Italy's top sky resort, much favoured by the smart set from Turin and Milan, is well supplied with restaurants and bars.
Cortina is set amid the extremely dramatic scenery of Dolomites which explains part of the resort's attractions: all around, crags and spires thrust their distinctive weather-beaten shapes above the trees.
Cortina benefits from better than average sports facilities, thanks to hosting the 1956 Winter Olympics.
In addition to downhill and cross-country skiing, there is also a ski jump and a bobsleigh run for those who favour something more adventurous than usual, as well as an Olympic ice stadium, several swimming pools, tennis courts and riding facilities.