Great place to stay in Sella Ronda, Italy
Campitello di Fassa is one of the best options to sleep in the majestic Sella Ronda ski area, the best and most extensive ski area in Italy.
Campitello from the south-east. Colrodella cable car is in the front
Sleeping in Campitello can save you up to €200 per week if you compare the bill to its more famous neighbouring ski resorts like Selva Gardena or Corvara.
As you would expect, there are some compromises to staying in the Campitello area. But don’t worry, because if you read until the end of this article, you’ll learn important hints and tips on avoiding the cons of Campitello.
Campitello from the west
Where to stay in Campitello di Fassa?
There are not many restaurants in Campitello so our advice is to book a hotel with half board.
We highly recommend Hotel Medil****. It is located a 3-4-minute walk from the Colrodela lift. Click here to book Hotel Medil ****.
A bit cheaper is Hotel Ramon*** which is even closer to the lift. It’s a family-run hotel with exceptional service and excellent food for a 3-star hotel in Italy.
Click here to book Hotel Ramon***.
How to get to Campitello?
Campitello di Fassa is located in Trentino, in the Fassa valley.
The closest airports to Campitello are:
- Verona with a transfer time of 2 hours and 33 minutes
- Treviso and Innsbruck, each with a transfer time of 2 hours and 48 minutes.
It will take you 2 hours and 52 minutes or 2 hours and 58 minutes from Venice and Brescia airports, respectively.
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Campitello’s altitude is 1,448 meters, and the 120-passenger Colrodella cable car will take you from there to the Colrodella peak, approximately 1 km higher, in less than 7 minutes.
Refugo des Alpes apres ski bar in Colrodella peak. To its left is the ski school meeting point.
What is Sella Ronda?
The famous Sella Ronda carousel is named after Groupo Sella, a chain of table mountains in the middle of the ski area.
Sella Ronda means “the circle around Sella mountains.”,
Sella means “Saddle” in Italian.
Sella Ronda is considered by many as the most beautiful ski area in the world.
Saas Pordoi(2925m) is where the only lift to the top of Sella mountains. Sassolungo (3181m) in bkgd.
The circle is about 26 km in diameter and is actually comprised of 2 circles: one clockwise, marked in orange and the other counterclockwise, marked in green.
Sella Ronda circles. The meeting point of 4 tremndous ski areas
Most of the slopes in the Sella Ronda circle are short, and there is a lot of lifts time – meaning that there are short runs and many chairlifts in the route, so relatively, you spend a lot of time sitting in ski lifts.
run 6 red in Canazei will take you to Canazei or lupo Bianco as part of the orange circle.
Our advice is to use it as a kind of a conveyor that leads you quickly to explore the four ski areas combined in this vast ski area: Val Gardena, Alta Badia, Arabba-Marmolada, and Val di Fassa itself.
cars as rail in Selva fun park
The whole area combined comprises 530km of connected ski runs, thus making it the 3rd largest in the world after Portes de Soleil and Three Valleys.
For this, you have to get the Superskidolomiti ski pass, which includes a total of 1200 km of slopes, including Cortina di A’mpezzo, Kronplatz, and many other ski resorts as well.
For beginners, a Val di Fassa ski pass will be enough. The borders of Val di Fassa in the ski area is in Passo Pordoi in the east and Passo Sella in the north.
Passo Sella. If you gave Val di Fassa ski pass, go back on this lift, otherwise, you will pay for 1 day Val Gardena ski pass
How to avoid long lift queues in the morning?
One of the big cons of Campitello is the lines in the morning to the Colrodella lift.
The latter was the first lift for people from lower Val di Fassa connecting to the Sella Ronda.
Most people don’t know that the lift company opened a new wind-resistance cable car in Alba di Canazei six years ago.
Alba- Col dei Rossi new cable car.
The new lift connected the Belvedere ski area to the Campiac ski area, thus actually connecting Pozza di Fassa to the Sella Ronda ski area.
The new lift made the lines more bearable as the same number of people now use three ski lifts instead of two.
Belvedere gondola in Canazei. Together with Colrodella and the new cable car in Alba, 3 lifts connect upper Val di Fassa to the big ski area.
We still recommend coming to the Colrodella either before nine or after ten o’clock in the morning. Otherwise, you’ll spend at least half an hour waiting in line.
Campitello has modest nightlife, so it’s a good idea on this vacation not to stay out too late. Instead, wake up early and ride the lift at 8:30, before the queues build up.
Campitello di Fassa centre. Modest nightlife
It’s also an excellent tip to get out in the morning because you have very long ski trips in this ski area, and you don’t want to be stressed out not coming back to your valley before the lifts are closed.
Regarding the modest nightlife in Campitello, you can still enjoy the nightlife in the centre of Canazei, which is a 30-minute walk from the centre of Campitello or a 20 euro, 5-minute drive in a cab.
Canazei. The glamorous neighbour of Campitello
In Dolomiti Hotel, at the heart of Canazei, you will find Ceaser’s Keller, which is the best club in the valley, and is usually packed every night around midnight.
Dolomiti Hotel on the right. There you will find Ceaser Keller. The best club in Val di Fassa.
Another con of Campitello is that there are no ski runs to the village.
Best tip for staying in Campitello
Instead of standing in line for the Colrodella on the way back, our tip here is to pay a visit to Rifugio des Alps, maybe not the best aprés ski bar in the world but probably the one these with the best views.
Imagine yourself drinking a Bombardino, the local liqueur, and watching the sun painting the mighty cliffs of Sella Ronda as it descends. Priceless!
View of Sassolungo(3181m) from Colrodella pick(2478m)at golden hour. God’s art
Paradis Apres ski bar in Canazei
Conclusions
To conclude, these are our ratings for Campitello:
- For snowboarders: 7.5. (The number could be higher as you won’t hit a T bar, but because of several flats along the Sella Ronda carousel.)
flat at the crossing from val gardena to campitello on the green circle. Don’t slow here.
- Advanced skiers: 9.
- Intermediate skiers: 9.
- For beginners: 6, (the reason is that beginners learn at a small ski run in village that is not connected with the big ski area and usually will demand a ski bus ride if your hotel is located next to the Colrodella.)
- Freestylers: 8. There are several ski parks and border-cross in the area as well as jumping airbag in Canazei snow park.
- Free riders: 7, relatively to the enormous size of the ski area, there are not too many off-piste areas, but a tip from us, ask the locals about the off-piste from sass pordoi, aka the terrace of the Dolomites, as well as the hidden valley
The beginning of the off-piste from Sass Pordoi. not for the faint hearted
- Nightlife: 6, don’t expect more than some local bars to grab a beer.
- Aprés ski: 6, more for romantic couples than to party animals we will add that Val di Fassa is a right destination for group that have non-skiers as many cable cars can take them to picks with views and restaurants, which they can meet with the skiers of the group.
Our total score for Campitello is 7.5.
Our bonus tip for Campitello is to leave your gear at the storage at the top of the Colrodella peak. It will save you 100 meters of a flat walk. Also, it’s nice to dance with snickers at Refuge des Alps instead of your ski boots. If you do so, don’t forget to bring another pair of shoes for the vacation, in case you will finish your skiing day in Canazei. We will add that Val di Fassa is the right destination for a group that have non-skiers as many cable cars can take them to picks with views and restaurants, which they can meet with the skiers of the group.
Euroski ski storage on the right will save you this flat from Collrodella top station.
If you do so, don’t forget to bring another pair of shoes for the vacation, in case you will finish your skiing day in Canazei.
we will add that Val di Fassa is the right destination for a group that have non-skiers as many cable cars can take them to picks with views and restaurants, which they can meet with the skiers of the group.
Saas Pordoi aka terrace of the Dolomites restaurant.
In that regard, generally, this area has many mountain restaurants. Those on the middle of the slopes are cheaper than those who are on mountain tops.
We, and the other readers will be happy to read what is your opinion about Campitello di Fassa.
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- do the green and orange Sella Ronda circles, the most famous ski circles. Canazei,Val di Fassa.
