Standing proudly with its sharp peaks and breathtaking scenery, the Dolomites are a destination at odds with the expected ...

The Italian Dolomites are rich in legends – dwarves, witches, ogres and dragons are said to stomp about the slopes, ... studying a tattered road map through a cloud of cigar smoke.

From ski trips to scenic drives, these are the top things to do in Italy's Dolomite Mountains. Jona Bastian / Getty Images The Dolomites — a mountain range in Northern Italy that covers roughly ...

Right before entering town, a road sign reads “Bon azeto,” welcome in Ladin, the ancient language spoken only by an estimated 30,000 inhabitants in the Dolomites.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy - Raniero Campigotto, the owner of a mountain hut nearly 7,000 feet up in the Dolomites range, has resigned himself to the impossibility of serving dinner without ...

The Dolomites—meaning pale mountains—span a vast area of 6,000 square miles, over 2000 mountains and hug Austria to the north (the South Tyrol was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy - Raniero Campigotto, the owner of a mountain hut almost 7,000 feet up in the Dolomites range, ... The road then rises to Campigotto's Col Gallina rifugio ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Raniero Campigotto, the owner of a mountain hut nearly 7,000 feet up in the Dolomites range, has resigned himself to the impossibility of serving dinner without ...