The most photographed mountains on Earth and the lakes that bewitched writers and film-makers. Skiing in winter, trekking in summer, mountain huts, cable cars and emerald waters: here Italian nature puts on a show in every season.
Cortina d'Ampezzo Veneto The queen of the Dolomites Courmayeur Aosta Valley At the foot of Mont Blanc Ortisei Trentino-South Tyrol The heart of Val Gardena Pinzolo Trentino-South Tyrol Madonna di Campiglio and the Brenta Dolomites Livigno Lombardy The duty-free "little Tibet" Sirmione Lombardy The thermal peninsula of Lake Garda Bormio Lombardy Thermal baths and legendary alpine climbs Asiago Veneto The plateau of the seven towns Nicolosi Sicily The gateway to Mount Etna Capracotta Molise One of the highest villages in the Apennines, and record snow San Massimo Molise Campitello Matese, four times a Giro d'Italia stage finish Castel San Vincenzo Molise The turquoise lake below the Mainarde, inside the Abruzzo park Viggianello Basilicata A Norman keep and rock chapels in the Pollino Terranova di Pollino Basilicata The bed of a glacial lake, and the Bosnian pines Abriola Basilicata The hunting woods of a Lombard count