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From Padua to Sappada

From Padua to Sappada you enter from Veneto. The A27 motorway ends at Pian di Vedoia, and that is where the slow part of the journey begins: about 80 min between Cadore and Comelico, with the Comelico tunnel and the last kilometres along the Piave.

Times measured on 6 October 2026, by car, without traffic

By car

about2 h 55 min

By road
188 km
On a clear road
2 h 28 min
You enter by
Cadore and Comelico, from Veneto
Measured from
Prato della Valle

The cautious estimate is the routing engine's time plus fifteen per cent, rounded up to five minutes.

The route

The road, stretch by stretch

  • Udine1 h 50 min
  • Villach2 h 20 min
  • Tarvisio
  • Zoncolan
  • Forni di Sopra
  • Piancavallo
  • Cortina
  • Tolmezzo
  • Belluno
  • Lienz
  • San Candido (Innichen)
  • Calalzo di Cadore
  • Klagenfurt
  • Carnia exit · A2375 min
  • End of the A27 · Pian di Vedoia80 min
  • 1
  • 3
  • 5
  • 6
  • Sappada

Relief calculated from Copernicus DEM GLO-30 elevations (© DLR and Airbus, provided by the European Union and ESA). Roads and borders © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. The times beside the cities are the cautious estimate to Sappada.

  1. DeparturePaduaabout 2 h 55 min left188 km
  2. As far as the mountainsA4 · A27A4 towards Venice, then A27 to the end of the motorway, at Pian di Vedoia.
  3. You leave the motorwayEnd of the A27 · Pian di Vedoiaabout 80 min left64 kmThe signs read “Cadore, Dolomiti, Cortina”.
  4. Longaroneabout 75 min left57 km
  5. Pieve di Cadoreabout 50 min left35 km
  6. Calalzo di Cadoreabout 45 min left33 km
  7. TunnelComelico tunnelClosed to all every night from 22:00 to 6:00, by order until 31 December 2026.
  8. Santo Stefano di Cadoreabout 20 min left12 km
  9. ArrivalSappadaThe town hall, in Borgata Bach: it is the arrival point of all the measurements.

From the end of the A27 to Sappada

From the end of the motorway you follow the SS51 “di Alemagna” through Longarone to Tai di Cadore. There you take the SS51 bis through Pieve di Cadore, Calalzo, Domegge and Lozzo, and then the SS52 “Carnica”, which leads through the Comelico tunnel to Santo Stefano di Cadore. The last kilometres are on the SR355, climbing along the Piave through the Acquatona gorge.

Where to stop

After Longarone the towns along the road are Pieve di Cadore, Calalzo, where the railway station is, and Santo Stefano di Cadore, where the road coming down from the Passo di Monte Croce di Comelico also arrives. Beside each name you will find how much is left to Sappada.

The times beside the villages are the cautious estimate from there to Sappada's town hall (OSRM measurements of 6 October 2026).

Before setting off

What to know about this road

Closed at nightComelico tunnel

The Comelico tunnel is closed to all vehicles every night, from 22:00 to 6:00, seven days a week: this is set by an order valid until 31 December 2026, and the night-time works are expected to last at least until 2028. If you leave in the evening you must pass before 22:00, or allow for the detour over the Passo di Sant'Antonio, from Auronzo, which is longer and slower. In peak periods, so far, it has stayed open at night too (at Easter and from 7 to 24 August 2026), but that is not a written rule. By day you pass on two narrow lanes, at reduced speed. From 15 November to 15 April you need winter tyres, or snow chains on board.

Read on 7 October 2026The state of every road and every pass

Without a car

As long as the Calalzo railway is closed, that is until 12 December 2026, by public transport from Padua it takes from four and a half hours upwards, with two changes: a train to Belluno, a replacement bus to Calalzo, a scheduled bus to Sappada. The last useful connection of the day leaves around midday.

Airports, trains and buses

The same journey

From Padua to the other resorts

From Padua, among the six resorts compared, Sappada is fourth by travel time. The closest is Piancavallo.

From Padua, by car: cautious estimate (the bar), the routing engine's time on a clear road and kilometres by road. In order of time.
ResortCautious estimateOn a clear roadBy road
Piancavallo2 h 10 min1 h 52 min134 km
Cortina d'Ampezzo2 h 40 min2 h 17 min181 km
Forni di Sopra2 h 45 min2 h 20 min185 km
Sappada2 h 55 min2 h 28 min188 km
Tarvisio3 h2 h 36 min246 km
Ravascletto · Zoncolan3 h 05 min2 h 38 min225 km

The full comparison between the resorts: prices, pistes, altitude

  1. Piancavallo: about 2 h 10 min by car, 134 km by road, 94 km as the crow flies
  2. Cortina d'Ampezzo: about 2 h 40 min by car, 181 km by road, 128 km as the crow flies
  3. Forni di Sopra: about 2 h 45 min by car, 185 km by road, 126 km as the crow flies
  4. Sappada: about 2 h 55 min by car, 188 km by road, 144 km as the crow flies
  5. Tarvisio: about 3 h by car, 246 km by road, 180 km as the crow flies
  6. Ravascletto · Zoncolan: about 3 h 05 min by car, 225 km by road, 149 km as the crow flies
The region redrawn around Padua: the direction is the true one, the distance from the centre is the driving time (cautious estimate).
The Sappada basin seen from above Borgata Bach: the roofs of the hamlet, the meadow plain, the forest and, behind, the still snow-covered peaks of the Clap group.
Real footage · Sappada
Above Bach, looking south: the hamlet, the plain, the Col dei Mughi ski run at the end of the season; on the left the flank of Monte Siera, on the right the Creton di Culzei and Creton di Clap.

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