Posts tagged dolomites
Trail Running the Haute Route, Guided and Self-Guided Pyrenees Trail Running, and Running Tour Levels From Beginner to Advanced Runners

What’s new for summer 2025? Learn about our brand new Runcations, from trail running the Haute Route, a new guided Pyrenees running trip (and our popular 2024 self-guided Pyrenees trail running tour is back), and learn more about how to choose a running tour with guided and self-guided trail running trip levels ranging from beginning runners to advanced trail runners.

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Leave Your Energy Gels Behind and Run Hut to Hut in the Italian Dolomites

Leave your energy gels behind while running Hut to Hut in the Italian Dolomites with Runcation Travel. Learn more about what type of food the Italian rifugios serve and the different types of local and regional dishes of the Dolomites you can expect to find along the Alta Via 1.

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How to Start Training for a Trail Running Vacation

Our Runcation team was interviewed by Fit for Trips and their article is copied below and can be read here. The article contains helpful information about how to start trail running, but there is also a ton of useful information about how to train and prepare for a trail running vacation. Read more about how to introduce trail running, what type of shoes to wear for trail running, and what type of gear is recommended for trail running. We also cover a frequently asked question about trail running: do trail runners really walk?

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What's it Like to Stay in a Rifugio, Rave Run in Ticino Switzerland, and Tahoe Endurance Adventure

From our 10/4 Newsletter: What’s it like to stay in an Italian rifugio in the Dolomites, our rave running tip in the Valle Verzasca in Ticino Switzerland, and adventure tip for the Tahoe 200 Endurance Run!

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How to Treat Sprained Ankles From Trail Running + How to Create Your Own Custom Runcation!

From our 9/20 Newsletter: How to Treat Sprained Ankles from Trail Running, The Best Books to Read about Patagonia Argentina, and How to Create Your Own Runcation for Private Groups and Teams.

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2020 Runcation Survey For Running Trips!

Cast your vote on 2020 Runcation Dates before they go live! We’re heading to run to Machu Picchu, Peru, Yosemite National Park in California’s Sierra Nevada, Chamonix’s Tour du Mont Blanc, and more!

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Run Refugio Frey, Grayl Water Filters, and Tackle a Via Ferrata in the Dolomites

Twice a month receive rave running route ideas, travel tips and inspiration, and featured adventures by signing up for Runcation Travel’s newsletter. This week’s feature is a recommended run to Refugio Frey, Grayl water filters, and how to tackle a via ferrata in the Dolomites.


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Q+A with Megha Doshi

We caught up with Megha Doshi of Peloton Digital (former Marketing Director at Strava), a road running stud who braved the trails of the Dolomites for a week to join us on our Dolomites Hut to Hut Trail Running Trip. Thanks for sharing your Runcation experience with us Megha!

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Runcation Travel Trail Footage

What are the trails like for running in the Italian Dolomites and Chamonix Mont Blanc? Get a glimpse of the trails we run in this 60-second video, brought to you by one sweaty iPhone.

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Check out Runcation Travel in Adventure Travel New's Article on Solo Travel

Check out Runcation Travel's mention in Adventure Travel New's latest article on the rising trend of solo travel. This piece does a great job breaking down the rising trend of solo travel and looks at how some of the top operators in the adventure travel industry are responding to the trend. Check out the article and our Solo Traveler section on the website to learn more about Runcation Travel’s approach!

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What do you do on a running retreat and what is a Runcation?

What do you do on a running retreat? What’s a Runcation? Those questions answered in a description of a day in the life of our Dolomites running retreat. 

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Hut to Hut Runcation in the Dolomites

Summer 2018’s Hut to Hut Runcation in the Italian Dolomites kicked off with lakeside runs and wellness centers into a full day on the trail, ending with an ice bath in the stream by our malga, or dairy farm.

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Combining Runcations with a Trail Racing Adventure

Combining a European trail race with your Runcation is an excellent way to combine racing and vacationing, meeting runners from all over the world, and having an excuse to spend a few extra days in our Runcation locations. Stay tuned for what options we have planned for next summer!

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Follow The Best Runcation Destinations On Strava!

Join our running club for Runcation Travel on Strava and check out a GPS route of our trail running holiday in the Italian Dolomites from Rifugio Fanes to Rifugio Lagazuoi.

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Authentic, Affordable, Active, and Adventurous Travel: Hut to Hut Running Retreats in the Italian Dolomites and Chamonix’s Tour du Mont Blanc

Authentic, Affordable, Active, and Adventurous Travel: Hut to Hut Running Retreats in the Italian Dolomites and Chamonix’s Tour du Mont Blanc

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