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Long circular route at Lake Carezza
Sopra Ega, Eggental
Start and End:
Lake Carezza
Description
The fairy tale lake of the Dolomites, Lake Carezza is a colourful lake where, according to legend, a water nymph lives and in whose crystal clear waters the Dolomite giants Latemar and Catinaccio are reflected in the morning and evening. Lake Carezza amazes many visitors! It is a...
The fairy tale lake of the Dolomites, Lake Carezza is a colourful lake where, according to legend, a water nymph lives and in whose crystal clear waters the Dolomite giants Latemar and Catinaccio are reflected in the morning and evening. Lake Carezza amazes many visitors! It is also called Lec de Ergobando – rainbow lake.
The 300 m long and 140 m wide Lake Carezza rests below the Latemar massif at the edge of the Latemar forest in the municipality of Nova Levante at the little village of Carezza at 1,520 m in the Val d’Ega. It is a protected natural monument and is fed by underground springs from the Latemar mountain, which is why both its size and its depth are strongly dependent on the season and the weather – the greatest depth of Lake Carezza was recorded at 22 m.
Details

Long circular route at Carezza Lake! Orange signs – Starting point: Car park Carezza Lake, suspension bridge and path [6] steeply up (direction Passo Costalunga). Cross the road at the Pension Simhild, turn left and continue on path [12] to the crossroads with path [11], turn right and continue on path [11] to Lake Carezza. Possibility to do the lake round and then return to the starting point.

Approach

Take highway´s exit “Bolzano Nord/Eggental”, turn right direction Bolzano/Bozen, after about 0,5 km on roundabout keep left and head towards Val d’Ega (SS 241). Keep driving up to Ponte Nova. At Ponte Nova’s crossroads, turn to the left and continue to the Lake Carezza (about 30 min. from highway toll booth).

Parking Lake Carezza (subject to a fee – 15 min. free parking):

Car:1 hour parking: € 1,001 hour – 2 hours: € 2,002 hours – 6 hours: € 4,006 hours – 12 hours: € 8,0012 hours – 24 hours: € 20,00

Camper:Up to 2 hours: € 10,002 hours – 12 hours: € 20,0012 hours – 24 hours: € 30,00

After you have paid at the pay machine, you have 15 minutes to leave the parking lot.

With the public bus line no. 180.1 Bolzano-Nova Levante-Passo Costalunga-Val di Fassa; bus stop Lago di Carezza; information about the bus timetables: http://www.sii.bz.it/en