Ideally located Hotel in the Dolomites

in the heart of the Italian Alps - UNESCO world heritage

Aqua Bad Cortina, historical place since 1315 and mineral baths place since 1780, today also 100 % BIOhotel, is superbly located by a water spring in the village of San Vigilio di Marebbe (1.201 m), in the heart of the Dolomites. From here you can reach the best known ski areas like "Kronplatz", "Alta Badia", "Gardena" and "3 Cime" by ski or by bike and in summer South Tyrol’s picturesque hiking trails are within easy reach.
Here you can find details and documents about the history of this place ... >>>

1890 - one of the first pictures

A short walk from the town centre of San Vigilio (200 metres), just where the road Fanes ends and where the gentle lapping of the Rio San Vigilio - also known as Rio Rudo – subdues the last of the traffic noise, the Aqua Bad Cortina offers tranquillity, peace and maximum comfort to its guests.

1926 - the wooden gutter carries the water from the spring

Here everything is fairly remote ... but do not worry about anything, everything is at your fingertips!

Here are just a few examples:

• The cross-country ski run starts a few steps away from the hotel;
• The hotel's ski storage facilities - directly on the slopes - are a few minutes drive with our private shuttle;
• The large public amusement park of San Vigilio is about 200m away;
• Many routes for fantastic walks and excursions start from our hotel

1930s – when, in addition to the baths, ABC was also a farmstead with a hay barn


1930s – village festival during the Fascist era, by the family hay barn


1940s – Aqua Bad Cortina with the bridge, Chidlara and the shooting range (right).

1950s – the mineral baths with the “Chidlara” for playing skittles.


1940 – grandparents Rosina and Rudi; they ran ABC until 1979


1950s – the veranda, now the BIOstaria, and the cars of the first tourists.

1950s – the “Ostaria”, the bar at the time.

1960s, winter – on the right, you can glimpse the place where the mineral water was heated


Early 1960s – Grandfather Rudi with Uncle Alexander.


1970s – celebration at the adjacent “Katharina Lanz” shooting range, with a brass band.

1920s – inauguration of the shooting range with the “Schützen” (local marksmen).


1930s – the adjacent shooting range during the Fascist era, with the village band

1970s – long-standing guests Raffaella and Giuliana Ruzzini, and Donna Angela Lante della Rovere


Late 1980s – “Bad Cortina” became “Bad Corones” for a short period


The bench from those years, still there today, after a downpour


Early 1990s – “Bad Corones” became “Bad Cortina” again.

1997 – the Alberti Mutschlechner family, with Helene, Gianfranco, Barbara, Marella and Nicol


Late 1990s – this is what “Bad Cortina” looked like



2007 – “Sandra” enriches Aqua Bad Cortina – Sofia is born.

2007 – “Bad Cortina” becomes “Aqua Bad Cortina” with a small extension


2024 – this is what ABC looks like today, with the historic “Chidlara” on the left


2024 – the family with Sandra, Nicol, Sofia, Marco, Lisa, Mateo and Moritz