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The 2026 Winter Olympics Are Already Transforming the Dolomites
The Italian Alps have been sleepy for the past two years, but the area is roaring back with a vengeance.
The Rosa Alpina is now an Aman Resorts partner.
Photographer: Stefano Scatà
The drive from Milan to the Dolomites is usually a lovely one.
The city slowly morphs into industrial outskirts, then gives way to more pastoral stretches dotted with Gothic cathedrals and half-timbered houses until white specks turn into blankets of snow. You first notice the mountains as you cross gently sloping hills covered in perfect Christmas-worthy pine trees. In the distance, the jagged mountaintops defiantly pierce the sky. And then, suddenly, they are no longer in front but all around you, enveloping every angle.