Top 10 Ski Resorts in Italy

The most well-known Italian ski resort Cortina d'Ampezzo still is liked by rich and famous, but it is harder to spot them walking in the public places, as their social life switched to closed parties, and friends meetings in closed private properties.
The development of small alpine village into the most popular and worldwide known Italian ski resort Cortina (1224 m) started some 160 years ago with tourists who choose Cortina as a starting point for alpine walks into the magnificent peaks of Dolomites. The resort modeled after St.Moritz in Switzerland open the slopes for quite a number skiers at the beginning of the 20th century.
In 1956 Cortina hosted Winter Olympics, and since that time many regular FIS downhill competitions, cross-country marathons, and some exotic ones like Winter Polo on Snow.
Numerous pictures were made here, most noticeable James Bond movies with Lazenby, and Roger Moore, who quite often goes back to Cortina.

As there is only one queen, Madonna di Campiglio has to stop on the title 'the pearl'.
It is located in separated part of Dolomites called 'Gruppo di Brenta' and it is incorporated in Skirama ski area with neighbouring villages and Passo Tonale which features Presena Glacier.
Among the visitors in Madonna stayed Princess Sissi and the Emperor Franz Josef,
and recently Michael Schumacher and Naomi Campbell.

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One of Europe's highest ski resorts Cervinia is named after the spectacular mountain, which by Italians is called Monte Cervino ( 4 478 m ) . Swiss people looking from their side named the mountain Matterhorn and ski there in the famous ski resort Zermatt. Both Zermatt and Cervinia are lift connected and made one international ski area with three big glaciers, 350 km of downhill runs and plenty of possibilities for off-piste skiing, alpine skiing and heliski.

The biggest town in Alta Valtellina with ancient Roman hot springs spa history features the new facilities in Bormio 2000 ski area, which hosted several top world competitions
and quite often serves as a training base for Italian sport teams. Neighbour town Livigno lost the image of mega savings in its Duty-Free zone ( which became obsolete after access to EU ) and attracts the tourists with its apre ski night life.

Several downhill runs are open for 'midnight skiing' also for ordinary skiers.

Once the ski resort known only among Italian upper class, became world famous after Winter Olympics Torino 2006.
The facilities around Sestriere include ski jumps, bob runs, snowpark, all in the ski area with 'catchy' name Via Lattea - Milky way.

It is hard to imagine a better location in the Dolomites.The highest mountain in Dolomites with possibility to ski on Marmolada glacier on one side of Arabba, and on the other side link to famous Sella Ronda ( a chain of ski lifts and slopes around Sella mountain range ) which is connected to other ski regions: Alta Badia, Val Gardena and Val di Fassa.
Also half an hour drive from Arabba there is THE ski resort Cortina. Snow and sun conditions - perfect, like in the other parts of Dolomites.

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