Scenic Spot in Italian Mountains Overrun by Tourists Seeking the Perfect Pastry
- Viral TikTok videos have overwhelmed the Friedrich August refuge in Italy's Val di Fassa, where queues of up to 300 people now form daily for a $4 krapfen pastry.
- Staff at the refuge told CNN the mayhem started last week after tourists posted footage on social media eating the krapfen against an idyllic backdrop. Managers believe extreme temperatures this year also drove hikers to seek cooler mountain areas, causing the posts to resurface.
- Refuge managers noted that traditional hikers once came properly equipped and stopped briefly to rest, but now unprepared visitors are taking unnecessary risks with no experience or gear to reach the site.
- Managers say they cannot keep up with production or payment systems; high transaction volumes caused their internet to crash on Tuesday. Italian Alpine Club President Francesco Abbruscato warned that visitors prioritizing pastries over peace cause "irreparable damage."
- This incident reflects broader overtourism challenges in the Dolomites. Earlier this year, authorities closed Seceda trails to limit crowds, and last summer farmers set up a turnstile charging visitors €5 per person near the Three Peaks.
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Hundreds of tourists are reaching a shelter of the Dolomites attracted by a candy that has gone viral on social networks. The influx is such that some visitors get up early or spend the night in the area to get it before it runs out.
Scenic spot in Italian mountains overrun by tourists seeking the perfect pastry
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — A normally peaceful Alpine refuge — “rifugio” — high in the Italian Dolomites has been overrun with hundreds of tourists who aren’t there simply for the panoramic views, but rather a sweet treat. The huge queues in northern Italy’s Val di Fassa valley is all because of a
A small mountain hut in the Italian Dolomites has been besieged by hundreds of tourists. They were not attracted by the views of the Alpine peaks, but by the sweet pastries that have become a hit on social networks. Influencers have turned the inconspicuous building into a symbol of overtourism. This is dangerous news for a region economically dependent on tourism, threatening damage and an outflow of visitors.
It is not the idyllic surroundings, but rather Berlin doughnuts that lure hundreds of tourists to a remote mountain hut in the Italian Dolomites. They become...
Queues at an altitude of 2,300 meters for the delicious donut-like Krapffen
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