The official Giro d’Italia 2025 will be announced on November 12, so I beat them to the punch officially announcing my own Giro d’Italia.
Since my previous post on the possibility of getting another Giro in the books, I’ve been looking for apartments in the area that Grasshopper would like to visit.
As he mentioned the Sella Ronda as a “want to do”, I was looking for options around the Sella Group.
Provided you want to do other climbs in the area, best places would be Corvara, Arabba or Canazei, with Pocol or Cortina d’Ampezzo as alternatives.
However, while it is still early and not all accommodations have published their rates for 2025, from the ones that did, I was looking at a €2,500 minimum for little more than a hotel room.
When Grasshopper asked if I could promise to take him to the Stelvio, I first laughed at the idea as the transfer to even get there is 3 hours, but I then asked him what his priority was.
He wanted to do some epic, legendary climbs…
While the beauty of the Dolomites is something I will never stop to love, the Gardena is hardly a match for the Stelvio.
Nor is the Pordoi for the Gavia…
So, the focus then shifted to Bormio and I quickly discovered that prices there were much more favorable.
I found Italianway which has a lot of apartments in and around Bormio in their portfolio.
Having previously stayed in Valdisotto, which is both quiet and close to a supermarket just outside Bormio, I eventually picked one there again.
We will stay there from July 11th to July 25th and Grasshopper – maybe accompanied by his wife – will join us somewhere during that timeframe.
So, having arranged the accommodation, I will now start to work on some epic routes for Grasshopper.
I’m not sure if he knows about the Mortirolo…
