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Zallinger stories

Our Alpe di Siusi blog

You’ve already seen we’ve a lot to tell you. Give in to your desire for the Alpe di Siusi and dive straight in. Into history, tales and thoughts from the Zallinger.

Eat the meadow: You have to try these alpine plants!

07.03.2024 //Someone once said: We humans are basically nothing more than plants with a complicated soul.

Bored? 37 analogue ideas for your winter day

18.12.2023 //Not everything was better in the past, but some things were different. It wasn't so long ago that people here on the Alpe di Siusi and elsewhere spent the darkest days of the year not watching TV, but ... Yes, with what?

3 things you can do on the Seiser Alm besides skiing

21.11.2023 //Either you're the kind of person who rushes into the cellar at the sight of the first snowflake of the year to get your skis out and have them serviced or ... you're not.

Why is high-altitude air so good for you?

16.09.2023 //Of course, you can do interval hypoxia-hyperoxia training at a fancy sports clinic. Or you can simply come to us on the Alpe di Siusi. The effect is similar and it's always nicer up here with us.

We are all just stardust

04.08.2023 //What do you think? Who do you think was the first person to think, "Now I'm going to make a wish" when they saw a shooting star? In any case, it must have been quite a while ago; in Europe, shooting stars have been appearing as wish-fulfillers for centuries.

Alpe di Siusi: with bewitched greens against all kinds of aches and pains

14.06.2023 //It may grow rampantly, just as it pleases. Sprout towards the sky. Take root in the most beautiful places and sprout the wildest flowers: Greenery is doing well here with us on the Alpe di Siusi.

Zallinger's high-proof genies in the bottle

02.02.2023 //Imagine you were to get your hands on a genie. What would you wish for? Eternal youth, perhaps? Everlasting health? Or bear powers? Then read on, because up here in Zallinger's magic kitchen, very special elixirs are created.

Skifoan! The history of winter sports on the Alpe di Siusi

16.01.2023 //The farmers from the Alpe di Siusi made quite an impression: a fine lady in a hat drags two wooden boards and a long stick up the hill. She straps the boards under her shoes, grabs the stick and drives down the slope in more or less elegant curves.

When the smoke goes up at the Zallinger

22.12.2022 //What exactly comes to mind when you hear the word Christmas? Maybe you think of candlelight, cosiness, cosy woollen socks and biscuits. So do we.

Fabulous Alpe di Siusi

25.10.2022 //Where do we even begin? When recounting the legends and myths and strange stories that entwine themselves around the Alpe di Siusi, it's hard to find an end.

Why we are so rich in stones here in the Dolomites

01.09.2022 //Ah, the Dolomites! Not only passionate mountaineers let out a longing sigh at the thought of these special mountains.

A taxi that is not one and the
most beautiful end of the world

11.05.2022 //Slowly, we really have to come up with something. But somehow we have only ourselves to blame for our misery, for one of the biggest misunderstandings between us and new guests: it's about our alpine taxi.

A soft spot for blondes -
why we are so fond of Haflingers

15.05.2022 //We have to warn you at this point: once we start talking about our Haflingers, we don't stop any time soon. So think twice about whether you really want to talk to us about our horses on your next holiday at the Zallinger.