The classic tour of Dolomites: Pieve di Cadore - Cortina - Lago Misurina - Tre Cime di Lavaredo
If it is your first time in the Dolomites, the classic tour allows you to enjoy wonderful sceneries and suggestive landscapes without missing the most important attractions of the Dolomites of Belluno area, a UNESCO heritage.
Pieve di Cadore
Along the way to Cortina d’Ampezzo, the queen of the Dolomites, you will find Pieve di Cadore. This small village deserves a stop. It marks the natural gateway to the heart of the Belluno Dolomites, approaching from the south. The town was the birthplace of the famous Renaissance painter Tiziano (Tiziano Vecellio), whose house you can visit. Pieve is also home to the Palazzo della Magnifica Comunità di Cadore containing MARC, the Archaeological Museum of Cadore, which displays a treasure of archaeological finds from various parts of the Cadore Valley. There is also the Museo dell’Occhiale at the Palazzo Cos.Mo, showing a special collection of historical eyewear and optics.
Cortina d'Ampezzo
A walk in Cortina d’Ampezzo, the pearl of the Dolomites, for a typical mountain aperitif, or for shopping or taking the funicular to reach the highest top and admire the breathtaking landscape. In Cortina you can also visit the Museum delle Regole an acient a Longobard institution knowing the families who run the woods and pastures of the valley; The Church of San Filippo and San Giacomo with its bell tower , symbol of Cortina; The Modern Art Museum "Mario Rimoldi" exhibits one of the largest private collections of figurative arts of the Italian twentieth century school, with over 300 works of art by the major painters of the early 1900s: Campigli, De Chirico, De Pisis, Sironi, Guttuso, Morandi, Music, Savinio, Tomea, and many others. The Ethnographic Museum of the Ampezzo Valley collects the objects of our past, from rural life to domestic life, from the religious beliefs to the artistic expressions of the Ampezzo Valley. The Palaeontologic Museum "Rinaldo Zardini" hosts the most important Italian private collection of fossils. Interesting to know the evolution of life of these incredible beautiful mountains.
Misurina Lake & Three Peaks of Lavaredo
Proceed to Misurina Lake a picturesque place surrounded by a crown of Dolomites peaks. Then get close to the Three Peaks of Lavaredo, which are the more photographed and represented on postcards and calendars.