The Queen of the Dolomites, the Alpine Living Room of italy: this is Cortina d'Ampezzo, geographic and turistic heart of the Dolomites and of all the Veneto mountains. Topped by marvellous heights, such as Tofane and Cristallo, Cortina (mt. 1224) spreads in the sunny Ampezzo valley, it can be reached from all directions through marvellous passes, such as the Falzarego Pass, the Giau Pass and the Tre Croci Pass.

In Summer, the main tourist attraction is rapresented by the beauty of these mountains whose pink colour is unmatched in the world and which offer hikers 300 kilometres of tracks and 56 huts. Sports opportunities are boundless, from the traditional ones (tennis, swimming, golf, pitch-and-putt, horse riding, Mtb and many others) to "no limits" ones, such as rafting.

In Winter Cortina offers 110 kilometres of downhill and 58 km of crosscountry ski runs, with endless courses served by 36 skilifts, and it offers various entertainments on the snow and on ice: skating, sledge, walks on the "ciaspe", sleddog,climbing on the ice cascades. And on top of this all, there are the hotel facilites, the shops, the gastronomy, the entertainments, the big sports, and cultural events: a combination that makes Cortina the favourite destination of turists from all over world.