Alleghe Resort

Take to the slopes up or down around this fab Italian skiing, climbing and touring region, climbing some of the 100+ south-facing routes of Marmolada in summer, taking its 12-kilometre La Bellunese trail snowily downwards in winter, or just touring the area's many mountain passes in all weathers by foot, pedal, motorbike or car. Adrenaline seekers can up the ante even further from the ski slopes by tackling Monte Civetta, Alleghe's tallest peak up to a height of 3,220 metres, or have a hair-raising ride on the Zipline San Tomaso, swinging 160 metres eight kilometres away. The main village in the Alta Badia ski resort, Corvara, can be reached in 35 kilometres, worth the drive if you're serious about your skiing for the Dolomiti Superski, the biggest ski carousel in the world. Other ski resorts within about the same distance include Canazei (34 kilometres), Moena (36 kilometres) and Cortina d'Ampezzo (39 kilometres). Bolzano, the biggest city in Italy's South Tyrol province, is 80 kilometres away.