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Craigieburn	Alagna	San Martino di Castrozza
The La Grave of New Zealand, Craigieburn If you are looking for an adventure in the wilderness of New Zealand and feel you are a good skier then this is definitely the place to go! There are no pisted runs and all the uncrowded slopes are off- piste and if you can't stop coming down the mountain you will end up in the rainforest! read more	Monterosa When the snow melts and the mountains are turning green, Monterosa Ski changes its face. Excursions to high altitude mountain huts, mountaineering and mountain bike riding are for excellence the sports for people who have the mountains in their hearts. A called for halting place: Capanna Regina Margherita, 138958 feet altitude, the highest mountain hut in Europe. However, plenty of activities can be practised: horse-riding and sports climbing, paragliding and rafting, golf and tennis, trekking and canoe, basketball and bow shooting, fishing and bowls playing, for all tastes and needs. As in a huge holiday village, at Monterosa Ski organised are approaching or proficiency courses for these sports, with very professional and nice instructors read more	San Martino di Castrozza (1450 m) conserves a prestige and a lordly fascination in an atmosphere of great historical memories. In the past the zone was appreciated by illustrious and famous personages: the king of Belgium, the writer Dino Buzzati, Cesare Battisti, who defined the valley of San Martino " the  most arrogant amphitheatre of the dolomitic Alps " and eventually Stradivari, who often went into the “String Forest” in order to choose the fittest wood for its musical instruments. The locality extends east of the Trentino, at the foot of the famous Pale di San  Martino, near to the border with the region Veneto, with which since years a relationship of collaboration is maintained, demonstrated today by the language,  the mentality, and the uses and customs of the people of the place. read more
Contact: Phone: +64-(3) 365 2514 Fax: +64-(3) 328 8777 ski@craigieburn.com www.craigieburn.co.nz	Contact: Phone: +39-0125 303 111 Fax: +39-0125 303 145 kikesly@monterosa-ski.com www.monterosa-ski.com	Contact: Phone: +39-04 37 94 03 00 Fax: +39-04 37 94 03 50 info@dolomiti.it www.dolomiti.it

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