Ski towns
A ski area on the commune's own territory.
11 lists
Every ski town in our catalogue, all of themThe complete list of small Italian towns with a ski area in our catalogue, from the Dolomites and the Aosta valley to the Apennines and the Sila, ordered by outside recognition.
The best hidden ski towns in LombardyLombardy has more skiable mountain than any other Italian region, and almost all of the traffic goes to two names. These are the smaller villages on the same snow, with lifts, altitude and a fraction of the queue.
The best ski towns in the province of Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'AosteSki towns across Valle d'Aosta, from Ayas and Gressoney-Saint-Jean in the Monte Rosa valleys to La Thuile, Cogne and Valtournenche, each with a ski area on its own territory and a valley worth staying in after the lifts close.
The best hidden ski towns in the province of TrentoSki towns in the province of Trento with lifts on their own territory, away from the busiest resorts: valley villages of stone and larch where the snow, the spruce forest and the canederli come without the queues.
The best small ski towns in the province of L'AquilaSki towns in the province of L'Aquila where the runs sit above stone villages rather than purpose-built resorts, from the Apennine plateaux of the Altopiano delle Cinque Miglia to the beech forests of the Abruzzo national park.
The best ski towns in VenetoVeneto's ski towns run from the Cadore valleys and the Marmolada up to the Asiago plateau and the shore of Lake Garda, each with a ski area on its own territory. Where to ski in the Dolomites and the Venetian Prealps, town by town.
The best ski towns in PiemonteSki towns across Piemonte, from the Monte Rosa valleys to the Ligurian Alps above Cuneo, each with a ski area on its own territory and a working town at the bottom of the slope.
The best ski towns in LombardiaSki towns across Lombardia's Alpine valleys, from the Valtellina and Valle Camonica to the Valchiavenna, where stone and larch villages sit below lifts on their own territory and the season runs from early snow to spring sun.
The best ski towns with a serious restaurant in Trentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolSki towns in Trentino-Alto Adige where the lifts run from the edge of the village and the kitchen at the end of the day is run by someone the hardest guides take seriously. Larch forest, Ladin dumplings, Lagrein and Gewürztraminer, and snow that holds into spring.
The best ski towns that eat well in the province of Bolzano/BozenSouth Tyrol skis in German and eats in two languages at once: canederli and speck in the mountain huts, a tasting menu and a Lagrein back down in the valley. These are the towns in the province of Bolzano/Bozen where the lifts and the good tables share a postcode.
The best small ski towns that eat well in Trentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolSki towns in Trentino-Alto Adige where the lift is on the town's own territory and the dinner afterwards is worth planning around: canederli and speck in the Südtirol valleys, smoked ricotta and barley soup in Trentino, larch-panelled dining rooms in villages built of stone and timber.