Alpe di Siusi · South Tyrol · Italy
Bullaccia and the Witches' Benches
A plateau round to the legendary Witches' Benches with views over the whole Alpe di Siusi.
Route shape: © OpenStreetMap contributors (opens in a new tab)
At a glance
The place
Overview
Used inDolomites, 13 nights
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Before you go
AccessReached from Compatsch, itself reached by the Seiser Alm Bahn by day
our judgement · read 18 Oct 2026
Altitude2154 m
official information · read 18 Oct 2026
Not checked yet: closures and conditions
For your group
Who it suits
- From about 8
- Local grade easy · 3.2 h
- Stroller: part of the way
- The shortcut descent on path 24 is steep and stony
- Open plateau; thunderstorms
- For a child: A round of the Bullaccia plateau to the Witches' Benches, with three huts on the way. The board calls it suited to families; the descent shortcut on path 24 is steep and stony.
- Carrier OK
- All-terrain stroller only, the brochure's out-and-back from the Puflatsch gondola top to the Arnika hut; not the full round with the path 24 descent
- Distance: 9.1 km
- Climb: 340 m
- Surface: Paved, Gravel, Rock
- Shape: loop
- Navigation: Waymarked
14 things we have not checked yet
Group size, minimum age, wheelchair, access detail, accessible toilet, accessible parking, capacity, descent, scrambling, fixed aids, child time, water crossings, snow on the trail until, dogs.
On foot
The route
Not checked yet: turnaround points
Trail guide: Open trail page
Logistics
How to get there
Getting in
Reached from Compatsch, itself reached by the Seiser Alm Bahn by day
Directions
To Seis / Siusi cable car multi-storey
46.54096,11.56553
Puflatsch lift top stationTrailhead
- Elevation
- 2,104 m
- Point
- 46.55184,11.61718
Seis / Siusi cable car multi-storeyParking
- Fee
- Paid
- Capacity
- 250
- Point
- 46.54096,11.56553
Compatsch P2Parking
- Fee
- 28.50 EUR/day
- Point
- 46.53988,11.61696
Compatsch P3Parking
- Fee
- 24 EUR/day
- Point
- 46.53980,11.61838
Not checked yet: public transport, passes
Season and light
When to go
Access · our judgement · read 18 Oct 2026
Filled: open all monthOutlined: part of the monthDashed: not open
Not checked yet: best weeks, best time of day, snow-free window
On site
Facilities
- Food
- Hutofficial information · read 18 Oct 2026
Sources
- Bullaccia round trail and Witches' Benches · Seiser Alm Marketing (tourism board) · read 18 Oct 2026
Not checked yet: toilets, drinking water, shade, phone signal, dogs
Plan around it
Nearby, worth adding
Same corridor
Official and booking
Links
Route6
- OSM relation 9483250 (PU round walk) (opens in a new tab)
- GPX: Puflatsch-Rundweg Hexenbaenke (opens in a new tab)
- Bullaccia Tour Witches' Benches (opens in a new tab)
- Puflatsch Loop Trail (opens in a new tab)
- Outdooractive: To the Hexenbaenke (opens in a new tab)
- Tabacco 05 Val Gardena-Alpe di Siusi (opens in a new tab)
Conditions2
Searched, none found: Official site (checked 19 Oct 2026)
Not checked yet: booking
Provenance
Facts and sources
- Distance
- 9.1 kmseiser-alm.it Bullaccia round trail and Witches' Benches, from Compatsch; seiseralm.it variant 8.4 km, read 18 Oct 2026 · official source
- Climb
- 340 mseiser-alm.it, read 18 Oct 2026 · official source
- Time
- 3.2 hseiser-alm.it: 03:10 h, read 18 Oct 2026 · official source
- Difficulty
- easyseiser-alm.it: easy (the 8.4 km variant is rated medium), read 18 Oct 2026 · official source
- Shape
- loopround trail, read 18 Oct 2026 · official source
Why it is worth the trip
Our judgement · read 18 Oct 2026: A tourism board family round on the Alpe di Siusi; visitors already on the Alm add it.
- Prices and hours from 2026; check before you go. Figures were read in 2026 and are used as a pattern for 2027.
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Not checked yet: options and prices