Description of the attraction
Ortisei is one of the main settlements located in the Val Gardena ski resort in the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige. The city with a population of about 5 thousand people lies in the northwestern part of the Dolomites and is part of the world's largest ski alliance "Dolomiti Superski". It is thanks to the latter circumstance that many comfortable hotels, spas, shops and restaurants were built here, and today Ortisei can boast of an excellently developed tourist infrastructure.
The history of Ortisei dates back to ancient times, but only in the second half of the 19th - the first half of the 20th centuries, the city began to develop economically - the reason for this was the construction of a road that connected Val Gardena with railways. In the same years, the local craft of woodcarving developed, for which Ortisei is famous to this day. And international tourism came to the territory of the Val Gardena after the discovery of the Dolomites, first by English tourists, and then by Austrian and German tourists. Today, the economy of Ortisei, depending on the season of the year, is mainly based on ski and hiking tourism. The production of wooden souvenirs also contributes.
The city's main attractions are the Gerdein Museum and the local parish church dedicated to the Epiphany and St. Ulrich of Augsburg. The church was built in 1792-1796 in the neoclassical style, interspersed with some baroque elements. The architect was Josef Abentung, a master from Tyrol, and the Tyrolean painters Franz Xavier and Josef Kirchebner worked on the painting of the dome. Inside the temple, you can see numerous sculptures, mostly wooden, made by craftsmen from Val Gardena. And in the corners of the presbytery there are four plaster statues depicting the Evangelists - the work of Johann Dominik Malknecht.
Reviews
| All reviews 5 Irina 2014-23-03 12:49:49 PM
Ortisei Hello! We are resting as a family with a child 2, 9 years old. The apartment is located 10 minutes from the center. The child goes up the hill without a stroller and then everything is smooth and the stroller can be transported without problems. The apartments have their own courtyard with a playground. At the expense of the previous review, I think people rented an apartment in an uncomfortable …
0 Oxy 28.02.2014 16:15:21
Holidays in Ortizei with small children Hello! I would like to share my impressions of the rest in Ortizei. I will not write for a long time about beauty and deliciousness, this is all without a doubt, I want to share my impressions just for those who want to go there with small children, and even more so with a stroller. We were a company, two families with friends, children 8 years old and 3 years old …
