2026 Winter Olympics torch relay
| Host city | Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
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| Distance | 12,000 kilometres (7,500 mi) |
| Torchbearers | 10,001 |
| Theme | The Greatest Journey |
| Start date | 26 November 2025 |
| End date | 6 February 2026 |
| Torch designer | Carlo Ratti Associati |
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The torch relay (Italian: Il Viaggio della Fiamma Olimpica, lit. 'The voyage of the Olympic flame') for the 2026 Winter Olympics began on 26 November 2025 in Olympia, Greece, and concluded on 6 February 2026 in Milan, Italy, coinciding with the opening ceremony at San Siro. The routes for both the Olympic and Paralympic torch relays were unveiled by the Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 on 26 November 2024, one year before the start of the former.
Following the lighting of the Olympic flame in Olympia, a handover ceremony took place in Athens on 4 December 2025. The flame then arrived in Rome and visited all 110 provinces of Italy, making 60 stops over 63 days across 12,000 kilometres (7,500 mi) and involving 10,001 torchbearers. The torch was in Naples for Christmas, Bari for New Year's Eve, and in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 26 January to commemorate 70 years since it hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics. While the torch is in Piedmont, a tribute is planned for skier Matilde Lorenzi, who died while training in October 2024. The torch relay plans to visit every World Heritage Site in the country. On 29 November 2024, Italian comedy trio Gli Autogol were announced as official narrators for the torch relay.