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Area Overview
Activities Skiing, Snowboarding
City Cortina d'Ampezzo
State Veneto
Country Italy
Season December to April
 
Linked Areas

Al Plan/San Vigilio-Marebbe
Sappada
Val di Fassa

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Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo is the most fashionable ski resort in Italy, near the north-eastern border with Austria.

The village, boasting a thousand-year old remarkable historical background, has nearly 7,000 inhabitants. It attracts visitors from all over the world for its lively international atmosphere, its fashionable shops, and excellent restaurants.

Cortina is also known as the "Regina delle Dolomiti" - Queen of the Dolomites - since it is in the heart of the wonderful Dolomites.

It is surrounded by forests and wide ski slopes, below the towering craggy red rock mountains. It offers something to everyone and most keen skiers will be willing to visit it.

A number of worldwide famous movies have been shot in Cortina. Among them:
Ash Wednesday starring Elizabeth Taylor and Henry Fonda
The Pink Panther starring David Niven and Peter Sellers
For Your Eyes Only starring Roger Moore
VonRyan Express starring Frank Sinatra
Cliffhanger starring Sylvester Stallone

 
Trails and Routes

General:

You can easily reach Cortina by car.

For those who prefer a journey by train the main railway service leaves Venice to Calalzo. From Calalzo there is a coach to Cortina. The whole journey takes 4 hours.

The nearest Airports are Venice, Treviso, Verona, Trieste and Innsbruck.

A transfer service is available during the Winter Season from Venice and Treviso airports, for all guests staying at Cortina's Hotels.

 

Skiing  As for winter sports, alpine ski is not the only international sport that gained Cortina its worldwide fame; there are also an Olympic ski-jump outside the village, a thrilling bobsleigh track where international championships take place every year as well as a new Cross-Country Ski Centre with a teacher's office, ski rental and where it is possible to get information about track conditions.

 
Ski Resort Specifications
Targeted Activities    Skiing, Snowboarding
Season Availability: December to April
Numer of Runs: 300
Total Length of Runs: 7
Difficulty of Runs: black red
Number of Lifts: 175
Lift Capacity: 300
Altitude: 1500-2700 meters
FreeStyle:   FreeStyle Park
Other Specifications:    All facilities
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