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The mountain range of the pale mountains, as they were formerly known because of their chalky rock, was explored for the first time in 1778 by the French Deodat de Dolomieu, who gave this mountain formation in the southern part of the Alps its name. Today the Dolomites are a sequence of famous names like Drei Zinnen, Sella, Rosengarten, Latemar, Marmolada – by the way with its 3343 m the highest summit of the Dolomites – and all the famous alpinists who were the first to climb them: Grohmann, Winkler … The Dolomites portray the history of alpinism as well as the history of tourism and if one day you might be close to Niederdorf you should visit Mrs Emma, a famous landlady and pioneer.
Today you can split up the Dolomites into the holiday resorts of Hochpustertal, Kronplatz, Alta Badia, Gröden, Rosengarten/Latemar and Seiser Alm/ Schlern. Every region has its own special charms, food and customs. Every region has its own ski resort as well … and every region makes your holiday in the Dolomites unique.