Excerpted From A Client Roadbook
The Dolomites · Italy · Free By Email

One perfect day on the Passo Giau.

The route, the timing that beats the crowds, the GPS photo stops, and where to eat at 2,255 meters — one complete driving day, lifted from a real Seren Mont roadbook.

A Porsche Taycan parked beneath the Sella towers in the Dolomites
62 km
One Loop
2 Passes
Giau & Falzarego
29
Numbered Hairpins
07:30
The Departure Rule
The Day

Two mountain passes before lunch. Back for an aperitivo.

A single loop out of Cortina d’Ampezzo — over the Passo Giau at first light, down through Selva di Cadore, up past the Castello di Andraz to the Falzarego, and lunch above the Cinque Torri.

CORTINA1,224 m · 07:30 PASSO GIAU2,236 m · 08:15 SELVA DI CADORE1,335 m PASSO FALZAREGO2,105 m · 11:30 CINQUE TORRILunch at altitude CORTINAReturn · 16:30
The actual elevation profile from the roadbook — every timing chosen for empty roads and morning light.
The Document

This is a page from the real thing.

Every Seren Mont journey arrives with a roadbook — route drawn, timing set, tables reserved, car staged. These are three of its eight pages, exactly as a client receives them.

Roadbook cover — One Perfect Day on the Passo Giau
The Cover
Route page with elevation profile and timed itinerary
The Route & Timing
Photography from the driver's seat on the Passo Giau
Shot On Route
What’s Inside

Everything you need to drive it tomorrow.

The Route

Leg by leg, from the driver’s seat

The SP638 climb, the 29 numbered hairpins, the fast sweepers of the Falzarego — with gear, pace, and surface notes for each leg.

The Timing

The 07:30 rule

Why leaving Cortina at half past seven means an empty summit and first light on Ra Gusela — and what the pass looks like two hours later.

The Photographs

GPS-marked photo stops

Exact coordinates and the right hour for the frames worth stopping for, including the ones most drivers pass without noticing.

The Tables

Lunch at 2,255 meters

Two rifugi above the Cinque Torri — one for the terrace facing the Tofane, one for century-old Ampezzo cooking — with coordinates for both.

The Machine

Vehicle notes for these roads

Which tier suits the hairpins and which suits the full week — the same guidance we give when matching a car to a client’s journey.

The Stay

Where the day begins and ends

Our Cortina benchmark and how stays are matched to each journey — chosen for the drive, not the chandelier count.

Tarik, founder of Seren Mont, on route at Passo Gardena
Every Road Driven First
“I drove these roads before Seren Mont existed. The Giau is on a very short list — and this roadbook is exactly how I’d hand it to a client.”
— Tarik · Founder, Seren Mont
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