The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology houses an ancient mummy named ... Olena Malik/Getty Images. ... The most convenient way to reach the “gateway to the Dolomites” from within Italy is by rail.

Photograph by Getty Images. 2. ... Stargaze in some of Italy’s clearest skies. The Dolomites glow in shades of lavender and rose at dusk, ... Trentino and South Tyrol offer 12 golf courses, ...

Formerly part of Austria-Hungary, South Tyrol was annexed by Italy after World War I. The region “was pretty brutally Italianized in the early 1920s,” said Diana Garvin, an assistant professor ...

That's because South Tyrol was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until 1918, when it was annexed to Italy. The Dolomites also offer some of the most incredible mountain scenery in Europe, with ...