Discover Colle Santa Lucia

Colle Santa Lucia combines striking Dolomite landscapes with a clearly visible historical heritage. If you would like to choose between mountain passes, hiking trails and cultural and historical sites for your trip, you will find several clearly distinct starting points here: Passo Giau, the trails of Strada de la Vena, routes of the Alta Via dell’Orso and traces of local history.

Landscape and trails around Colle Santa Lucia

The eastern half of Passo Giau lies in the municipality of Colle Santa Lucia. The pass is used by hikers, cyclists and motorcyclists. Colle Santa Lucia also offers a panoramic view over the Val Fiorentina, with Pelmo and Civetta in the background. This allows you to explore the landscape both via the pass and via specific trails and viewpoints.

A suggested section of Strada de la Vena runs between Colle Santa Lucia and Castello di Andraz. At Maso di Troi, the easternmost section of this road, you can see the remains of old mines and a restored mine entrance. You can walk a few dozen metres into the entrance. The higher historical route of Strada de la Vena leads to Pianaz and can be walked in 5–6 hours.

The Alta Via dell’Orso also offers two different starting points. The orange route begins in the historic centre of Colle Santa Lucia, while the green route starts at Rifugio Fedare on Passo Giau. CAI Trail 463 leads from Colle Santa Lucia to Rifugio Fedare and is 7.5 km long. Depending on the route chosen, either the town centre or the pass summit is therefore the starting point of the excursion.

Culture and mining history

Several buildings in the town centre recall the history of Colle Santa Lucia. The Meridiana is a fresco sundial dating from 1606 in the Chiesa di S. Lucia at Via Villagrande 29. Casa Piazza is located in Villagrande on the main street of the historic centre. The building can be recognised by a round arch that allows passage along a mule-track route.

Cesa de Jan was built between the late 16th and early 17th centuries by the Chizzali brothers. The year 1612 is inscribed above the entrance. The building houses permanent exhibitions on the history, customs and traditions of the Colle area.

The mining history includes Miniera dei Vauz, a 17th-century mine in the area of the Miniere del Fursil. You reach the entrance by minibus; a guide then accompanies you during the short visit inside the mine. The iron-bearing ore extracted in the Miniere del Fursil was suitable for weapons production because of its high value.

Getting there and further destinations

Colle Santa Lucia can be reached by bus from Mestre, Mogliano and Treviso to Caprile; the connection then continues with Dolomitibus. For further travel planning, you can also include Quero (Quero), Fonzaso (Fonzaso), Nevegal (Nevegal), Pelos Di Cadore (Pelos Di Cadore), Cherz (Cherz), San Nicolò Di Comelico (San Nicolò Di Comelico), Tignes (Tignes) and Colmean (Colmean).

For the overarching travel overview: Belluno.