Winter Olympics
Milano Cortina 2026
The Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games returned to Italy after 20 years. From 6 to 22 February 2026, four areas hosted more than 2,900 athletes from 90 nations.
Dates of the Games
Winter Olympics
6-22 February 2026
Opening ceremony: San Siro Stadium, Milan (6 February)
Closing ceremony: Verona Arena (22 February)
Winter Paralympics
6-15 March 2026
Sports: alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, biathlon, para ice hockey, wheelchair curling
The Olympic venues
Events took place in six locations across four areas: Lombardy, Veneto and the autonomous provinces of Trento and Bolzano.
Milan
Santa Giulia ice arena: ice hockey and figure skating. Assago ice arena: curling and short track speed skating.
Cortina d'Ampezzo (BL)
Women's alpine skiing: downhill, super-G and combined on the Olimpia delle Tofane run. Bobsleigh, luge and skeleton on the Cortina track.
Bormio (SO)
Men's alpine skiing: downhill, super-G, slalom and giant slalom on the Stelvio, one of the hardest runs on the World Cup circuit. The Stelvio had already hosted the World Ski Championships in 1985 and 2005.
Livigno (SO)
Snowboard and freestyle: halfpipe, slopestyle, big air and ski cross. Livigno, at 1,816 m, is known as the ‘Little Tibet’ of the Alps for its altitude and heavy snowfall.
Anterselva/Antholz (BZ)
Biathlon: the Anterselva biathlon centre, already a World Cup venue, hosted every biathlon event.
Tesero/Val di Fiemme (TN)
Cross-country skiing, ski jumping and Nordic combined: the Tesero cross-country stadium had already hosted the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1991, 2003 and 2013. Sprint, pursuit and mass start races were held here.
Getting to the Olympic venues
Cortina d'Ampezzo
- Nearest airport: Venice Marco Polo (2 hours)
- From Milan by car: about 4 hours via the A4 and A27
- Dedicated shuttle buses ran during the Games
Bormio and Livigno
- From Milan by car: 2 hours 30 minutes to Bormio, 3 hours to Livigno
- By train: to Tirano, then by bus
- Livigno: also from St. Moritz through the Munt La Schera tunnel
Val di Fiemme and Anterselva
- From Trento: 45 minutes to Tesero
- From Bolzano: 1 hour 30 minutes to Anterselva
- Regional trains: Trentino, and SAD in South Tyrol
Milan
- Airports: Linate (20 min) and Malpensa (50 min)
- High-speed trains: Centrale and Porta Garibaldi stations
- Metro line M4 links Linate with the city centre
Tickets and spectators
Tickets were sold on the official Milano Cortina 2026 website. Prices ranged from €25 for the Nordic events to more than €200 for the ice hockey and alpine skiing finals.
The alpine skiing races in Bormio and Cortina and the biathlon in Anterselva were the most sought after.
Hospitality packages
For the most popular events, many seats were reserved for official IOC packages, and individual tickets for the finals sold out quickly.
Skiing the Olympic slopes
The race slopes are open to the public during the winter season: the Stelvio in Bormio, the Olimpia delle Tofane in Cortina and the Livigno snow parks.
Ahead of the Games, many host resorts renewed their lifts and slopes, with new cable cars and modernised mountain huts. The resort pages list the updated lifts.