UNESCO World Heritage Site - Dolomites of Sesto Nature Park

A holiday in a world heritage site
The Bad Moos – Dolomites Spa Resort is located in a unique area of countryside, in the middle of the Drei Zinnen Nature Park, part of the Dolomites UNESCO world heritage site. The peaks of the Rotwand and Dreischuster watch over our resort at the entrance to the wild and romantic Fischlein Valley. Behind them rise the famous three peaks of the Drei Zinnen, while on the other side of the valley, the Carnic ridge marks the Austrian border.

Following requests by the Italian provinces of South Tyrol, Trentino, Pordenone, Udine and Belluno, the Dolomites were awarded world heritage site status by UNESCO in 2009. UNESCO did not grant protected status to the whole of this famous mountain chain in the southern limestone alps, with its unique geological and botanical features. However, the world heritage site does cover a large area of 141,910 hectares, including the northern Dolomites and the Drei Zinnen area.

The Drei Zinnen Nature Park is also part of the pan-European Natura 2000 network of conservation areas, which aims to protect habitats and wild animal and plant species.

The Nature Park House in the Grand Hotel cultural centre in Toblach

If you would like to find out more about the natural and man-made landscapes of the Drei Zinnen Nature Park, the geology of the Sexten Dolomites, the WWI events at the Dolomite front, the early days of mountaineering and the history of tourism in the Hochpustertal Valley, it is worth making a trip to the Nature Park House. An adventure workshop offers children in particular a fun way to experience nature.