From 16 to 21 February - Corso Italia

Carnival celebrations with music, sport, cabaret, masks, costumes and the best of local gastronomy. A rich programme of events, making this the most colourful celebration of the year.

In order to make the purchase of the ski pass for the 2011/2012 winter season easier and more convenient, we provide you with the new "HOTEL SKIPASS SERVICE". The ski pass you are looking for can be purchased easily online at no additional cost (expect senior and junior ski passes as well as free ski passes for children up to 8 years), with payment by credit card.

 After making the payment, the program will generate a code that will be sent to the customer and to the booked accommodation. The host will collect the ski pass from the point of sell and deliver it to the customer at the hotel pontechiesa upon arrival, thus saving the guest an extra trip to the sales office.

Dobbiaco-Cortina Grand Cross Country Skiing Competition

4-5 February 2012
After its historical 30th anniversary two years ago, this year the international cross-country skiing competition will take place along the pathway that follows the stretch of the Dobbiaco-Cortina railway, which was put out ofservice in 1962.

Since its beginning, each year the first weekend of February has seen a repetition of this ritual, to the joy of hundreds of cross-country skiers. On Saturday there will be 30 kilometres of free style skiing, while on Sunday ski enthusiasts can let themselves go on the 42-kilometre marathon.

19/25 of February 2012 - Lake Misurina

Nestled between Mount Sorapis and the Three Peaks of Lavaredo, Lake Misurina is the picturesque stage for one of the most eagerly awaited events in the international Winter Polo calendar; Cortina Winter Polo on Snow 2012.

As per tradition, the soft carpet of snow is transformed into playing fields for the Cortina Winter Polo, a tournament which in terms of charm and spectacle, has no equal in the world.

An activity that is decidedly exciting for those who want to get away from the crowded slopes and plunge into a world of silence. Exactly like that of the Ampezzo Dolomites, with their magnificent extents of sunlit snow, their woods and fauna, the protected area of the Parco Natural Park and the certainty of being able to enjoy the splendid scenes that nature has to offer. Alpine skiing, which involves going up with sealskin on your skis to descend along virgin slopes, restores skis to their primary function as a means of transport for moving around on the snow. The right way to combine the pleasure of an excursion on foot with the passion for skiing

On an International level, Cortina d’ Ampezzo - the Queen of the Dolomites - is one of the most charming and sought-after Alpine destinations. Cortina is sited in the North of Veneto, 1224 meters above sea level. It is set in an ample valley surrounded by meadows and forests, and by the superb Ampezzo Dolomites, whose highest peaks exceed 3000 meters, Tofane, Cristallo, Sorapis, Pomagagnon, Lagazuoi to name a few.
Its protected nature and mild climate, its history and the many cultural events it hosts, its tradition and sports events, its elegant shops and lively cafés, the warmth of its hotels have made it worth ranking in the “Best of the Alps” European group that awards a quality mark to the most famous and exclusive mountain resorts. 
Today Cortina has a population of 7,000. It was home to the 1956 Winter Olympic Games and it still stages numerous sports events like the National Ice Hockey Championship, the European Ski Championships, the ski, bobsled and curling World Cups. 
A must see is Ra Ciasa de ra Regoles, with its ”Mario Rimoldi” Modern Art Gallery and the Ampezzo Etnographic Museum, and near the Alexander Girardi Convention Hall the “Rinaldo Zardini” Paleontological Museum. Cortina also hosts various art and local crafts shows. The small churches in Cortina villages will surprise you with their old family crests, and so will the frescoes on Corso Italia buildings.  The places where the Great War was fought: The Museums at Cinque Torri and Piccolo Lagazuoi, the Tre Sassi Great War Museum. Do not miss the "Cortina incontra il Palalexus" program, or the lectures and concerts at the Alexander Hall.