LUXE Serendipity magazine

Alta Badia, known as Europe’s gourmet ski capital, is enhancing its reputation for luxury ski getaways this season with the opening of Aman Rosa Alpina. The region’s ‘A Taste for Skiing’ event features 16 Michelin stars, including three chefs with three Michelin stars each and three green stars.

The ski season in Alta Badia runs from until April 7, 2026. The event “A Taste for Skiing” will support pediatric palliative care and feature activities like the Gourmet Skisafari, SunRisa, Sommelier on the Slopes, and Delights on Ice. For the 2025/26 season, Skiworld will offer a new package to make booking ski weekends easier for UK visitors during the Wine Skisafari.

Aman Rosa Alpina welcomes its first ski guests

Set in the centre of San Cassiano village, one of Alta Badia’s most iconic hotels re-opened on 24 July 2025 after a two-year closure, and is now reimagined as a fully-fledged Aman sanctuary, set to welcome its first winter guests this season. Extensively re-envisioned by internationally acclaimed architect Jean-Michel Gathy of Denniston, and celebrating the enduring legacy of the Pizzinini family, a considered use of timber, black metal accents and natural stone retains the hotel’s mountain spirit, while a double-height arrival space welcomes guests. With all guestrooms and suites remodelled, there are new 150 sqm Aman Suites and a reconfiguration of Chalet Zeno into two larger suites, while new dining concepts that opened in summer, including an Italian grill and an all-day lounge for afternoon tea and cocktails, will be joined this winter by the opening of a Japanese restaurant. The newly built Aman Spa features one outdoor and two indoor pools, alongside treatment rooms offering signature therapies which draw on the Dolomites’ restorative powers. Open from 4 December 2025, prices start from €1218 per room per night, two sharing, including breakfast, in-room refreshments and non-alcoholic beverages. http://www.aman.com/resorts/aman-rosa-alpina

NEW: Skiworld launches first UK Wine Skisafari short break packages

Capitalising on the popularity of one of Alta Badia’s most loved ski events, Skiworld has introduced a brand new ski package for this season, for UK skiers to enjoy: Wine Skisafari with one easy, simple-to-book short break package, Friday 20 March – Monday 23 March 2026. The new trip includes a four day/three-night stay in Alta Badia, staying at luxury Hotel Gran Paradiso on a half board basis with breakfast and dinner included each day, as well as two delicious mountain hut lunches (at Jimmy’s Hut & Piz Arlara), a three-day Dolomiti Superski pass and ski hire (or ski carriage if preferred) and Wine Skisafari tickets for Sunday 22 March. Priced at £1,769pp, two sharing, including return BA flights between London Heathrow & Venice and private group transfers, the package offers an easy way to book one of the most popular events of Alta Badia’s season, where around 80 wines are offered for tastings across four mountain huts, with live music at each. Featuring only South Tyrolean produced wines, each hut offers a variety of sparkling, rose, white and red bottles, each served by an expert sommelier, many of which are produced by small family estates and which are in such demand, they are rarely exported. Open to blue run skiers and above, this is a great new short break to enjoy with friends, but places are limited, so book early to secure a space. http://www.skiworld.co.uk

Good taste

The 16th edition of ‘A taste for skiing’ returns to the slopes once again with a line-up of chefs from 10 Michelin-starred restaurants taking part this season, holding 16 Michelin stars between them, including three three-starred chefs and three Green Stars. In the most star-studded edition yet, this year’s theme includes an ode to simplicity rather than excess, in perfect harmony with the Alpine environment. Three Michelin-starred chef Massimiliano Alajmo of Le Calandre, and the youngest chef in the world to receive three Michelin stars at the age of 28 in 2002, leads this season’s line-up, which also includes Alta Badia’s own Simone Cantafio, the Michelin-starred chef of La Stüa de Michil at La Perla in Corvara, as well as three Michelin-starred Niko Romito (Restaurant Reale, Castel di Sangro) and the Cerea family (Da Vittorio, Brusaporto).

As part of a season-long offering, chefs will create a signature dish with their partner hut, available to order throughout the season, with participating chefs creating their recipes with reduced waste and a particular focus on protecting our planet. This theme highlights Alta Badia’s sustainable initiatives, in line with the region becoming the fourth Italian tourist destination to obtain GSTC (Global Sustainable Tourism Council) certification in August 2022.

With prices starting from €19, including the dish and a paired glass of delicious South Tyrol wine, the ten huts taking part are Ütia Lé, Ütia L’Tamá, Club Moritzino, Las Vegas Lodge, Ütia I Tablá, Ütia Bioch, Ütia Pralongiá, Piz Arlara, Piz Boé Alpine Lounge, and Ütia Jimmi. €3 from each dish sold will be donated to support paediatric palliative care charity ”La Miglior vita possibile”. Funds raised will add to the €60,646 raised since December 2022, with more than 6,000 dishes sold each season, supplementing a fund aimed at building a new Regional Reference Centre for Paediatric Palliative Care and Pain Therapy in the Veneto region.

As part of ‘A taste for skiing’, culinary events on the slopes of Alta Badia this season include:

Gourmet Skisafari – taking place this year on Sunday 14 December 2025, marking the start of Alta Badia’s gourmet ski events. Celebrating the 12th edition of this popular season-opener, this day of celebration will see five Michelin-starred chefs (Massimiliano Alajmo, Chicco and Bobo Cerea, Alessandro Dal Degan, Simone Cantafio, and Tomaž Kavčič.) cooking their ‘A taste for skiing’ dishes in person. A €60 ticket includes three dishes, or all five for €90, each served with a matched glass of South Tyrol wine. Tickets can be bought on the day, at the first hut visited, or online in advance at http://www.altabadia.org, with the opportunity for skiers to meet the chefs in person, hear the stories and inspiration behind each dish.

Sommelier on the slopes – seven dates have been confirmed for this popular programme, accompanied by a ski instructor and an expert sommelier, skiing between two high-altitude huts for tutored tastings of several fine South Tyrolean wines. Taking place on 16 Dec 2025, 13 & 20 Jan, 3 Feb, 3, 10, 31 March 2026, tickets (€40pp) include guided skiing and hosting; essential to book in advance via Alta Badia tourist offices. The initiative is organized in collaboration with Alta Badia Brand, the Alto Adige Wine Consortium, and the Alto Adige Sommelier Association.

Delights on ice – with a first aperitif trial event in 2025, this brand-new dinner event on 29 January 2026 will offer the most spectacular setting of the season. At Lake Sompunt, a frozen lake in the middle of the forest and a popular ice-skating spot, dinner will be served for one night only. Tables and chairs will be set up on the ice for guests while wines and dinner will be served by South Tyrolean sommeliers and local chefs, all on skates, and with the location framed by the Dolomites, glowing with Enrosadira. Tickets are €50pp; essential to book in advance from http://www.altabadia.org

SunRisa sees ski lifts open exceptionally early to give skiers the chance to ski perfectly groomed slopes, when the best athletes in the world are in Alta Badia. Skiing at dawn as the sun rises over the UNESCO World Heritage Dolomites will be enhanced with a generous, healthy breakfast served at five huts: Club Moritzino, Ütia I Tablá, Ütia Bioch, Piz Arlara, and Las Vegas Lodge. Each mountain hut will highlight one key breakfast ingredient—such as milk, cereals, eggs, or fruit —with recipes developed by Elena Casiraghi, an expert in sports nutrition.

Breakfast with powder snow – the perfect way to start the day, taking a private snowcat up the mountains before the lifts start, to enjoy a gourmet breakfast at Las Vegas Lodge, before a descent on perfectly groomed slopes. Bookable any day directly with Las Vegas Lodge, price €35pp from San Cassiano or €39pp from Corvara. lasvegasonline.it

Wine Skisafari – one of Alta Badia’s most popular end-of-season celebrations sees 60 delicious South Tyrol wines on offer to taste at four mountain huts, with one ticket enabling participants to ski between the huts and taste as they wish, all to the backdrop of live music. Taking place on Sunday 22 March 2026 from 10am-3pm at Piz Arlara, Bioch, I Tablá and Pralongiá mountain huts. Tasting tickets are €35ppand can be purchased in advance at altabadia.org or at the first hut visited.

Roda Dles Saus: Ladin cuisines on the slopes – over a week dedicated to Ladin cuisine and culture, 15-22 March 2026, huts within La Crusc area will offer a different traditional Ladin dish, prepared following grandmothers’ recipes to the letter. A delicious celebration of dishes that originate in the heart of the Dolomites, with each paired with a glass of the finest South Tyrolean wine. Dishes purchased directly at the huts.

How to get to Alta Badia:

To enjoy a break in Alta Badia, fly to Bolzano (90min transfer), Innsbruck (two hours) or Venice (three hours), or drive via Eurotunnel (15hrs, London – Alta Badia).

Operators offering ski breaks to Alta Badia include Powder Byrne, Ski Solutions, Iglu Ski, Inghams, Crystal, Skiworld, Heidi and Scott Dunn.