Dobbiaco / Toblach: Hotels, B&B, Residence and holiday apartments

Dobbiaco is located at an elevation of 1.256 m and is protected by the rock walls of the Dolomites in the south (Cima Nove, Monte Serla) and on the other side the mountain range of Carinzia (Kärnten) and Cornetto di Confine (Marchinkele). Dobbiaco has been the centre of international business already in the medieval era based on its outstanding strategic position. This village lies at the intersection of the main roads, which led from Venice to Bavaria. The community appeared for the first time in the documents as "Vicus in Duplago" in the year 827 and in 1158 the name Dobbiaco was mentioned for the first time. A new railway connection was built in 1871 under guidance of Austria, which connected Vienna with the valley of Pusteria and increased tourism tremendously. Today Dobbiaco achieved great importance in respect to cross-country skiing. Here you find various contests of international level, like the world-cup and marathons. Besides cross-country skiing there are lots and lots of activity possibilities in winter, and during summer one can enjoy mountain-excursions on the bike or by rock climbing. Appreciate fishing, tennis, swimming and much more. This community, surrounded by the three peaks and the lake of Dobbiaco, will fulfil every desire. From the characteristic buildings, the Red Tower, the Grand Hotel up to the castle Herbstenburg, which was acquired by the brothers Kasper and Christoph Herbst to Herbstenburg in 1500, over churches like the parish church of San Giovanni Battista, the oldest junction of Tyrol and its passion chapels of the year 1500. The pilgrimage church of Santa Maria, already at that time a favoured place of pilgrimage, was rebuilt in gothic style in 1470. Over the reflection road you reach the small church of San Pietro in Monte. Along the road towards Cabonin Vecchia (Altschluderbach) you arrive at the Trenkerhof, where the famous composer Gustav Mahler spent his summer months during the years 1908-1910. Here he composed the "ninth symphony", the incomplete "tenth symphony" and the "song of earth".… continue