Seated in the backseat of a sleek Mercedes, I hear an electronic beep as we pull up to the window of an Alpine authority booth. “We’re entering the protected natural reserve of the Alpe di Siusi,” ...

Rick Steves relaxes on the Alpe di Siusi meadow (Seiser Alm in German) high in the Italian Alps, known as the Dolomites. Dotted with charming villages that have Germanic roots, Italy’s bicultural ...

The rise of Airbnbs and an influx of tourists are creating a perfect storm with some fearing mountain towns are now at a tipping point Tristan Kennedy is a British journalist and writer based in the ...

Since this year’s Giro d’Italia starts in Venice and finishes in Rome, those famously decisive climbs of the Dolomites occur in the first week. Stage 5 finishes with a 25 kilometer, 6% climb up the ...

Alpe di Siusi - which at about 1800 metres is Europe's largest high plateau - looking across to two rocky peaks, Sasso Lungo and Sasso Piatto. iStock Greedy eyed – that's the way this Italian ...