Slopes and more
Cortina d’Ampezzo’s elegance is practically inexhaustible. Fashions come and go, but this grande dame of Europe’s great ski resorts still reigns as the queen of the Dolomites. Like its French and Swiss counterparts, Megève and St Moritz, Cortina exudes old-school glamour and attracts people more interested in shopping and strolling than actually skiing. But for those of us who do enjoy skiing as much as these other activities that means blissfully empty slopes – and in a setting that is, quite simply, spectacular.
The Dolomites are astonishing, their jagged coral peaks looking distinctly otherworldly against the white snow and vivid blue skies. Their shapes – as if someone had come along with a giant cleaver and hacked away willy-nilly – are unlike anything else you would find in the Alps, and
