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Tag: Italy

  • Bench alley in Gargnano sur Garda

    On the West coast of Lago del Garda is a beautiful small town called Gargnano. In fact all the towns and places around Lago del Garda are beautiful, Gargnano was the one where me had a longer stop for a short walk, a drink and snack. In front of the restaurant at the promenade where…

  • Riva del Garda – the modern bench

    Riva del Garda at the Lago del Garda is a beautiful place. Nice, small city at the upper part of the Lago del Garda surrounded by all gifts nature can provide. But also here time does not stand still and there are modern parts in the city. Close to a parking house in the city center, I…

  • Fortezza de’ Cortesi

    The location where we stayed in Tuscany for a week was called Fortezza de’ Cortesi, near San Gimignano. A special place and a remarkable landlady. A former actress from Milano, who has a couple of passions. One is the Fortezza, which she rebuild with her husband, the other is the theater (she is organizing some…

  • The D’Almeida Brothers

    This is a story only benches can tell. But first I have to admit that this is the second Tuscany exception of having people on the bench post. However, with this bench it is all about that, it is about people sitting on the bench and get connected. So, here it goes: I was visiting Radda…

  • Benchers in Siena

    It is an exception. Usually we do not post benches with people on it (just about personal rights). However, if you walk by a bench a 100 times and you never find it empty, and you probably walk by another 1000 times and it will never be without people. Finally, you have to take this…

  • Opposite Alpe di Siusi – Latzfoner Cross

    Here is a contribution from my colleague Karoline. Obviously she is a fan of South Tirol. And specifically of the Plattkofel. She even went to the other side of the Alpe di Siusi to have a better view onto the Plattkofel. And indeed the view is just great.

  • Alpe de Siusi X – Yoshiatsu Nagatani

    Finally, the last bench of the Alpe di Siusi bench series. It is another bench dedicated to a person. Also this one is pretty close to the cable car station in Compatsch on Alpe di Siusi. A nice wooden bench with a traditional wooden crox behind. The thing which made me really curious was the name…

  • Alpe de Siusi IX – Kathy Reno

    It is not unusual that names are officially graved in benches. Very often it is that someone donates or “buys” a bench and his name is then mentioned on the bench. Or someone else dedicates a bench for you. At the end of one of our hikes on Alpe di Siusi, not far away from the…

  • Alpe di Siusi VIII – Via Crucis last cross

    Following the Via Crucis further towards the Plattkofel you will naturally get to the last cross of the via crucis. As with other via crucis, the last cross is the biggest, highest, most beautiful etc. Same here. However, as the earlier one with the really basic bench already indicated – the stations were not very colorful…

  • Alpe di Siusi VII – Via Crucis bench

    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…

  • Alpe di Siusi VI – Horseteethpass 2490

    One possibility to get back to the Alpe di Siusi plateau from the Schlern House is via the Tierser Alm and descending from there. To get to the “gate” for the descent you pass by the Tierser Alm (of course you will have a stop inside and by the way, the Tierser Alm is a…

  • Alpe di Siusi V – Wood on rocks

    Continuing the hike up to the Schlern Haus the trail is getting steeper and smaller, trees and plants getting less, rocks become the dominant material around around you. At one place beside the small rocky trail it looks like a wooden bench has grown out of the steep rock wall beside you. A simple tree…

  • Alpe di Siusi III – Dragon-Water-Bench

    On the way from Compatsch, the village on Alpe di Siusi where the Cable Car ends, to the Schlern House, on top of the Schlern Moutain Group, you find many benches beside the trail. Especially  on last part of the hike when it is going steep uphill, you appreciate to take a comfortable seat on…

  • Alp di Siusi, II – Gostner Schwaige

    Again, it is about the view. Mentally I was dragged back and forth whether I should post this bench or not. I nearly felt a bit sorry for this bench. She is located pretty close, only a couple of meters above the Gostner Schwaige. So, if you come from the mountains from a hiking tour, exhausted, thirsty and…

  • Alp di Siusi, I – Luxury

    This is the first of a series of benches discovered on a weekend trip on the Alp di Siusi in the Southern Tyrolean Dolomites in Italy. Alp di Siusi is the largest Alpine meadow on an altitude between 1650 – 2350, with mountains around, reaching more than 3000 m height. To give you an impression with what luxury…