This comprehensive guide, covers all aspects of the area
- history, legends, customs, food, art & architecture, transport & other practicalities. Detailed plans of the major towns & villages include locations of places to stay & eat; separate index entries list over 150 recommended restaurants. Each chapter covers a specific area, with detailed information about the various towns & villages
- from the `sights` to lift opening times & prices. The 24 main walks are described in the same chapters, with topo maps. But the book also describes dozens of other walking & cycling route in detail. In addition to the eastern Dolomites (east of the A22 motorway) rising in the provinces of South Tyrol, Trento & Belluno, the book covers an area outside the Dolomites
- the eastern part of South Tyrol. The bordering cities of Bozen/ Bolzano, Brixen/ Bressanone & Bruneck/ Brunico are also described, with town plans. (The book does not take in the Brenta Dolomites west of the A22 motorway.)