Rifugio Lagazuoi

One of the most spectacular panoramic terraces in the Dolomites, reachable by cable car from Passo Falzarego.

Rifugio Lagazuoi commands one of the broadest views in the entire Dolomites from its 2,752 metres. From the terrace the eye sweeps 360 degrees over the most celebrated summits — from the Tofane to the Marmolada, from the Pelmo to the Civetta — in an amphitheatre of peaks that takes the breath away. The area is also a vast open-air museum of the First World War: between 1915 and 1917 this ridge was contested metre by metre, and today you can still walk through galleries, trenches and walkways carved into the rock, including the famous Italian tunnel, over a kilometre long and equipped with metal stairs and ropes. The current hut was built between 1964 and 1965 and has been managed for decades by the Pompanin family.

You can reach it comfortably by cable car from Passo Falzarego in just over three minutes — in service since 1965 — making it genuinely accessible to everyone; alternatively, you can climb on foot along the wartime trails. The kitchen offers Ladin and Ampezzano flavours, best savoured while the sunset sets the surrounding walls ablaze. With around seventy beds, the Lagazuoi is one of the most sought-after huts for an overnight stay to experience dawn and dusk at altitude: when the cable car falls silent, the mountain empties and the panorama becomes a privilege for the few.

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