In February 2026, the Winter Olympics will return to Western Europe for the first time since 2006. 18 years later and this one is going to be absolutely amazing! The city of Milan will combine forces with multiple Italian Alps towns to bring everyone the perfect follow up to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics!
Hockey, speed skating, big air, boarder-cross, ski slalom, and more. That plus we’d be crazy not to do some of our own skiing/snowboarding through the Italian and Swiss Alps. It’s all happening in February 2026!
CIAO, ITALY!
Itinerary
Welcome to Italy! The food, the people, the passion, the cobble-stone streets, Italian Alp towns, and 2026 Winter Olympic Games await! We’re going straight from the Malpensa Milan airport to the mountains! Reason being, the amount of mountain events February 15-17 are just awesome. Then hockey and speed skating heat up at the tail end of the Olympics, hence Milan being part two of our experience.
We are staying in the famous ski town of St. Moritz, Switzerland! We’ll kick off the week with a traditional raclette and fondue party on-site. Check into your rooms and our headquarters for your first 4-night stay.
So many choices today! Ski or snowboard the two mountains in town – St. Moritz and Corvatsch, which are both included on the IKON pass. That means that if you’ve got the 2026 IKON pass to ski/ride back home, you’ve got free access here!
Option two for the day has us headed over to Livigno for a slew of Olympic mountain events and exploring a second ski town. We’ll have transport to/from St. Moritz all covered. Olympic events today include dual moguls, boarder-cross, and big air competitions!
Choice is yours again! Today, it’s men’s and women’s freestyle aerials AND big air! That or maybe you’ve had your fill of Livigno and it’s time to give St. Moritz your attention. More skiing/boarding awaits OR…cross country and snow-bike right outside the back door of the hotel.
Today marks our last day in the mountains. After this, we’re making our way to Milan!
The 3+ hour ride to Milan doesn’t get much prettier. Lake Como is on the way into the city, so weather permitting, we’ll be sure to stop there to stretch our legs, sip on an espresso, take in the unrivaled view, and snap 100 pics inside of a few short minutes.
Our home for the next four nights is in central Milan. If we had to liken our HQ to an NYC neighborhood, we’d call it the West Village. Walking distance from a ton and a short metro ride to just about everything. The common space at our Journey to the Games Milan HQ has never looked so good.
Today is also the day that hockey heats up! Men’s quarterfinals and short track speed skating are on tap! Get tickets to the show or tune in on one of the big screens at our Journey to the Games bar.
So many restaurants. So much to see. And just a few days to do it all. Climb to the dop of the Duomo? Sit down for a memorable Northern Italian meal? Or maybe head to all of the Olympic events taking place. Figure skating and speed skating are on today’s docket.
The biggest event today is women’s gold medal hockey! And make no mistake, the odds of the women’s hockey finals event being USA vs. Canada again are ridiculously high! It’s an age-old rivalry that can’t be missed.
Both men’s hockey semi-final events take place today. If hockey is your thing, your day is all set! If it’s not your thing, not only is there all of Milan to see and do, there’s the rest of the Olympics to see and do too. By now, if we haven’t hit Olympic houses, like the Dutch House and German House, it’s about time for a few visits.
Time to go, everyone. The 2026 Winter Olympic Games are coming to a close. Maybe everyone delays their flight home to see the USA men’s hockey team in the 2026 Winter Olympic gold medal finals? Or maybe you didn’t get enough mountain time and it’s time for a quick trip over to Zermatt, Switzerland? Or maybe you’re so exhausted from the most epic 8-night Italian Olympics journey that it really is time to head for home.
See you in 2028 for the Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games! That or much sooner with www.race2adventure.com in France, Argentina, and all the other 2027/2028 adventures we’ll have announced by the time we reach Italy.
Accommodations
This Olympics was the trickiest of them all, needing us to find TWO places to stay over the course of EIGHT nights! We couldn’t be happier with our lodging partners in the Alps as well as Milan. We’re taking over these locations with the best spectators the world can find! Each place is centrally located and has a great bar and common area.
Whether it’s ping pong, ski storage, a bustling neighborhood, or espresso machines, these will be the ideal accommodations to lay your head after a big day in Milan and the Alps.
The other thing many people discount until they’re there, is the community that is Journey to the Games. These accommodations are where we congregate, reset, relax, amp up, and everything in between. Even if you haven’t seen a familiar face all day, once you walk in these doors, you’ll feel right at home with your fellow Journey to the Gamers.
Registration
*All registrations require a $500 non-refundable deposit and the remaining balance is divided into five remaining monthly payments.
*Registration includes 8-nights accommodations divided into 4-nights in the Alps for mountain events and 4-nights in Milan for city events. It also includes private coach transport from the Milan airport to the Alps, private coach transport between St. Moritz, Switzerland and the Olympic venues of Livigno, Italy, and private coach transport from the Alps to the second half of our stay in Milan!
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