Alta Badia in the Dolomites offers hiking, biking and mountain-side restaurants, and a handy year-round flight to a nearby city
Tiramisu or kaiserschmarrn, a dish of shredded pancake, with apple jam? I pondered the decision as my gaze slipped from the menu to the magnificent peachy-yellow slabs of mountain spilling down from our restaurant-perch to the villages below.
In this corner of the world, no matter which dessert you chose, you would feel like you were sticking your spoon into a piece of regional culture.Here you’re just as likely to find schnitzel on a menu as pizza and guten tag is a perfectly acceptable greeting. Many residents consider themselves distinct from both countries, some speaking the regional language, Ladin.
When we finally got to La Villa, one of the villages in the Alta Badia area, it all seemed worth it. The snow-dusted slopes I remembered had transformed into undulating shamrock-green alpine pastures tinkling with cowbells.“In winter, there’s just skiing, whereas there’s hiking, road biking, mountain biking, and gravel biking,” said Francesco Biondini, who was leading our cycling tour .
As we drifted to the ground, I was already resolving to look up SkyAlps tickets for next year. There are few destinations I have on my list to tick off in all four seasons – but the Dolomites is at the top.Suspect named after Trump targeted in apparent assassination attempt Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, has been named by US media as the suspect who was arrested after fleeing in a black SUV
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