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Spotlight On.... The Alps in Italy
Winter Sports - Skiing in Italy
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The Italian Alps:
The Alps are loved by everyone: by sports enthusiasts the eager wait for the winter months in order to get out onto the downhill slopes or to slide around the upland plains on the cross-country ski circuits; by the mountaineers who go up in summer to almost inaccessible paths taht take them to within an inch of infinity; by nature-lovers who can explore the parks, right down to the families and the children who can enjoy the wonderful Italian hospitality in the myriad villages, have fun in the intelligently-designed leisure facilities and savor the splendid cuisine. The Italian mountains are for everyone - a marvelous place in all the seasons of the year.
Six Italian Regions overlooking the Alps: Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Trentino - Alto Adige and Friuli Venezia Giulia.
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The Aosta Valley
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If you like skiing, the Aosta Valley provides the highest excitement in Europe. There is outstanding scenery consisting of huge Alpine glaciers, from the Gran Paradiso to the Matterhorn, and from Mont Blanc, to Monte Rosa. In The Aosta Valley, you can go up to very high altitudes using modern skilifts, and enjoy spectacular views, with downhill pistes that are always practicable and suitable for experts and beginners alike. Then there are the cross-country
skiing circuits, the ice-scating rinks and, in summer, lots of itineraries for those who like walking and those who prefer pedaling on a mountain bike, as well as all kinds of sports facilities. www.regione.vda.it/turismo/default_e.asp |
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Lombardy
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Passion, nature and tradition. Here, there is a strong tourist tradition based on many decades of experience, thanks to entrepreneurs who were pioneers in the sector and who thus triggered off the processes essential for bringing about good
good economic growth, and thanks also to the enchanting scenery of solitary mountain peaks and broad meadows, impenetrable woods and orderly vineyards. Lombardy invites you to visit it, and have a holiday enjoying the many aspects of a lush enviroment, where the big metropolises and the mountain villages are just a stone's throw away from each other. www.lombardiadautore.regione.lombardia.it |
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Veneto
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Veneto is characterized by an alpine area of great natural beauty and Tre Cime di Laverdo and the extraordnary and unique natural ampphitheater of Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Dolomites are the icing on the cake. But there are numerous other localities in the mountainous area of Veneto which am well-loved by vacationer and of great environmental beauty such as Cadore,Valle d'Ampezzo, Comelico, Marmolada and Mit Cristallo, to mention only a few of the better known areas. These localities are paradise for lovers of winter sport but they are also ideal for quiet holidays during the summer months. |
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Alto Adige
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Alto Adige is the most northern region of Italy, in the heart of the eastern Alps. With valleys and mountains unfolding continuously, its landscape presents a varied aspect, from the mountainous zone of Ortles-Cevedale, (Solda, Trafoi, Val Martello) to the pale peaks of the Dolomites and to the porphyry walls of Bassa Atesina. A dominant and majestic scene of the South Tryolean Alps is constituded by the Dolomites. A third of the territory is protected under strict landscape and evironmental laws, which is guaranty and a promise of interesting walks across the following Parks:
Scilliar/Schelern, Puez/Odle/Puez-Geisher, Monte Corno/Trudner Horn,Dolomites of Sesto/Sextner Dolomites, Vedrette di Rics/Riesen-femer, Sarentine Alps/Santaler Alps and the National Stelvio/Stilfser Park . www.suedtirol.info |
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Friuli Venezia Giulia
The Alpine territory includes: theCarnia, one of the best preserved ares in the Alps; the Travisto area contains the Julian Alps. Piancavallo, near Aviano, is one of the best equipped and modern skiing resorts in the Alps.
Piedmont
The history of the Piedmont mountains is a very ancient one,of shining peaks and routes of communication between different peoples and nations: it is the crossing-places, rather than the summits, that have been intrumental in the fate of the Alps, determining the social, cultural and economic evolution of its population.
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Italy-American Chamber of
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