A small resort nestled in the Ampezzo Valley, with a thousand-year-old history and a long tradition as a popular tourist destination.
With its picturesque old town and wonderful views, Cortina d’Ampezzo is the perfect destination for those looking for a cultural holiday as well as outdoor lovers.
Illustrious scientists, geologists and emperors are among the first guests of the village’s four inns.
The first intrepid mountaineers arrive from Austria, Belgium and England, to discover the most inaccessible peaks.
Austrian mountaineer Paul Grohmann publishes the book Wanderungen in den Dolomiten (Hiking in the Dolomites) which increases Cortina's popularity among explorers and geologists.
Tourists have the choice of 25 hotels and 10 exclusive villas with over 20,000 overnight stays.
With the Winter Olympic Games broadcast live on TV for the first time in Italy, Cortina cements itself as a prestigious destination.
The name Cortina d’Ampezzo was given after the First World War. The residential nucleus built in the centre of the Ampezzo Valley was named Cortina, which means closed or fenced locality.
Since ancient times in the valley, where the Parish Church can be found today, there was a cemetery surrounded by a wall: for this reason, the place was called Cortina, meaning cemetery in Ladin.
Ampezzo is the specification of Cortina and originates from the Latin amplus, wide, in reference to the Boite Valley, more extensive here than in other areas.
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Cortina Marketing is the Official Tourism Board for promotion, communication and territorial marketing of the Queen of the Dolomites. It is part of the Società Servizi Ampezzo Unipersonale Srl, a subsidiary of the Municipality of Cortina d’Ampezzo.
