Five rock towers rising to around 2,360 metres above the Falzarego plateau, the Cinque Torri are shorter and more accessible than the Tre Cime but almost as dramatic at close range. A chairlift from the Falzarego road brings you to the base in minutes, and the circular trail around and between the towers — involving a small amount of scrambling on the marked via ferrata routes — takes two to three hours.
The towers are also one of the great sport climbing destinations in the Dolomites, with dozens of routes on excellent rock ranging from moderate to hard. The World War I open-air museum here is the most accessible of the Dolomites WWI sites — you can walk the original trenches, stand at Italian machine-gun positions, and look up to the Austrian lines above. The views across to the Tofane, Cristallo, and the Ampezzo valley are excellent in every direction. Rifugio Cinque Torri and Rifugio Scoiattoli are both within a short walk, both serving good mountain food.