The mountain bike tour around the Latemar: The Val d’Ega classic starts in Nova Levante village
Image gallery: Nova Levante village
Against the backdrop of the Catinaccio, the houses, shops, and guest accommodations of Nova Levante village, the main centre of the municipality, extend. The Val d'Ega road, also known as the Dolomites Road, passes through the village centre and then winds in hairpin bends through the elongated wooded valley up to Lake Carezza and the Passo di Costalunga, which is 600 metres higher than the centre of Nova Levante. It then descends on the Trentino side into the Val di Fassa.
"Welcome to the realm of King Laurin" is the best way to describe this beautiful spot in South Tyrol at the foot of the Catinaccio, which glows in the evening light: It is said to be the flowers in the legendary rose garden of the dwarf king that shine so brightly before sunset. Laurin himself put a curse on it - no one was to see it again by day or by night. But he had forgotten about dusk.
Above Nova Levante village (Welschnofen Dorf), the slopes of Europe's highest wooded hill, the Talt, extend. The 1,756-metre-high hill is accessible on foot and by bike. The mountain bike tour around the Latemar also starts in the village: It takes you around the mountain massif and through a particularly charming landscape in five hours.
Hiking trails, on the other hand, lead up to the Passo Nigra, along the Hagner Trail directly to the Hagner Hut - a particularly beautiful spot on the Catinaccio - and to the Messnerjoch Hut. Many of these are also accessible in winter. In the cold season, Nova Levante then forms the gateway to the Carezza Dolomites Ski Area, which is connected to the Dolomiti Superski carousel.
