Sèn Jan (Fassa Valley)
Once past Karerpass, travelling in the direction of Vigo di Fassa, now Sèn Jan (about 8 km), you come to the village of Tamion.
Tamion is a precious architectural village with an incredible view of the Sassolungo group, Buffaure and Cima Dodici. Its small church houses Ladin treasures.
Immediately afterwards comes Vallonga.
Vallonga is one of the oldest and most picturesque towns in the Fassa Valley. It was founded during the Middle Ages at the same time as the more famous villages on the valley floor. Initially it was only a small shepherds’ hostel, and only later did it take on the characteristics of a small village, when the parish church of San Giovanni Nepomuceno was built, dating back to around the 18th century.
Vallonga was the destination of the traditional annual Welschnofen, which punctually took place every 16th May. This tradition was only abolished in 1914, a few years before the First World War at the dawn of the conflict between Austria and Italy.
About two kilometres after Vallonga you reach Vigo di Fassa, the terminus of the 180 and an intermodal site for those who wish to continue by public transport in the direction of Canazei or in the opposite direction in the direction of Cavalese, Val di Cembra, Trento, or Passo San Lugano towards Alto Adige.
Vigo di Fassa (Vich in Ladin) is a hamlet of 1252 inhabitants in San Giovanni di Fassa in the province of Trento, located in the Val di Fassa, on the right-hand side of the Avisio river, in an elevated position with respect to state road 48 of the Dolomites; the centre of the town is crossed by state road 241 of the Eggental, which crosses the Karerpass to Bolzano: the two roads join at San Giovanni. The first historical records of Vigo di Fassa, as of almost all other centres in the Val di Fassa, date back to the Middle Ages, although the first human traces in the area date back to the Palaeolithic period.
