Cortina d'Ampezzo Attractions
The internationally renowned tourist center of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy's most popular winter sports resort, lies at the eastern end of the Strada delle Dolomiti in a wide valley enclosed by the high peaks of the Dolomites. The Winter Olympics 1956 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Since hosting the Winter Olympics in 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo has become known as the Italian ski resort for the jet set. Expensive furs and fancy cars with shops to match dot the town that boasts a picturesque center and access to three separate ski areas. A haven for beginners and intermediates, the town is flanked by two mountain ridges with Mount Cristallo (a 9,613-foot peak) and Faloria (at 7,690 feet) to the east and Tofana (9,317 feet) and Pocol and Socrepes (7,487 feet) to the west. These areas are linked by bus and taxi but schedules are not necessarily that convenient so skiers tend to pick an area for a morning or afternoon or the entire day and try another area the next day.
Cortina is also connected with the Dolimiti Superski lift ticket. Experts don't have much terrain in this fragmented resort but the 52 lifts offer almost 150kms of groomed runs usually with relatively short lift lines outside peak periods.
Since hosting the Winter Olympics in 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo has become known as the Italian ski resort for the jet set. Expensive furs and fancy cars with shops to match dot the town that boasts a picturesque center and access to three separate ski areas. A haven for beginners and intermediates, the town is flanked by two mountain ridges with Mount Cristallo (a 9,613-foot peak) and Faloria (at 7,690 feet) to the east and Tofana (9,317 feet) and Pocol and Socrepes (7,487 feet) to the west. These areas are linked by bus and taxi but schedules are not necessarily that convenient so skiers tend to pick an area for a morning or afternoon or the entire day and try another area the next day.
Cortina is also connected with the Dolimiti Superski lift ticket. Experts don't have much terrain in this fragmented resort but the 52 lifts offer almost 150kms of groomed runs usually with relatively short lift lines outside peak periods.
Parish Church
In the Corso Italia, the lively main street of Cortina (pedestrian precinct), is the fine parish church (18th century), with ceiling paintings and wall paintings in the choir by Franz Anton Zeiller (1774) and an altar dedicated to the Virgin by Andrea Brustolon (1724).
Capanna Tondi di Faloria
From the bus station a cableway leads via Mandres (1,480m/4,884ft) to the Rifugio Faloria (2,123m/7,006ft) and from there to the Capanna Tondi di Faloria (2,327m/7,679ft).
Casa de Ra Regoles
A short distance southeast, in the Casa de Ra Regoles, are the Mario Rimoldi Collection (contemporary art) and the Museum (fossils; material of folk interest), with works by De Chirico, De Pisis, Guttuso, Morandi. Farther southeast, by the cemetery, is the beautiful Baroque church of the Madonna della Difesa.
Forcella Pomedes
There is a chair-lift from Campo Corono (1,220m/4,026ft) via Colfiere (1,462m/4,825ft) to the Col Drusciè; two parallel lifts from Rumerlo (1,678m/5,537ft) via the Rifugio Duca d'Aosta (2,098m/6,923ft) to the Forcella Pomedes (2,282m/7,531ft; mountain hut).
Ice Stadium
To the north of Cortina is the Olympic Ice Stadium (Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio) with a memorial to the French geologist Dieudonneà Dolomieu (1750-1801), after whom the Dolomites are named.
Gestione Impianti Sportivi di Cortina (Cortina's Facilities Management)
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Via dello Stadio 1
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Olympic Ski-Jump
To the south of the town, on the road to Pieve di Cadore, a little way off, to the right, is the Olympic ski-jump (Trampolino Olimpico di Salto "Italia").
Gestione Impianti Sportivi di Cortina (Cortina's Facilities Management)
Via dello Stadio 1
I-32043 Cortina d'Ampezzo
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Via dello Stadio 1
I-32043 Cortina d'Ampezzo
Italy
Pocol-Belvedere
From the Piazza Roma (near the parish church), a cableway leads to Pocol-Belvedere (Belvedere on the Crepa; 1,539m/5,079ft); the hotel complex of Pocol rises above the valley of Cortina d'Ampezzo.
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Rifugio Mietres
A chair-lift from Guargnè (1,304m/4,303ft) goes via the Col Tondo (1,437m/4,742ft) to the Rifugio Mietres (1,710m/5,643ft).
