{"id":14774,"date":"2016-10-15T20:35:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T20:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/?p=14774"},"modified":"2016-10-20T08:26:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T08:26:05","slug":"pastures-new-almabtrieb-predazzo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/pastures-new-almabtrieb-predazzo\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastures New – Almabtrieb – Predazzo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Before Frau Holler (or Old Mother Frost) can even begin to think about shaking her feather eiderdown (resulting in the first blankets of snow <\/a>as the German fairytale goes), something pretty special takes place across most Alpine regions, whether they are in France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria or in this instance Italy…<\/p>\n

I wrote about the Austrian Viehschied <\/a>we saw when we first arrived, and we haven’t managed to go to another since, but recently we stumbled across this Almabtriebe (same thing – different name) near our hotel in the Dolomites – but sadly the weather wasn’t quite as kind.<\/p>\n

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Despite the pouring rain it was really lovely to watch the farmers proudly walk their decorated charges through the streets (and onto pastures new so to speak), and stand amongst the locals as they welcomed these gorgeous creatures back from their high altitude munching grounds well before winter’s arrival…<\/p>\n

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This is the first time I have seen an Almabtriebe with such an array of creatures other than cows by the way – while they passed in a gentle majestic manner, the goats (in similar handmade floral headdresses) passed like a gaggle of arguing children on a school trip, bickering and occasionally butting each other, with flowers flying everywhere…<\/p>\n

Predazzo is well worth a visit with or without an Almabtriebe taking place, but if you happen to be visiting solely for that then stop a while, say welcome back to the animals and enjoy the food and wine festival that takes place just afterwards…<\/p>\n

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Where to stay\/what to eat\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n

And if you are not staying that far away, then you should explore this area completely anyway with stunning towns like Cavalese nearby (great sandwiches and other heavenly breads and coffee at Botega Dal Pan Betto<\/a> and excellent pizza with the locals at Pizzeria La Salera<\/a> should you need a couple of recommendations. \u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

We stayed nearby in the picturesque Castello Molina Di Fiemme at the family run Hotel Olimpionico<\/a>. \u00a0Established by an Olympic medal winner (hence the name) we loved the super friendly staff who were really sweet with the kids (the baby had a private tour of the kitchen on one occasion!) and our comfortable family room with a separate room (and fabulous alpine bunkbeds!) for the children, I would really recommend it. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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And if you happen to be in the area and would like to see an Almabtriebe\/Viehschied – you can have a look at the special calendar here<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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