In reply to ian caton:
4 years ago 2 of us with 1 tent (no electricity) paid £40 per night for a campsite just outside Canazei. This was only slightly more than the one in Canazei which we couldn't always get on because it was often full. There may be more expensive campsites out there somewhere but by any normal reckoning that's extortionate.
Elsewhere in the Dolomites campsites are a bit cheaper, they're just expensive but the fact there is a chronic shortage around Canazei and the local powers won't allow the building of more sites so that the existing ones can charge extortionate prices speaks volumes for the way Italy works (or rather doesn't work).
Anyway, the good news is they can't be arsed to enforce the rules about wild camping. Presumably the police aren't being "paid" enough to enforce that one.
Post edited at 11:05