Accessibility By road: the principle entrance in the Veneta valley is by highway A27 Mestre - Belluno - Pian di Vedoia. At the end of this road , by the township of Longarone you can enter the state road 51 Alemagna in the direction of Tai di Cadore. Just before the center of this town take the state road 51 bis, using the new circle that boarders Pieve and then after Calalzo, to Lozzo di Cadore. After a bridge follow the state road 52 Carnica, and just before Auronzo, turn right and enter the tunnel Comelico (4 km. long), at the end you are now near S.Stefano di Cadore. Another way to access this area is from the northwest by state road 52 Carnica that comes from Val Punteria and from S.Candido. The access to this area from Friuli - Venezia - Giulia and from Carnia is by way of state road 355 Val Degano. By train: Calalo di Cadore station is the final station of the line Padoa-Belluno and Venice - Ponte nelle Alpi. From Calalzo there are connections by bus with Comelico. San Candido is also connected with Bolzano and the Austrian border. From S.Candido you can reach Comelico by bus. Airport: Venice airport is well served thanks to the approach road to highway A27.

Historical information The first colonizing people moved into "Tresaga", a neighborhood of Transacqua, starting the actual living area. Transiga gave birth to many famous people: leaders, Bishops, Ambassadors and Public Notaries. According to the scholar Giuseppe Ciani, in the year 589, the first church of the Comelico area was founded: S.Stefano, that now holds the painting by Cristoforo Manforti (The last supper- L'ultima cena).From 1420 to 1797 S.Stefano was under the dominion of the Serenissima Republic of Venice

Useful information This is the administrative town of all the Comelico area. It is 908 m. above sea level, and it is surrounded by many important dolomite (Mount Tudaio 2140 m - Crissin 2503 m - Aiarnola 2456 m - Pupera 2513 m) and by beautiful conifers woods and large green fields. Now it is also the largest commercial area of the Comelico. This county is made up by the villages of Campolongo, Costalissoio and Casada. There are 3008 residence. Postal code 32045 Area code 0435 City hall (Municipio) - 0435.62305 Tourist Information Office S.Stefano - 0435.62230 Tourist Promotional Office Val Visdende - 0435.420526 Police Station (Caserma Carabinieri) - 0435.62200 Fire Department (Vigili del Fuoco) - 0435.62200 Health office 0435.62382 Alpine first aid - 0435.99117 Road First aid - 0435.62311 Forestry - 0435.460011 Italian Alpine Club C.A.I. Sig. Fait - 0435.62648 Pharmacy Europea - 0435.62266