High village of the Val di Fiemme, famous for its rocks and close to the Paneveggio forest and its violins.
A short history
Predazzo sits at just over a thousand metres, where the Val di Fiemme meets the Val di Fassa and the Travignolo. It is a mountain village grown among woods, meadows and routes towards the great Dolomite passes.
Its fame is tied to geology. Around Predazzo rare rocks emerge, born from the ancient meeting of magmas and Dolomites, which since the nineteenth century have drawn scholars from across Europe. The village has a geology museum that gathers minerals and fossils of the area. For those who study rocks, Predazzo is a name that counts.
Just above the village begins the road to the Passo Rolle and to the Paneveggio forest, where the resonance spruces used for centuries to build violins grow. Predazzo is thus the gateway to one of the most celebrated woods in the Alps and to the peaks of the Lagorai.
What to see
- The violin forest of Paneveggio, the great wood of resonance spruces above the village, along the Passo Rolle road.
- The Lagorai range, the long wild ridge that closes the valley to the south, among lakes and little-trodden trails.
- The geology museum, which gathers the rocks, minerals and fossils that made Predazzo famous among scholars.
Frequently asked questions
What to see in Predazzo?
The Paneveggio forest with its resonance spruces, the geology museum that gathers the area's rare rocks, and the Lagorai range above the village. Predazzo is also the gateway towards the Passo Rolle and the Pale di San Martino.
Why is Predazzo famous for geology?
Because rare rocks emerge around the village, born from the ancient meeting of magmas and Dolomites. Since the nineteenth century they have drawn scholars from across Europe, and today the geology museum gathers their minerals and fossils.