Stretching out on a lounge chair, I relaxed as if I was at the beach — but I was high in Italy’s Alps, the Dolomites. Europe’s largest high alpine meadow, speckled with wildflowers and ...

Italy is more than Roman ruins and Renaissance art—adrenaline junkies can get their fix biking in the Alps, hiking in the Dolomites, climbing in Sicily or running rapids in Calabria.

The video of Luca Tamburini and his splendid speed riding descent from Bocca di Vallazza, the famous ski mountaineering route that joins Madonna di Campiglio to Lago di Molveno in the Brenta Dolomites ...