Artist and Alpinist Penthouse
Wake up to the Dolomites.
Not a postcard version: the real thing. Snow on the Marmarole. The smell of coffee drifting through the apartment from the stove top. Four-season adventures just outside the door.
The Apartment
High in a chalet building above the hamlet of Tai di Cadore, this three-bedroom apartment was made for people who want to be in the mountains, properly in them, without sacrificing the pleasure of coming home at the end of the day.
Dark timber beams follow the roofline overhead. Terracotta floors run the full length of the open living and dining space. A central fireplace anchors the room and becomes the natural gathering point at the end of every day, whether that day was spent on a via ferrata, a mountain bike trail, or simply walking to the bakery and back with no particular plan.
The windows deserve their own mention. The roof cuts dramatic angles against the sky, and the glass frames the surrounding peaks and valley below like something composed rather than accidental. The views shift with the seasons: snowfields in winter, deep green forest rising to bare rock and open sky in summer, and in every season something that makes you put your coffee down and simply look.
The terrace faces out over the valley and the mountains beyond. It is, reliably, the first place everyone goes in the morning and the last place anyone leaves at night.
Available Fall 2026
Three bedrooms. Sleeps up to six. Three night minimum.
Tai di Cadore, Dolomites.
The Hamlet
Tai di Cadore is not a resort. It is a working Italian mountain hamlet, small, quiet, and genuinely itself.
Walk down the road for your morning espresso. Pick up fresh bread from the bakery. Plan the day’s route over a long breakfast, then stop at the local market for local cheese and cured meats to take on the trail, or to bring back and lay out on the long dining table with a spritz. When nobody wants to cook, and after a long day in the mountains nobody ever does, restaurants and cafes are a short walk away.
Tai di Cadore is a hamlet of Pieve di Cadore, a town that has long drawn both artists and mountaineers to its valley. Pieve is the birthplace of the painter Titian, who grew up beneath these peaks and carried the memory of this mountain light into some of the most celebrated paintings of the Renaissance. The same valleys and summits that inspired him have been pulling climbers, hikers, and adventurers here for generations. His childhood home is still open to visitors, just minutes from the apartment.
The Mountains
The Cadore valley lies at the heart of the eastern Dolomites, a range within the Alps that gave birth to modern alpinism. The walls of the Civetta and the Tre Cime di Lavaredo have drawn generations of the world’s greatest climbers, among them Emilio Comici, Riccardo Cassin and Reinhold Messner, who once said that each mountain in the Dolomites is like a piece of art. Standing on the porch on a clear morning, it is difficult to argue with him.
Hiking trails are a short walk from the penthouse. Trails range from easy walks through larch forest to serious high-altitude routes with views that stop conversation entirely. The via ferrata in the surrounding massifs follow lines first fixed into the rock during the First World War and are now among the most celebrated mountain routes in Italy. Cyclists can quickly access the Lunga Via delle Dolomiti connecting Calalzo to Cortina and beyond. Lago di Centro Cadore offers cold, clear swimming in summer. It is also a fly-fishing destination for those angling to catch marble trout in the mountain streams and rivers.
When winter arrives and the Dolomites turn white, sharpen your edges and wax your skis. With Cortina d’Ampezzo just thirty minutes away, you have a world class ski destination on your doorstep. A single Dolomiti Superski pass unlocks a constellation of legendary resorts across the eastern Alps, from World Cup downhill lines on the Tofane above Cortina, to the slopes of the 3 Zinnen resort and the sweeping runs of the Civetta, each destination is just a panoramic drive away and a world of its own. And for those with an adventurous spirit, ski touring and ski alpinismo options are available throughout the Dolomiti.
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