Cortina d'Ampezzo

the classic one-day lift-linked loop of the Sella group, best with a guide to string it clockwise or anticlockwise

the largest ski area on earth on a single card

the Faloria cable car and the Cristallo lifts open Cortina's sun-facing pistes and the famous Staunies/Cristallo terrain across the valley from Tofane

Cortina's legendary powder bowls and ski-touring lines with a qualified guide reading the ARPAV/AINEVA avalanche bulletin — the real Cortina for strong skiers

Cortina's 2026 venues — the women's Alpine Tofane course, the new Cortina Sliding Centre and the curling stadium

watch the world's best women race the classic Olympia delle Tofane speed course each January in a Dolomite amphitheatre

Cortina staged the first televised Winter Olympics; the Olympic ice stadium and heritage trail make a genuine sports-history draw beyond the skiing

the storied hilltop Cristallo, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, with its Dolomite views, indoor pool and full spa

a 132-room refurbished grande-dame minutes from the Faloria cable car, with pool, spa and Dolomite-view suites — contemporary luxury in the town centre

the intimate five-star Rosapetra Spa Resort above town, its spa full of indoor pool, saunas, Mediterranean/Turkish baths and an ice waterfall

the traffic-calmed Corso Italia is Italy's most glamorous mountain shopping street — furs, watches and aperitivo

ride the Freccia nel Cielo for the pale Dolomite towers turning pink at dusk, then a Dolomite-view suite at the Cristallo or Savoia

in late September–early October the larches blaze gold beneath Tofana and Cristallo

a mountain-hut dinner high on the slopes with the peaks under the stars, reached by snowcat or sleigh — Cortina romance beyond the suite

ride the chairlift to the Rifugio Scoiattoli terrace for the pale towers glowing pink-to-violet at dusk over the Ampezzo bowl

restored trenches, gun positions and walkways spread over ~5 km beneath the sculpted Cinque Torri towers, reached by chairlift from Bai de Dones

Cortina sits at the heart of the UNESCO-listed Dolomites — 142,000 hectares of pale-rock peaks

the Olympic ice stadium and 1956 heritage sites tell the story of the first televised Winter Games, now doubled by the 2026 legacy

Cortina is a via-ferrata heartland — cabled routes like Punta Anna and the Tofana lines give big-mountain exposure with a guide and a kit

an accessible, jaw-dropping loop past the Cinque Torri towers to the Rifugio Nuvolau, framing Tofana, Averau and the whole Dolomite skyline

ride the Freccia nel Cielo to Tofana di Mezzo, the third-highest Dolomite peak, for a lift-assisted big-mountain panorama and high trailheads

a guided winter snowshoe through larch and silence to a Dolomite hut for lunch