Village of Sappada, in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

 The Dolomites are a stunning mountain range in northeastern Italy, spread across the provinces of South Tyrol, Belluno and Trentino.

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(in the Province of Udine, in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia., Italy) For a country not much bigger than the U.S. state of Arizona, Italy is one of nature's masterpieces, with extraordinary natural diversity. From the north's icy Alps and glacial lakes to the south's fiery craters and turquoise grottoes, this is a great place for doing as well as seeing. Featured here are the Carnic Alps, a range of the Southern Limestone Alps in Austria and northeastern Italy. Stretching as far west as the Veneto Dolomites and as far north as the border with Austria, Carnia is intrinsically Friulian (the language is widely spoken here in lieu of Italian) and named after its original Celtic inhabitants, the Carnics. Geographically, it comprises the western and central parts of the Carnic Alps and presents both down-to-earth ski areas, wild and beautiful walking country, and curious, pristinely rustic villages. Depicted here is Sappada, a German-language mountain village in Italy. In the middle of the Dolomites, the most peculiar mountains in Italy, Sappada is a popular tourist destination both in summer and in winter.