We spent a week in San Vito di Cadore and surroundings, hiking, eating and making photographs.
We were there in the early summer, just a bit before the start of the main summer season, so it wasn’t as crowded as it is in high season.
Below is a small selection of some of the things we saw.
One of the old station buildings along the now closed Dolomite Railroad. 
Evening in San Vito di Cadore in the Dolomites with the mountains reflected in a lake 
An abandoned mountain refuge in the Dolomites, near San Vito.
A view of the mountains close to the old train station of San Vito. 
A pet pig in San Vito in the Dolomites, Italy. 
The old train station building on the now closed Dolomite Railway.
An abandoned Olympic ski jump hill near Cortina in the Dolomites in Italy. 
Detail of an abandoned Olympic ski jump hill near Cortina in the Dolomites in Italy. 
A view of the mountains close to the old station of San Vito, in the Dolomites in Italy. 
How to have a beer in a mountain refuge in the Dolomites in Italy
A bit about San Vito di Cadore
San Vito di Cadore is a small village straddling the main road between Cortina and Cadore, at around one thousand meters above sea level. It is the home of at most a few thousand persons.
Its history goes back at least to the middle ages. The beautiful local church dates to the 13th century.
There was once, from the 1920s to the 1960s, a rail line between the two towns, and the chaussee is now a walking and cycling path, mostly separate from the modern road. There’s a series of old very picturesque station buildings along the road.
There’s a network of hiking paths heading up the mountain sides, and there are numerous ski facilities.
