Sottoguda

Ladin speakers call it Staguda: a mountain hamlet at 1,250 metres in Val Pettorina, right below the Marmolada glacier. Its wooden haylofts (tabièi) and stone houses have survived almost unchanged, and blacksmiths here have worked wrought iron since the late 18th century. The Serrai, a 2.5 km gorge cut by the Pettorina torrent, leads towards Malga Ciapela, though the 2018 Vaia storm destroyed its access road.

Highlights

• The Serrai gorge, closed after the 2018 storm: check access before going
• Wrought-iron workshops, a craft born from iron mined at nearby Fursil
• The Alpine Gothic chapel of Saints Fabian, Sebastian and Rocco, built in 1486
• Pagaruoi bonfires at Epiphany and the Mascorèda carnival
• The Marmolada, the largest glacier in the Dolomites, rising above the village

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.