Alpe di Siusi from Innsbruck Airport

The route

From the airport the drive takes the Brenner motorway south over the Brenner Pass and on down the Wipptal and the Isarco valley. From there are two good ways to reach the destination quickly.

The first leaves the motorway at Chiusa and goes via Laion to Roncadizza, part of Castelrotto just before Ortisei in Val Gardena. From there it crosses the Passo Pinei to Castelrotto and continues towards Siusi allo Sciliar. Just before Siusi, at Telfen/Lanzin, the mountain road up to the Alpe di Siusi and Compaccio turns off to the left.

Access to the Alpe di Siusi is restricted for private traffic: the road is closed between 9 am and 5 pm. Shuttles and taxis are given a permit. Everyone else can only get up during the day by the modern cable car from Siusi.

The second option stays on the Brenner motorway past Chiusa as far as Bolzano. From the Bolzano Nord exit it follows the main road to Prato all’Isarco, then turns left through the tunnel onto the road to Fiè allo Sciliar, through Fiè to Siusi and on to Telfen/Lanzin. From there it is the same as the first option.

In winter the route is generally easy to drive with winter equipment. Both options leave the motorway for mountain roads, some very winding, which take longer in wintry conditions, especially on Saturdays at changeover. We plan that time in.

Private transfer vs. public transport

The private transfer runs straight from the arrivals hall to your accommodation, whatever time you land, with no changes and no hauling gear and luggage between trains and buses.

By public transport you first take a bus into Innsbruck to the main station.

From there you have several options: a train to Chiusa, a bus to Ortisei and another bus to Castelrotto and on to the Alpe di Siusi cable car in Siusi. Or a train to Ponte Gardena and a bus via Castelrotto to the cable car. Slightly quicker but pricier is the EuroCity from Innsbruck to Bolzano, then a bus via Fiè allo Sciliar to Siusi and the cable car.

All of these take a long time. With lots of gear, luggage and children, and perhaps bad weather, the journey becomes tiring and expensive, since everyone needs their own ticket, and the cable car up to the Alpe di Siusi has become expensive too.

The private transfer gives you one fixed price for up to seven people, gear and luggage included, with no waiting for connections at stations and bus terminals and no changes. Just get in and go, straight to your accommodation.

When you travel

The Alpe di Siusi is a popular holiday destination in every season. In winter it is a real family ski area with gentle slopes and cross-country trails, and a place for walks with or without snowshoes. The ski area is linked with Ortisei in Val Gardena.

At over 50 square kilometres it is Europe’s largest high alpine pasture and, in summer, one of the finest hiking areas in the South Tyrolean Dolomites, at the foot of the Sciliar. The Sciliar also draws climbers, with the Santnerspitze (Punta Santner, 2,413 m), named after its first climber Johann Santner (1880), and the Euringerspitze (Punta Euringer, 2,394 m), named after Gustav Euringer (1894).

The ski season runs from December to April, for cross-country skiers too.

Since 1993 the Alpe di Siusi has been traffic-calmed from Compaccio onwards. Access from Telfen/Lanzin via San Valentino is only allowed at certain times of day for private cars. Shuttles and taxis have a special permit and can take you to your accommodation on the plateau at any time.

Alternatively, the cable car from Siusi, opened in 2003, and the lift from Ortisei, running since 1935 and since modernised, go up to the Alpe di Siusi.

In bad weather and on busy travel days we allow more time.

Arrival and meeting point

Your driver will be waiting in the arrivals hall with a name sign. Before you travel we send you the vehicle’s make, model and registration, along with your driver’s name and phone number.

Give us your flight number when you book and we will track your flight in real time. Delays, diversions and early landings are handled automatically. We wait 60 minutes free of charge after landing, which covers passport control and baggage reclaim.

On this route the flight number matters twice over. Your actual landing time decides whether we reach Siusi before or after the closure hours, and so whether we drive to your hotel or to the cable car.

Please switch off flight mode on your mobile phone once you land, so we can reach you.

The return journey: Alpe di Siusi to Innsbruck Airport

The return journey also has a fixed price, just like the outbound. We collect you from your departure address. You are welcome to book the return when you book your outbound transfer, or at a later date.

We time the pickup so that you reach the terminal around two hours before your flight. Please take an early pickup time seriously and do not push it back: your driver knows the route, the traffic and the road conditions, and our aim is to get you to your flight without stress.

If you are staying on the plateau and leave early, before 9am, we collect you at your hotel. If the pickup falls within the closure hours, you take the cable car down to Siusi and we meet you at the valley station.

We plan generously on departure day. The Brenner motorway is very busy northbound on winter Saturdays, and Innsbruck Airport has departure peaks with queues at check-in. We set the pickup time earlier and agree it with you when you book.

Easily confused

The plateau has three names: Alpe di Siusi in Italian, Seiser Alm in German and Mont Sëuc in Ladin, an old Rhaeto-Romance language spoken alongside German and Italian towards Ortisei in Val Gardena. They all mean the same area.

The Alpe di Siusi is often confused with the village of Siusi allo Sciliar, Seis am Schlern in German. Siusi lies below the massif, belongs to Castelrotto and has the valley station of the cable car up to the plateau.

The villages of Castelrotto, Siusi, Fiè allo Sciliar and Presule are rich in history. Within a few kilometres the Sciliar area still has many reminders of the past: Presule Castle and the ruins of Salegg, Hauenstein, once home of the minnesinger Oswald von Wolkenstein, and Aichach.

Castelrotto, Siusi and Fiè allo Sciliar are separate routes with their own fixed price. This route covers the Alpe di Siusi with the hamlets of Compaccio and Saltria.