War and conquest has been a part of the region for millennia. We pedaled into the Cividale del Friuli, founded just over the ...

This sumptuous lodge sits high above a resort village — but is dwarfed by a legendary mountain. Some 325 feet above the town of Cervinia, Italy, and in full view of the Matterhorn, a chalet known as ...

Les Combes, Italy - Pope Benedict is in the Italian Alps, vacationing in the same spot favored by his predecessor. John Paul the Second spent many summer vacations in the mountain chalet in the shadow ...

An Alpine chalet with a view of the Matterhorn—a dramatic mountain peak in the Swiss Alps—has hit the market for €24 million (US$26.53 million), making it the priciest property ever listed on the ...

Sept. 12, 2004 -- — Northern Italy’s dramatic Dolomites mountain range offers you some of the top mountain thrills in Europe: scenic alpine lifts and hikes, the charming towns of Castelrotto and ...

The Swiss get all the credit for the Alps, which is a shame, because the Italian Alps are ridiculously pretty. They’re particularly spectacular in the Dolomites, a range of 18 peaks in the northeast ...

Picture this: a weekend spent basking in the sun, sipping delicious wines, hiking past incredible scenery, and exploring more than 800 castles in one of Italy's best-kept secret destinations. Sound ...