 | In summer, dramatic sunsets silhouette the gigantic ruptures of earth and stone, the soft verdure of the Ampezzo Valley lying snugly within these finely etched mountains. Photographers must surely experience intense emotions as they try to capture this ever-shifting, almost primeval scene on film. The colors of the landscape change constantly as the sun moves across the sky, the azure lakes reflect the hard-edged peacks. The delicate green meadows ablaze with wildflowers versus the unforgiving, jagged rock formations make for an intriguing dichotomy. Easy Walkers are in for the time of their lives-seven days of walking in the incomparable beauty of the Dolomites and casual evenings strolling the pedestrian street in the elegant town of Cortina d'Ampezzo.The first outsiders to visit the Ampezzo Valley were mountain climbers hearing about Cortina from Deodat de Dolomieu, the French geologist who first described these soaring peaks. |
