Hotel La Perla: A wonderful way to visit the Dolomites

Walking into Hotel La Perla in Corvara, in the heart of the Dolomites, you feel as if you are in someone's stately home, albeit a beautiful one with four excellent restaurants, a large wine cellar, and a newly renovated spa.The Dolomites, a UNESCO World Heritage site, have become a popular destination for Israelis, offering amazing views and world-class hiking. We flew into and out of Milan, rented a car, and made the challenging five-hour drive.It's a shorter drive from Venice, but I wanted a chance to visit Milan, where I had never been.La Perla was established in 1956, when Ernesto and Anni Costa opened a small guesthouse in this well-known ski area just opposite the family's traditional home.Ernesto was a ski instructor as well as a plumber and built the first ski lift in the area, which you can still see out the hotel's windows.