"Cortina D'Ampezzo's winter sports pedigree is up there with St Moritz, initially as a scenic spot for blue-blooded types, then by the 1950s, as a fully-fledged winter playground for a thumping medley of European elites and Hollywood bigwigs. Sophia Loren opened the first Winter Olympics here, 1973's Ash Wednesday starring Elizabeth Taylor was filmed here, and Roger Moore fled down Cortina's slopes in the 1981 James Bond, For Your Eyes Only, pursued by John Whyman as KGB baddy Eric Kriegler."
"Despite its starry appeal, the chic Romans, Venetians, and a few Milanese (the latter mainly cross the border to St Moritz) are Cortina's mainstay, hunkering down in heirloom chalets for long weekends on the slopes or parading along the Corso Italia in their winter finery (the nonnas typically in head-to-toe mink). They were clipped onto skis before they could walk and glide down Cortina's scenic pistes like swans, pecking at cured meats and dumplings en route in family-run mountain huts such as Rifugio Pomedes"
Cortina d'Ampezzo blends a storied celebrity past and enduring Italian authenticity with high-end leisure and serious skiing. Elite visitors and film history have long marked the resort, while local Roman, Venetian and Milanese families remain the core clientele, staying in heirloom chalets and parading Corso Italia in winter finery. Mountain huts serve cured meats, dumplings and homemade pasta between scenic piste runs. Non-ski options include designer shopping and grand hotel spas with Dolomite views. The ski domain offers over 140 km of generally snow-sure runs across Faloria-Cristallo, Cinque Torri-Laqazuoi and Tofana-Socrepes.
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