Cortina d’Ampezzo in the Dolomites

15 September 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

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© Snowdog

Cortina d’Ampezzo is a town and comune in the southern (Dolomitic) Alps located in Veneto, a region in Northern Italy. Located in the heart of the Dolomites in an alpine valley, it is a popular winter sport resort known for its ski-ranges, scenery, accommodations, shops and après-ski scene. Much of 1963 classic The Pink Panther, the progenitor of the series, was filmed in Cortina. One of the memorable James Bond stunt sequences in 1981’s For Your Eyes Only, gunners on spike-wheeled motorcycles chasing Roger Moore on skis, was filmed on its slopes, as were several scenes in the film Cliffhanger. It is also known for its jet set and European aristocracy crowd.   read more…

Messner Mountain Museum

20 July 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  10 minutes

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© messner-mountain-museum.it

The Messner Mountain Museum or MMM is a museum project by Italian mountaineer and extreme climber, Reinhold Messner, in South Tyrol in northern Italy. The mountain museum is based at five different locations.   read more…

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