Another hike you can make around Alpe di Siusi is from the Cable Car Florian at the bottom of the Plattkofel mountain up to the peak of the Plattkofel.
Shortly after you left the Cable Car the hike starts and the first part is a Via Crucis, the Way of the Cross. These kind of hikes you can find in areas where the catholic religion is dominant. On these walks you have eleven stations showing Jesus way with the cross. Usually they are illustrating these stations with paintings, sculptures, could even be small shelters. In this case it were wood crafted pictures nailed on a wooden pile, hardly protected by a small wooden roof. One station, I can recall which number it was, had on top a bench. It was the simplicity of the bench itself but also the entire set-up which fascinated me. A plank, some wood blocks to balance the grade, that’s it.
As the place is surrounded by trees and bushes, there are only some distant views possible between the trees. Definitely not the most exiting view but still nice. However, in this case also the Via Crucis got a credit.
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