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Cortina d'Ampezzo / Village
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A stay in Cortina d’Ampezzo is one of the chicest
ski experiences you can have. The elegant town, 1200m up in the heart
of the Dolomites has an imposing campanile towering above the extensive
pedestrianised centre and a series of stylish, trendy coffee shops,
restaurants, quality hotels and boutiques. A visit to an outdoor gear
shop here could result in a Gucci purchase as easily as The North Face.
There’s an extensive Italian clientele, which makes the whole scene all
the more authentic for visitors from elsewhere, with extended families
enjoying the passegiata, well wrapped in furs. Most of these visitors
don’t even come to ski and even those who do will spend as much time
off slope as on. Staggering along in ski boots at six in the evening,
you’ll feel very under-dressed and will definitely not slot into the
refined après-ski scene in the wine-bars, where there’s no dancing to
speak of, never mind on the tables.
The town layout is initially confusing when arriving by car – the one way circuit twists and turns up the hill and back down again, and missing your turn-off to one of the ski areas or an outlying hotel means a lengthy repeat of the loop. The town is on fairly steeply sloping ground and of reasonable size, so you shouldn’t count on walking to the two ski lifts which leave from the outskirts; as for the further outlying areas, you’ll definitely need to get a bus. The key issue when choosing lodgings is for town centre access – stay in the centre and enjoy relaxed strolls and casual, impromptu nightlife rather than having to make an expedition of it. Then by day you can easily reach any of the ski areas from your nearest bus stop.
The town layout is initially confusing when arriving by car – the one way circuit twists and turns up the hill and back down again, and missing your turn-off to one of the ski areas or an outlying hotel means a lengthy repeat of the loop. The town is on fairly steeply sloping ground and of reasonable size, so you shouldn’t count on walking to the two ski lifts which leave from the outskirts; as for the further outlying areas, you’ll definitely need to get a bus. The key issue when choosing lodgings is for town centre access – stay in the centre and enjoy relaxed strolls and casual, impromptu nightlife rather than having to make an expedition of it. Then by day you can easily reach any of the ski areas from your nearest bus stop.
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