Accessibility By road: the principle entrance in the Veneta valley is by through highway A27 Mestre - Belluno - Pian di Vedoia. At the end of this road , by the township of Longarone you can enter the state road 51 Alemagna in the direction of Tai di Cadore. Just before the center of this town take the state road 51 bis, using the new circle that boarders Pieve and then after Calalzo, to Lozzo di Cadore. After a bridge follow the state road 52 Carnica, and just before Auronzo, turn right and enter the tunnel Comelico (4 km. long), at the end you are now near S.Stefano di Cadore. Another way to access this area is from the northwest by state road 52 Carnica that comes from Val Punteria and from S.Candido. The access to this area from Friuli - Venezia - Giulia and from Carnia is by way of state road 355 Val Degano. By train: Calalo di Cadore station is the final station of the line Padoa-Belluno and Venice - Ponte nelle Alpi. From Calalzo there are connections by bus with Comelico. San Candido is also connected with Bolzano and the Austrian border. From S.Candido you can reach Comelico by bus. Airport: Venice airport is well served thanks to the approach road to highway A27.

Historical information The county of Comelico Superiore, covers an area of 95,86 sq. km; bordering Austria. In this county you can find four towns: Candide (city hall administration), Casamazzagno, Dosoledo, Padola, in addition to many suburban areas spread throughout. Valgrande, is a tranquil and green valley located in the Dolomites of Comelico where also Padola can be found, which was a famous tourist site during the two world wars. Many tourists visit the village thanks also to the thermal mineral waters, good for healing, beauty, and skin treatments. The "Stua" was built in the first years of 400 with the purpose of trading wood with the Serenissima (the governor of Venice). Each tree trunk that came through it paid a toll fee. The original construction represented a rare work in Europe for its characteristics and for its type of construction.

Useful information Altitude 1210m Inhabitants 2813 Postal code 32040 area code. 0435 (City hall)Municipio - 0435.68813 (Tourist information office)Ufficio Informazioni Turistiche S.Stefano - 0435.62230 (Tourist promotional office)Consorzio Promozione Turistica Val Padola - 0435.67021 (police station) Caserma Carabinieri - 0435.67371 (fire department) Caserma Vigili del Fuoco- 0435.62200 (Health office)Distretto sanitario 0435.62382 (Mountain first aid)Soccorso Alpino - 0435.99117 (Road first aid)Soccorso stradale -0435.67227 (Forestry office)Corpo forestale dello stato - 0435.460011 (Italian Association for Mountain climbing) C.A.I. Mr. Fait - 0435.62648 (Pharmacy)Farmacia Comelico - 0435.68836