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Italy's best-known mountain resort, put on the international map when it hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics, is often associated with wealth and sophistication. Long before the Olympics, though, Cortina was attracting European Alpine enthusiasts, who began coming here for stays in the town's first hotels as early as the 1860s. In 1902, Cortina hosted its first ski competitions, and in 1909, the completion of the first road in and out of the town, the magnificent Strada di Dolomiti (built by the Austro-Hungarian military), opened the slopes to more skiers.
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Corso Italia 94
Cortina D'ampezzo 32043 Map Distance: 0.6 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class: 
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Hotel Elephant
Via Rio Bianco, 4
Bressanone/Brizen, Alto Adige I-39042 Map Distance: 26.8 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class: Not Yet Rated
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AttractionsAdrenalin Center & Adventure Park
32043 Cortina d'Ampezzo
Cortina, Italy Distance: 0.6 mi. (from destination center) Description: An adventure park in which guests can traverse mountain bridges, go from tree to tree on zip lines,... Read More
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Cable Car at Passo Falzarego
About 16 miles west of Cortina
Distance: 6.8 mi. (from destination center) Description: Take a cable car at Passa Falzarego to Val Badia, one of the most evocative places in the Dolomites. The passage affords stunning views of the mountains and operates from late May to early November.... Read More
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Lagazoul Tunnels
16 miles west of Cortina, up the Passo Falzarego cable car
Distance: 6.8 mi. (from destination center) Description: A series of tunnels dug into the mountain cliffs during World War I battles.... Read More
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