The Saint Leonhard horse parade, organized by the horse association Val Badia, will see the participation of horses and custumes coming from the 5 ladin valleys.

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Europe's best cross country skiers meet Mid December at the cross country center Alta Badia Armentarola in San Cassiano.

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The Gran Risa slope in La Villa / Alta Badia is according to the ski world cup insiders, among the most challenging giant slopes of the whole ski world cup circuit.

Appointment 2010: Sunday 19th December

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The gastronomic highlight in South Tyrol

More than 100 of the world's best chefs and international wine producers are expected for the Chef's Cup Südtirol, in a union of high class cuisine, sport, enjoyment and solidarity.

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By the middle of the twentieth century the farmers of Alta Badia used to meet on Carnival Sunday for a horse-drawn sleight competition. The horse races with sleighs and skijöring have been re-established in a somewhat more modern way.
They take place late in the evening at the sports field in La Villa.

The dates: 04.01.2011, 18.01.2011, 08.02.2011

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In the small, quaint village of Badia a group of local actors put on stage the traditional farmer's marriage as it was at the time of our grandparents.

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Over the past years, in remembrance of the “Carnival Sunday parade” the farmers from Alta Badia meet up for a day dedicated entirely to their great passions – horses and sleighs. Dressed up in the typical festival costumes and sitting on their characteristic sleights they for a trip among the snow filled meadows until the sports field in La Villa where they will participate in a horse-drawn sleight contest. Estimated time of arrival at the sports field is at noon.

In this national touring ski competition organised by the association Badiasport the athletes start in the town of Badia and across the picturesque snow-covered landscape of the natural park Fanes - Sennes - Braies until the Lavarella mountain hut and return to Badia through the challenging Val de Medesc. They will cover a distance of 25 km with an altitude difference of 2,100 metres.

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The Sellaronda Skimarathon, the international touring ski competition by night through the Dolomites passes of Campolongo, Pordoi, Sella and Gardena, is an exciting and enduring race for very trained skiers.

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