Who never wanted to take a winter holiday trip to the inside of a chocolate box painting, or maybe a 007 snowy landscape backdrop? (Minus all the explosions and chase scenes on the ski slopes, of course.) In Cortina d’Ampezzo, a beautiful valley city with over a thousand years of history, home of the majestic Queen of the Dolomites Alps, you can!

Marmolada, also known as Queen of the Dolomites, is the reigning and highest mountain in the Dolomite Alps, one of the most sought-after winter destinations and ski slopes in the world. Nestled right at the heart of these Dolomite Alps sits the kind of Italian, kind of Austrian, kind of Ladin historic small town of Cortina d’Ampezzo, located in the region of Veneto, in Northern Italy.