialties: deer medallions and home-made pasta with porcini mushrooms.
In the direction of Passo Gardena, near Selva, there is Gerard
(ph: 0471-795274) which presents typical Upper Adige specialties: "strangolapreti"
(spinach gnocchi), "canederli" (dumplings) and game when in
season.
A very pictoresque stube is Trattoria all'Uva in Via Rezia. Reserve the day before because it's a very small place. Last but not least, the Ristorante Pizzeria Mar Dolomiti (near the Ski School) is worth a mention: it's a confortable, informal restaurant with very good food, and great service.
Shopping
Both sacred and profane wood sculptures are a typical craft of Val Gardena; many in the population of ski instructors of the area are in fact wonderful artisans in the summer months.
Albert Comploi, Josef Bernardi, and Conrad Moroder are three of many
talented craftsmen in Ortisei. In their shops they also sell wooden toys
and painted or raw wood statues.
Leisure time
In Ortisei, the Igloo, inside a glass dome, with good music
and cocktails, is the place where everyone meets. In the Mauriz dance hall local town band plays live music. In Selva the
most fashionable place to go after skiing is Luisi Keller's.
