| Paneveggio - Pale di San Martino Natural Park | |
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| Area type | Site of community interest |
|---|---|
| State | Italy |
| Region | Trentino Alto Adige |
| Territory | Trentino |
| Surface | 19,711 ha |
| Foundation year | 1967 |
| Institutional website | |
Paneveggio - Pale di San Martino Natural Park is a protected area located in Trentino Alto Adige.
To know
Geographical notes
The Park includes very different areas: in fact it includes the thirty part of the Dolomite group of the Pale di San Martino (which also extends into the province of Belluno), but also the eastern sector of the Lagorai massif, composed of magmatic rocks (for the most part porphyry). The park includes several valleys included in the district of Primiero:
- a large part of the Vanoi valley, which coincides with the municipality of Canal San Bovo, crossed by the stream of the same name and surrounded by the Lagorai mountains;
- Val Canali, access area to the southern chain of the Pale di San Martino, in the south-eastern part of the Park, with the lateral Val Pradidali;
- there Val Venegia, in the area between Passo Rolle and Pian dei Casoni, in the Travignolo basin, at the foot of the major peaks of the Pale, Cimon della Pala and Vezzana.
It extends over part of the municipal territories of Tonadico, Siròr, Canal San Bovo, Predazzo, Moena, Mezzano, Imèr, Sagron Mis is Transacqua.
Flora and fauna
- Fauna
The environment is rich in all the species present in the Alps: deer, chamois, roe deer, marmots, squirrels, foxes and badgers. The ibex has recently been reintroduced in the high mountain areas.
- Flora
The vegetation of the park consists mostly of spruce, silver fir, larch, beech and stone pine. Famous is the Paneveggio spruce forest.
Background
Established with Provincial Law 12/09/1967 it is managed byPaneveggio-Pale di San Martino Park Authority.
How to get
By plane
- 1 Bolzano-Dolomites Airport (IATA: BZO) (6 km from the center of Bolzano), ☎ 39 0471 255 255, fax: 39 0471 255 202.
open to the public: 05: 30–23: 00; ticket office opening: 06: 00-19: 00; check-in for flights from Bolzano is only possible from 1 hour to a maximum of 20 minutes before departure. Small regional airport with scheduled flights to and from Lugano is Rome with Etihad Regional (by Darwin Air). At certain times of the year, the Lauda Air company connects the city with Vienna once a week. On the other hand, charter flights are more numerous. - 2 Verona Airport (Catullus), Boxes of Sommacampagna, ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected].
- 3 Brescia Airport (D'Annunzio), Via Aeroporto 34, Montichiari (Connections with Brescia airport are guaranteed by public transport via the bus. The stop a Brescia city is located at the bus station (number 23), while that of the airport is at the front of the terminal. There are also connections to the city of Verona via bus / shuttle line 1), ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected]. Charter only
open to the public: 05: 30–23: 00; ticket office opening: 06: 00-19: 00; check-in for flights from Bolzano is only possible from 1 hour to a maximum of 20 minutes before departure. Small regional airport with scheduled flights to and from Permits / Rates
The Park's activity takes place in four different locations:
- The administrative headquarters and visitor center of Villa Welsperg in Val Canali;
- The Paneveggio Visitor Center, dedicated to the famous spruce forest (the Forest of violins used for centuries up to the present day by violin makers for making violins) and to the fauna of the Park;
- The San Martino di Castrozza Visitor Center, dedicated to climate, geology and paleontology;
The Visitor Center of Prà de Madègo, in the Vanoi valley, the starting point of the ethnographic path, which allows you to get to know the places that the inhabitants have animated and transformed in the past with their haymaking and breeding activities
How to get around
What see
According to the latest ministerial update of 2009, i sites of community interest (SIC) present within the Park are:
- Pale di San Martino (-IT3120010).
- Val Venegia (cod: IT3120011).
- Cima Bocche-Lusia (cod: IT3120012).
- Paneveggio Forest.
- Eastern Lagorai (cod: IT3120014).
What to do
Shopping
Where to eat
Where stay
Safety
How to keep in touch
Around
Itineraries
- Dolomite passes - The itinerary follows the most scenic passes of the Dolomites, where the rock and nature are the protagonists.
Other projects
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