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Cinque Torri

Five rock towers in a high meadow, reached by chairlift, with restored First World War trenches around them.

Photo: Luca Sartoni from Vienna, Austria · CC BY-SA 2.0
Open
The chairlift in summer and the ski season
Price
Paid for the chairlift
Time Needed
Half a day
Address
Località Bai de Dones, 32043 Cortina d'AmpezzoDirections
Getting There
About 20 minutes by car or bus toward the Falzarego Pass.

Why Go

The towers are a playground for climbers and an easy walk for everyone else. The trenches and gun positions of the Italian front are rebuilt as an open-air museum, and paths lead on to the Nuvolau hut's panorama.

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