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Spring/Summer2017

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pizza, plus meat raised on the centuries-old farms that surround the town. Cortina's cuisine is more than Italian. It is intensely local and several restaurants specialize in regional dishes such as sausages, charcuterie, liver mousse, venison stew, beef tartare, braised lamb, bean soup, plenty of luscious pastas and canederli—a dumpling plumped with cheese, spinach or cured meat. It is robust, high-Alpine cuisine that can be tasted so many ways. Ristorante Rifugio Col Drusciè is perched high atop a mountain, accessible only by cable car, and is an exceptional Alpine expe- rience. Ristorante Crignes is popular with savvy locals who know good food at good prices. Enoteca Cortina, a local institution, features a connoisseur's selection of wine in a vintage cave, built for sipping and mingling. LINGER A WHILE Cortina can accommodate all budgets in all styles, including camping, condos, hiking refuges, bed and breakfasts and nearly 60 hotels. Adventurers can cosy up in moun- tain refuges where a dorm bed starts at about $50 or a private room at about $100, including delectable, home-cooked moun- tain cuisine. At the top end is the chic boutique hotel Rosapetra Spa Resort, a masterpiece of modern rustic design that uses timber, stone, concrete and glass in a new, stream- lined look, and updates Cortina's traditional cuisine with artful presentations and inno- vative fusions. I found bliss at the four-star Faloria Mountain Spa Resort, a 30-room, all-suite mountain chalet that has it all—an impres- sive spa area, an indoor pool, a piano lounge and a fine dining room. Mostly, Faloria is about a relaxed atmosphere and terrific ser- vice. This impeccable Alpine chalet is on the outskirts of town—a shuttle ferries guests for the five-minute drive to town and ski lifts—so it has a pristine view of mountains and meadows. Guests at Faloria can fashion a spa day, starting in the heated indoor swimming pool or gym and flowing into the sauna, steam room and relaxation lounge, all fol- lowed by a stimulating dip in a cold-water basin. Total spa immersion means divine beauty and body treatment with fruit or herbal extracts, plus a choice of massages. Faloria's food is traditional mountain cuisine, starting with an energizing break- fast buffet of fruit, cheese, ham, eggs, pastries, yogurt and, of course, great coffee. After an exhilarating day, Faloria's cosy piano lounge is the place to be for Italian wine and canapés before dinner. Faloria has a romantic side—imagine a couples' massage with Prosecco—but it also is an exceptional family getaway, with a play- room, summer lawn games and spacious suites suitable for two, four or six guests. DREAMSCAPES SPRING/SUMMER 2017 50 TRAVEL PLANNER More information can be found at: Best of the Alps: bestofthealps.com Cortina d'Ampezzo: cortina.dolomiti.org Faloria Mountain Spa Resort: faloriasparesort.com DS TOP: The Brass Band Festival in August brings musicians from many countries to Cortina, Italy. Bandion

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