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with simple but spotless rooms of knotty pine. The fine restaurant has a menu inspired by
local ingredients, from mountain herbs to wild game.
Eating
Cortina's pedestrian centre is ringed with pizzerias and cafes, which are your best bets for
reasonable eats. The real culinary action takes place on the surrounding slopes, where a
network of
rifugi
(mountain huts) cook up some of the heartiest and homiest gourmet
cuisine in the Alps.
Agriturismo El Brite
de Larieto
( 368 700 80 83;
www.elbritedelarieto.it
;
Passo Tre Croci, Località Larieto; meals €20; noon-3pm &
7-10pm high season, Sat & Sun only low season; )
Located 5km northwest of Cortina off
the SS48 towards Passo Tre Croci, this idyllic farm enjoys a wonderfully sunny situation
in the midst of thick larch forest. It produces all its own dairy products, vegetables and
even many of the cuts of meat on the menu and you can expect some sensational home
cooking. The mountain dumplings stuffed with cheese, artichoke or beetroot are a real
highlight.
AGRITURISMO
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Ristorante Da'Aurelio
( 0437 72 01 18;
www.da-aurelio.it
;
Passo Giau 5, Colle Santa Lucia; meals €30-45, tasting menu €55)
Located at an altitude of 2175m, on the road between Cortina and Selva (SP638), elegant
Da'Aurelio serves
haute
mountain cuisine in a classic chalet-style restaurant. Part of the
Alto Gusto
(
www.ristorantealtogusto.eu
)
network of gourmet chefs, Luigi Dariz produces start-
ling flavours from the freshest mountain ingredients, such as his rich, yellow egg with fra-
grant finferli mushrooms and the rack of lamb crusted with mountain herbs.
The restaurant offers two comfortable rooms, which are worth considering if you're in-
dulging in the tasting menu.
GASTRONOMIC
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Il Meloncino
( 0436 44 32;
www.ilmeloncino.it
; Locale Rumerlo 1, Cortina d'Ampezzo; meals €45-60;
noon-2.30pm & 7-10pm Wed-Mon)
With a rustically elegant dining room and spectacular ter-
race, Il Meloncino is one of the few finer restaurants that stays open almost year-round
TRADITIONAL ITALIAN
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