Ortisei, with about 4,700 inhabitants, is
the largest village in
Val Gardena and, at a height of 1,236 metres
above sea level, is ideal for
walking or for a winter holiday.
Ortisei is also the commercial and administrative centre in
Val
Gardena and has the largest shopping street and a multitude of
possibilities for recreation and shopping. The characteristic pedestrian
area in the centre of Ortisei is an ideal base for the most important
purchases.
Ortisei is also a meeting point from a
cultural point of
view: many
woodcarvers
have started a business right in the centre of
the village, including Comploj Albert. They offer all their customers
beautiful works of art,
woodcarvings
and
crib figures.
Even famous actors and athletes are not forgotten, including Luis
Trenker (many mountain films remind us of him), Giorgio Moroder
(songwriter and record producer of the 80s) and the
famous athletes Carolina Kostner (2012 figure skating world champion) and
Isolde Kostner
(skiing icon of the 90s).
One should not forget Ortisei’s fantastic mountain scenery:
Resciesa,
which can be reached by funicular, Seceda and the
Dolomite mountains of
the Alpe di Siusi, Monte Piz and Col de Mesdi.