Alta Via 2 Dolomites Trek : Aventure de refuge en refuge

Super trek, toutes les cabanes étaient top!

Bookatrekking provide a turn-key service. They booked all the huts for me on the Alta Via 2, provided guidance, maps and gps navigation and tips for all parts of the trip. They were easy to contact and were extremely helpful throughout the process. All of these things made my trip easy and worry free. While on the trek, I spoke to many other hikers who had tried to organise their own treks. They all reported that it had been a nightmare booking huts. I avoided all that hassle by going with Bookatrekking. I recommend them and would definitely use them again!

Great support with help for alternative tracks. Everything well organised. Excellent app with all info and digital maps.

The app was great for following the trail, communication with the company was excellent and the booking was an easy process. When we lost a jacket on the trail, they found it and delivered it to us at a Refugio, 2 days later on the trail which was quite a feat!

Very nice routes and rifugios. Good information before the trip.

Excellent communication and they found and transferred a left behind jacket to me in one day. Great service

Insgesamt gute Reise, allerdings für / bei Wetteränderung keine Hilfestellung von bookatrekking

Fabulous walk. Pretty good accommodation. Navigating at times a little tricky. Head for heights required and gear for via ferata even when it’s suggested that it is not required.

Most incredible views, panoramic most of the way. Highly recommend this hike. Bookatrekking helped by booking huts in sequence taking a lot of the planning out, lining up this many huts can be challenging to arrange otherwise! Be aware, this hike has some tough sections and definitely need good weather (which we luckily had!) and there are via ferrata sections. Safety gear not essential but would be preferred if new to it! All worth it for the scenery!

This was the trip of a lifetime. With this being our first hut to hut trek in the Alps, BookATrekking made our experience accessible by booking each of our huts for us. The app they provide is incredibly convenient, especially the navigation/map feature - we relied on this throughout the trek. We also appreciated the additional information they provided about history in the Dolomites, emergency numbers and preparedness techniques, etc. The only suggestion I would provide would be giving an alternative shorter hike option on the last day in case people do not want to do a full day of hiking. For example, we hiked from Rifugio Contrìn back to Penia to catch a bus.

Great communication and information. Fast to answer to our specific questions

Bookatrekking did a great job setting up the accommodation along the Alta Via 2 for us. It went without a hitch. Just 2 comments: 1) Via Ferrata gear should be on the 'must have' list for packing and 2) It should be made clearer that private rooms are an option when booking the Refugios.

Organized, good app, good communication.

We had a great time on our hike, and Bookatrekking made it so much easier to book/schedule our route. Staff were friendly and helpful.

We loved bookatrekkking- it was very simple and took the stress out of finding the Refugios ourselves. The app enabled us to see live updates in the booking process and was perfect to use during the hike.

Absolutely loved the AV2 Dolomites hut to hut trip! We had 6 days of hiking, 5 hut nights, 2 hotels during the trip and never had any issues, every hut and hotel had our reservation and all but the first hut included breakfast and dinner. All of the trip planning information was well needed and the offline navigation was very easy to use even in airplane mode and it was easy to understand and follow. 10/10, would definitely use them again!!

Sehr gute, transparente Kommunikation. Schnelle umd pragmatische Hilfe bei Veränderung unterwegs

Geweldige tocht!!!

Zeer goede organisatie van de trip!

Bookatrekking made our first backpacking experience so easy and fun! The huts were better than we expected, the map provided online was so helpful, and most importantly so easy to use. Can’t recommend enough!

Heads up to Book a trekking. They did what I expected without bombarding me with emails, the check in at each refugio was easy with no issues on that side. The maps and gpx were excellent. Perhaps the biggest consideration for newbies is water... Half the refugios had water for free that was potable. 2 had endless free showers if I can call it that, still I was frugal with what I used and good to see others were the same. This can add up so it pays to carry cash too. I would recommend €100 as insurance. The other glaring difference was breakfast, if you are a bread person you are in luck as all had this, but if you prefer something cooked or an alternative you will be out of luck at some stays. The coffee is also warm, not hot but these are my nitpicks so dont be put off. Best refugio by miles was Capanna Passo. Great bed, massive breakfast menu, free water and showers and family run. 6 out of 5 stars and the benchmark.

Beautiful routes, nice refugios and not too many people on the route.

Die Erfahrung mit Bookatrekking zusammen zu arbeiten war von vorne bis hinten großartig.

Perfect weather. Beautiful mountains and views. The Dolomites are more rugged than expected. The trails were challenging and rewarding. Climbing Piz Boe was a highlight. Refugios were rustic and fun. It felt very authentic. Food was basic but we got the nourishment we needed.

It was our guest visit to a hut ever. The experience was great but knowing they charged for showers would have been appreciated. Maybe a welcome email the day we arrived in the hotel with a reassuring number to call if there were issues. Luckily there weren’t. All the trek information was great but it is important you do NOT rely on the trek itinerary details to navigate with. Proper maps are required as they are not detailed enough. It was a great trip. The company provided regular updates. Thank you.

Amazing trip, very easy to use process and they booked all our accommodation for us, making the whole trip seamless. As beginner hikers this made the whole process very easy. Would highly recommend this company!

Well planned, appropriate distance between huts. I enjoyed all the huts - different vibes at each but good food, beds, people. We met many groups who used Bookatrekking and were on the same itinerary as us. Navigation app was very helpful and worked well offline. Bookatrekking was helpful and responded to my inquiries quickly.

Great customer service. Received updates weekly. Navigating the hike was made simple by using the Bookatrekking ap. Wonderful experience!

Het was een fantastisch mooie tocht, met allemaal goed geregelde berghutten, en goede navigatie via de app. Was wel spannender (met toch enkele niet te vermijden via ferata) dan verwacht.

Højt informationsniveau. Godt produkt. Fin service

Hou rekening met regen in de namiddag rond 14 à 15.00 h meestal en in overleg met de eigenaar van de refugio pas je traject aan. Je hebt ZEKER via ferratamateriaal nodig. Probeer mee te wandelen in een kleine groep of bij voorkeur met iemand die klimervaring heeft. Check overal of er in de hutten al dan niet drinkbaar water voorzien is van de kraan, doch in de meeste hutten moet je water betalen

Meeting peoples and making friends is most fantastic experience during the trek! Enjoy the magnificent landscape in Dolomites and services provided by rifugios! Most of all thoughtful planning of the company is a big help!

Incredible scenery, great refugios!

The main advantages of our Bookatrekking experience were that the accommodations and most meals were booked for us and the offline navigation system was very reliable.

The informational videos, the packing list, the videos of the track itself as well as of the huts and the off-line maps were off enormous benefit to making the trek the success it was

Super leuke tocht. Alles in orde. Goede hutten met lekker eten

Geweldige communicatie. Alles verliep soepel.

Bookatrekking was super organized. They answered questions in a timely manner. All the reservations, itinerary information, schedules, were in place and everything went along very smoothly. The Komoot App was a great help. Heads Up: It would have been good to know they were sending the small light Cicerone Guide book by Gillain Price and we wouldn't have bought and carried the heavy Tobacco Maps. Also if they sent the Cicerone Guidebook much earlier so it had time to arrive so we could read it. Because they didn't put the country on the mailing address we didn't receive it until well after we were home. Hopefully, this will be rectified as everything else was superb.

Great trip! Great Refugio's!! Food was incredible at some!! We got lucky with weather, if we were 2 days later we would have been had big problems and not able to change our accommodations which would have been very inconvenient! There was a few small detail things missed in the communication. I still have not received my book!! I would still like it! Some of the information that requested was not correct before departure. We should have been told earlier about the free Kamoot maps. It worked out ok for me but some in our group paid before being informed by you guys. The biggest thing was our last day on trail you left us at the end of the trail with no notification that our hotel was 4 1/2 hour walk away! Good thing it all worked out good and stress free! I would consider using your company again:) Amazing trip overall!

a great hike in a speciale and beautiful surrounding. hut to hut went smooth, all wel organised

Despite the weather preventing the completion of my hut to hut walk, the support, advice and detail of everything Bookatrekking did was second to none.

It was really helpful to have bookatrekking reserve lodging and coordinate maps. It was definitely more expensive than doing it ourselves, so I wish there had been more of a discount for multiple people. All of the accommodations were great maybe with the exception of the one at the lake near the Marmolada.

Komoot worked well. Only gripe I have is with finding transportation at the end in Croce d’Aune. It could have been explained better and on Sunday’s buses don’t run. The other group that used bookatrekking had the same issue. They thought they had accommodations at the hotel there.

Prachtig gebied, goede hutten, we waren welkom. En het weer werkte mee.

Es könnte wirklich nicht besser sein! Wir hatten ursprünglich für 7 Personen gebucht und mussten dann 2 Plätze stornieren. Alles absolut problemlos. Die Buchung und Kommunikation mit Bookatrekking haben auch perfekt funktioniert. Würde Mehrtageswanderungen mit Gruppen nur noch so buchen. Jederzeit wieder!

Bookatrekking was a one stop shop for our most amazing family hike in the Alps on AV2. The planning, the hut locations and reservations, made it just right, affordable, and most important, possible. Super detailed, with great heads up. They earned my next hike already

I have received all the necessary information beforehand thus the hike went well. The only remark I would like to make that the proposed itinerary was way too easy and boring for me. Fortunately there were plenty of detours and via ferratas to keep me busy and entertained. All in all this was the best hike so far.

All of the booking was easy and well done! Was my first time using this company. It made my first journey very easy to do!

Bookatrekking was a wonderful company to work with when it came down to getting my trip to the Dolomites booked. I love that they booked everything for me and all I had to worry about was hiking and getting to my Rifugios. I even booked another adventure with them for the Alta Via 1. They communicated with me on Instagram and even through email when they realized a mistake had been made on part of my itinerary. I can't wait for another hike with them!

Bookatrekking made everything easy and were great to deal with. Great advice, information and route guidance.

This was a very good trip, with lots of beautiful views. Couple of things: 1. two weeks of hiking with no day off was QUITE hard, and it would be nice to have a day of NO HIKING in the middle. 2. Most of the huts provide minimal breakfast (bread with 2 slices of meat and cheese) and it could be difficult to hike up. Bring lots of snacks to be ready for this!

Alles top geregeld

Alles war super geplant, tolle Infos zur Vorbereitung und schnelle Antworten bei Fragen! Wir hatten eine sensationelle Tour!

We hebben ontzettend genoten van onze halve via Alta 2 trekking. Alles was geregeld door Bookatrekking, en we hoefden ons niet druk te maken om de slaap plekken. Met het slapen in de bekende hutten, kom je ontzettend veel wandelaars tegen die dezelfde kant op lopen. Uitstekend geregeld. Enige aandachtspunt: we hadden geboekt nog voor dat de hutten open gingen (in januari) en gingen er daardoor vanuit dat we in de bekende hutten sliepen. Toen bleek dat 1 van onze hutten niet op de route lag, en 1 stage dus verschilde van de route het (bijgeleverde) boekje, was het al te laat. We waren naar een verkeerde hut gelopen. Gelukkig had deze hut nog plek omdat er geen tijd meer was om naar de originele hut terug te lopen. Jammer van het geld. (We liepen die dag samen met 2 x 2 dames die ook via Bookatrekking hadden geboekt maar wel in de hut op de route een plek hadden gekregen). Al met al, heerlijke wandelvakantie gehad!

Easy sign up, continuous communication, large welcome packet with everything you need, well organized. Can't wait to use Bookatrekking again.

My friends and I had an AMAZING experience hiking the Alta via 2 trail in the Dolomites. Everything was so well organized for us ahead of time and we were given a very detailed hiking guide. I also had the opportunity to book a video call with a representative from bookatrekking before we left for our trip and they answered any last minute questions I had. The person I spoke with was very kind and welcoming and offered great advice. I would highly recommend bookatrekking to anyone who wants to have an adventurous pre-organized “worry-free” holiday!

Behulpzaam bij problemen maar wat steken laten vallen in het begin. - Ik was "not amused" dat rif. Puez ongevraagd werd vervangen door rif. Firenze. Daardoor liep ik niet de "klassieke" AV2 wat de bedoeling was. - Ik kreeg een gids van Cicerone vrij lang na de inschrijving. Toen had ik de gids zelf al gekocht. Zonde. Stuur de gids dan eerder, of maak in ieder geval duidelijk dat hij er aan komt. - De herinneringen om het restant van de reissom te voldoen vond ik super irritant. 1 is OK maar niet 4 of 5.

Great and outstanding scenery, good lodgment (rifugios), good food.

De Alta Via 2 is een tocht door een zeer mooi berglandschap, afwisselend door dalen en over verscheidene prachtige forcellas (passen). Dit jaar extra avontuurlijk doordat er nog vrij veel sneeuw lag op de hoge forcellas.

BaT hat es für uns einfach und möglich gemacht eine Hüttentour wie eine Pauschalreise zu erleben, ohne dass wir uns großartig kümmern mussten um Tour und dazu passende Unterkünfte. Alles aus einer Hand. Und das alles in perfektem deutsch, obwohl es ein NL Unternehmen ist.

Amazing road for Dolomiti. Friendly people and gastronomy. I'll repeat in some other Alta vía.

Es war eine tolle Tour. Wir mussten nur leider einen Umweg nehmen, da noch zu viel Schnee lag. Eine Hütte haben wir deshalb nicht erreicht. Die Kosten für die Ersatz-Hütte wurden aber übernommen.

It was quite easy to book with bookatrekking! We had a group of 8 originally but only 7 was able to make it, but booking accommodated for us. Only feedback is that the response is a bit slow, weather in Dolomites is very hard to predict and this year in June the forcellas were too snowy to pass, so we had many detours.

The views were incredible! I selected the short Alta Via 2 with hotel before and after and the entire experience was fantastic. The hotel was great they offered a gym a pool, sauna and free breakfast. The trek was equally great with the huts providing breakfast and dinner. Highly recommend bookatrekking.

Exceptional trail and very good organization. Highly recommend!

The countdown towards the trip and the ease of getting the huts booked up front without worries is a perfect way to start on an adventure as such!

All our accommodations were as scheduled, each hotel and refugi were expecting us. We had originally booked for 3 travelers, however one cancelled, losing their deposit as expected. I don’t think the backcountry huts ever got the word as they were expecting 3 people. All the huts were fully booked, so perhaps someone didn’t get a bed that could have. The hiking distance each day was well thought out and the Kamoot app worked excellently with the offline maps we were provided. Since the huts were so full, I believe I would have booked private rooms initially. The scenery was spectacular, hiking challenging but not impossible. I would definitely recommend bookatrekking and the AV2

It was an epic trip, one I'd always wanted to do. Bookatrekking made it so much easier by making reservations at rifugios and being available to help with logistics of getting to start points. Bookatrekking lowered the stress of a logistics-heavy trip. It was like outsourcing all the organizational work. Thanks!

Ease of knowing your rooms are booked was great!

Amazing time on the Alta Via 2 - BookATrekking was very quick to confirm our reservations and provided tons of helpful info. The hike was gorgeous and so nice that we didn’t have to worry about the details.

Our experience of Bookatrekking was great! It was nice to hand off the stress of booking 6 contiguous huts for our 7 day Alta Via 2 trek. They were very responsive to all our emails and the information they sent us about the trek was very handy.

Amazing views, and great places to sleep! A bit trickier than expected at certain points but super enjoyable! Maybe the packing list could have been a bit more complete and the communication with the company a bit more fluid, but all in all, an amazing experience that I'll repeat for sure!

De trekking was ongelofelijk mooi. We hebben genoten van de verschillende landschappen en dieren onderweg. De eerste berghut was fantastisch. De andere berghutten waren een bijzondere ervaring.

The scenery is amazing and the huts are in very picturesque situations. The walking is challenging with some quite scary situations and quite a bit of up and down.

Hallo, es war unsere erste Hüttenwanderung und sofort eine sehr anspruchsvolle! Mann sollte schon auch vorher Sport treiben und trainiert sein um den Alta Via 2 (Kurze Version 4 Tage/3 Nächte) zu machen. Sehr schöne bleibende Eindrücke von der Natur, sowie den Hüttej und den Wandern, denen wir begegnet sind. Das Wetter war aber auch super an diesen Tagen. Sehr zu empfehlen.

Challenging but great hike. Nicely arranged by bookatrekking. Met alot of wonderfull people during the hike who also booked by bookatrekking.

I used a booking company for the first time, and the experience was great. Communication went easy; there were no accommodation problems on the trail, and the huts and hotels chosen by bookatrekking were superb! They sent plenty of information and tips before the hike. I would book my next trekking again with bookatrekking.com!

Las Dolomites son muy bonitas. El plan de ruta propuesto por Bookatrekking en hacer la AV - 2 en 13 etapas nos a resultado muy correcto.

I love how bookatrekking did all the planning. They prepared the route and reserved the refugios for us making our trip so easy. All we had to do was show up and hike.

Één van de mooiste trektochten in de wereld.

Flawless trip. Speedy responses to questions. All around great experience and will do business again with them.

Good communication leading up to the tour and clear instructions to work with.

Super avontuur! Alles goed geregeld. Wel meegeven rekening te houden met de extra te betalen kosten in de hutten (douches, warm water voor thee om mee te nemen, ...)

Goede hutten, fantastische tocht, etappes waren precies lang genoeg voor een relaxte tocht met genoeg uitdagende stukken.

Absolutely outstanding service from Bookatrekking. Detailed route description for Alta Via 2 provided, supplemented by the latest Cicerone guide. All enquiries and questions responded to quickly and knowledgably. I would not hesitate to recommend the company, or to use their services again. Update, 2023: We booked our second adventure with Bookatrekking and, once more, the service and attention to detail has been outstanding. Annemiek took all our special requirements into account and was unbelievably helpful. Looking forward to booking our next trip!

All the reservations were taken care of by Book a Trekking and we arrived at the Rifugio's and simply had to give our name and were shown to our accommodation I think if we had the option to select half board or not it would be beneficial, but we had no problems and it was made clear to us as to what would be provided at which mountain hut. The guide book arrived late - but that is the fault of the postal system - but it was well details. The komoot GPS tracks were accurate and gave a detailed overview of the day.

Halve Alta Via 2 geboekt via Bookatrekking. Alles verliep soepel. Contact en dingen regelen kostte redelijk veel tijd maar ik had gelukkig tijd. Afspraak maken via de site om contact te hebben werkt goed, goed en vrienselijk geholpen door Natascha. De tijd tussen boeken en definitieve bevestiging was kort, dat was fijn. Wat beter kon was de programmabeschrijving. Zo was niet duidelijk aangegeven welke kaarten we hadden moeten kopen, wat eigenlijk een vereiste is voor bergwandelen. De cicerone guide voldeed daarin niet, ook omdat de route van de normale AV2 afweek. Ook vind ik dat er meer omwegen zoals Via Ferrata e.d. beschreven hadden mogen worden. Wij hebben er zelf nog twee bij gedaan die niet in de beschrijving stonden maar prima in het tijdsplan pasten. Dat waren Via Ferrata Dei Finanzieri (dag zes) en Via Ferrata Pisciadu, naar gelijknamige hut. Bedankt!

Prachtige tocht met adembenemende natuur! Rifugios zijn helemaal in orde en goed geregeld. Alleen is het avondeten niet altijd inbegrepen, zoals op de site vermeld staat. Wij hadden in slechts 1 van de 3 rifugios avondeten inclusief. Voor de rest allemaal pico bello 😉

We had an amazing time. We had no problem with the refugees everything went as planned. Just one note to add: You really don't need the via ferrata gear to complete the alta via 2. and without the gear your backpack would be much lighter! The only thing you could bring is a helmet because if someone is climbing in front of you there is a chance that a stone could fall. It is the second time we book with bookatrekking and we are very satisfied! Thank you:)

Stunning panoramic views, delicious foods, and pleasant hut staying experience!!

Gute Kommunikation, schnelle Antworten bei Fragen. Mit der Wahl der Unterkünfte waren wir sehr zufrieden. Bei Bookatrekking würden wir sofort wieder buchen!

Thank you bookatrekking for making this trip for us. Booking the rifugio's in advance was amazing and the Komoot app showed our direction perfectly. We do have some advices for improvement: 1. Ther was no corellation between the guid and the app about the lenth of few trails. For example day 9- the guide said 4 hours and it took us 6.. 2. There should be balance between walking hours each day- 1st day was 1 hour and the last day is 9h (it's definitely too much) no more than 5-6 hours a day 3. You should ask your clients in advance for sleeping preferences, we would definitely prefer to sleep in private rooms where ever it's possible. 4. There should be a guide explaining how to come back from the last point back to Brixen.. or working with a reliable taxi driver that you offer his service for who ever want it- taxi asked for 300€...and is was so hard to find one. To sum up we want to thank you for an amazing trek- the views were phenomenal!!! With some improvements you'll be the best 👌 Higley recommendation on Bokkatrekking!

Had ik Bookatrekking maar eerder ontdekt, dan had ik er vaker mee op vakantie kunnen gaan. Of vakantie….. zij regelen inderdaad alles, maar het afzien moet je zelf doen. Dankzij Bookatrekking ontdekte ik de Alta Via 2, en kon ik hem helemaal lopen: alle hutten keurig geregeld, plús een hotel ervoor en erna - en ja, dat was een goed idee! Die laatste dag is er eentje van meer dan zeven uur en om dan nog verder te gaan met het OV…. (Terugkeren naar het beginpunt, waar mijn auto stond, kostte me de volgende dag met bus en trein bijna vier uur, dus ik was blij dat ik fris gedoucht en lekker geslapen had.) Ook de route op Komoot was héél handig om te hebben. Geloof me, in dichte mist of harde regen ziet die app het pad beter dan jij. Ten slotte: als je een vraag hebt is er met Bookatrekking gewoon rechtstreeks persoonlijk contact. Wel zo fijn als het om een avontuurlijke vakantie gaat. Want je wilt wel aan de goede kant van het grenzen opzoeken blijven natuurlijk. Kortom, ik ga nog wel een keer iets spannends doen met Bookatrekking. Kijken of ik mijn vrouw meekrijg.