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The Dolomites are one of those places you may never have been, and you know them anyway. They are like Stelvio, like Gassy, like Bucovina's Wall, like Calpe. You've already seen a hundred million photos *, two hundred thousand videos, and read 17 stories on various blogs. They all described how great it is, what paradise it is and how much you have to come there. After this text on Facebook, you will see 16 sponsored entries about an organized cycling trip. Taking advantage of the fact that most of the interesting destinations are currently closed, we decided to go there for some time. Maybe a week, maybe two ... maybe you don't know. The last time we went like this to K\u0142odzko Valley<\/a>, we stayed there for 3 months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

* how do you follow on Instagram @makitka<\/a>that's three hundred.<\/em><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dolomites are far away.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Dolomites are far away. The last time we went on a stationary vacation by car was some years ago. Google say that it is less than 14 hours from Warsaw, but we know well that there will be a bell on S8, there will be a traffic jam near Munich, and on the Brenner Pass it will either snow or there will be a line to the gates. Anyway, the journey from the Narodowy in Warsaw to the Dolomites takes about as long as the journey from the Narodowy to Los Angeles<\/a>. I do not plan to repeat it by car, because I don't want to waste 30 hours of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dolomites #cebulowe<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  1. If you are driving through Germany, it is worth sleeping in the Czech Republic, to which the reflection is less than 20 km in the middle of the route. Accommodation is cheaper with the 50%.
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  2. If you are buying a civilized accommodation somewhere in Trento, you should get a code for the application on the phone, which entitles you to travel the whole region for free and also provides some discounts (important). If you are bored you can go by bus and train to Garda and back.
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  3. Internet is hard, so if you want to work, you either have to rely on your phone (usually LTE, especially in mountain shelters) or find tourist information and set up a base with it. Hotspot list here: https:\/\/www.trentinowifi.it\/<\/a> although the places are marked "in Italian" (ie: somewhere in the vicinity).
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  4. Italians have a hundred million types of electrical outlets and most of them will not work with your round plug from a computer power supply - you must have a rectangular one. It can be forced in if you are reconciled with damage to either the socket or the plug. Legal <\/em>sockets are usually located in the vicinity of washing machines and microwaves.
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  5. Parking lots on most of the passes are paid (around 1-2 euros per hour), but a bit further you can always find gravel by the road where you can stand.
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  6. In stores (Coopy and Despary) it is so expensive that it pays to smoke an hour by car to Lidl (Bolzano for example). Then it is cheap like ours, and the products are better.
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  7. The lifts, chairs and gondolas are rather expensive, all counted in several euros<\/em>so it adds up to a serious amount. There is almost always a road under the ski lift that you can go to the poor man. Sometimes (e.g. in the case of Marmolada) it will take 2 days and require a waiting ax, but it is possible.
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  8. In the Dolomites, everything is close, but it is a long drive everywhere. I would not be prepared to travel by car with an average of over 40 km \/ h. Even if, like half of the tourists, you have a Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Porsche or Mercedes SRL. Arriving in a non-metallic Skoda, we feel like an avant-garde. Like Steve Jobs golfing and surrounded by people in suits.
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  9. Bitumen is rather good, but not as good as they say on the internet. There are often cracks, crevices and folds where it is easy to lose teeth ... and we don't want that.
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  10. Accommodation is relatively cheap. We sleep in Residence Villa Flora<\/a>, where we pay less than PLN 300 per night, but it can be much cheaper. We just needed a whole apartment with a kitchen, a place to work, etc. There is supposedly some "SPA" and other goodies, but who needs it? There is no problem with bikes anywhere, because somewhere in winter you have to keep your skis and boots.
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  11. The weather is such that when the lamp announces it, it will be a lamp, and when it is announced it may rain, it may or may not rain, and it may rain only on one side of the hill. With clouds, the Dolomites are nicer, less obvious. Although also without exaggeration:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    \u2026 Of course we don't do that, I heard from my friend. We are not onions<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The Dolomites are easy to pain.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    If you've been there before, you'll appreciate this word joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Rarely do you find a place where your legs hurt so much. Classic road loops have an average of about 3,000 meters of rise per 100km, and you can feel it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    On the other hand, you rarely find a place where everything is so simple. Free buses everywhere, lifts everywhere, accommodation everywhere. Even if you plan to get lost in the mountains, with good visibility you can almost always see a shelter\u2026 or three. Even road mapping is primitive, because wherever you go, there will be famous and epic mountain passes. If you are a completely handicapped tourist, you will get a map in any building, which will plan your entire stay for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    From the Canazei we live in, you can easily include such passes as: Pordoi, Sella, Fedaia, Gardena, Campolongo, Giau, Falzarego, Valparola, Tre Croci and so on ... To better illustrate this, the Fedaia where we live has since lawful <\/em>pages about 13km with an average under 8%. Such Passo Sella (driven from the end of the world) is 34km with an average above 5%. All this in stunning views and perfect serpentine, a dream right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Detailed data on the uphill stretches in the Dolomites and their ranking can be found on the altimeter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Well, perfect. Dolomites a cyclist's paradise.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    On day one we do a piece of Sella Ronda - probably the most iconic round around. A bit, because the weather is not very good. At that time, we did not know yet that it is impossible to die because of a storm, because there are ski lifts, buses and tourists who can drop us off everywhere. The round consists of 4 passes and is about 1700 meters by 50km. We only do the climb from Canazei to the top of Selli and then Gardena (which is close when you are already on Sella). We have 48 km and 1,500 vertically. Is VERY STRONG VIEW<\/strong>. Really, we're shocked by the vertical walls that fall straight onto the road and everything in the area. On this day, I find that the Dolomites are great road<\/em>. Then it only gets worse, but more on that in a moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What is so special about the Dolomites that cannot be found in other mountains? Let me use a few photos taken on the first day. I would like to remind you that we only drove up the hill near the house (maybe two) and returned the same way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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