Magazine 2014 - Südtirols Süden

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The femal touch
Wine and passion
At home in
a different world
Helping a mountain farmer
Lottie and Lisa
Bozen, a city with double value
EXTRA Panoramic maP
and list of
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fotos: fotolia, smg/alex filz
bike & wine
a perfect
combination
Bolzano and environs –
the sunny bike region for
hedonistic cyclists from
march to november
www.bolzanosurroundings.info
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The last beauty
of the South …
Susanne Hinker-Finkbeiner
Fashion and beauty expert.
She runs a number of
Due to the remake of the previously successful ‘The Great Gatsby‘
(with Leonardo di Caprio in the leading role), Scott F. Fitzgerald is much
talked about these days. One of his short stories written in the last
century was entitled ‘The last beauty of the South‘.
boutiques and perfumeries
in Freudenstadt and
Baiersbronn (Black Forest
region in Germany). She is
a polyglot gourmet traveller
The region of Bolzano and environs with all its beautiful facets such as
nature, cuisine, wine, hiking routes, art and even fashion – simply the sweet
side of life – could fill quite a number of books. A long time ago, I fell in love
with this beautiful region and travel through it several times a year. To
enjoying it with all its facets is not a difficult task at all. The good cuisine
and excellent wines can be enjoyed all year round, particularly when you add
them to a great hiking programme full of activities.
with a special touch for
anything exquisite and
beautiful. She travels with
her husband to the most
magnificent places in the
world.
The texts of this year’s edition of the Bolzano and environs Magazine, will
make us women extremely inquisitive about this magnificent region. Read
about how women live and work in the South Tyrolean world of wine and
what mountain farmers have to cope with every single day. There is also an
article where we speak about Erich Kästner‘s ‘Lisa and Lottie’ and how a
world traveller such as Cobo feels right at home in ‘Südtirolwood’.
Let us surprise you! No doubt, you will find many ideas for your next holiday
in South Tyrol!
Have fun!
Yours, Susanne Hinker-Finkbeiner
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Wine and passion
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3’40’’
easygoing tours for everyone
20 At home in a different world
5’25’’
helping a mountain farmer
26 10,000 steps a day
3’35’’
hiking all year round
30 Action, please!
3’20’’
about ice-climbing and snow-kiting
A C C O M O D A T I O N S
56 Packages & offers
34 Lottie and Lisa
5’25’’
bozen, a city with double value
40 Südtirolwood
2’40’’
cobo’s beautiful South tyrol
hiking, wine, cycling, families,
wellness, golfing, riding & culture
64 Bolzano Bozen Jenesien
69 Terlan
42 Cooking with passion
2’55’’
South tyrolean products on the stove
72 Camping & Youth hostel
73 Andrian
75 Eppan
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91 Kaltern
112 Tramin
14 Excellent wines – Italian wine guides
119 Südtiroler Unterland
Kurtatsch, margreid, Kurtinig
46 Our best – Gourmet guide
122 Castelfeder
48 365 Days – Events & highlights
auer, montan, neumarkt, Salurn
52 Without a car – Holidays by train and bus
126 Leifers Branzoll Pfatten
131 Mölten
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54 Contact
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137 Ritten
142 Aldein Radein Jochgrimm
144 Trudner Horn Nature Park
altrei, San lugano, truden
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a journey into space,
to mars or Venus. With
an unsurpassed high
resolution image, the
fascinating simulation
room will make your
dreams come true. the
main attentions are the
stars, but you can also
learn about clouds and
seasonal phenomenon,
the development of the
alps and the UneSco
World heritage site of the
Dolomites.
www.planetarium.bz.it
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For the fifth time in a row,
legambiente (league
for the environment)
and touring club italia
have awarded the
montiggl lakes as the
cleanest in all of italy.
the main criteria include
being environmentally
friendly, being conscious
of economic savings
by the town hall, a
sustainable tourism
development programme
and protecting the
environment.
www.eppan.com
124 kilometres – 7,666
metres in altitude … and
all of this within a time
limit of 40 hours. From
4th to 6th July 2014, the
South tyrol Ultra Skyrace
will bring participating
athletes to the edge of
their own physical and
psychological abilities.
this extreme mountain
race in the Sarntal alps
along the horse-shoe tour,
runs for the second time
now.
www.suedtirol-ultraskyrace.it
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the bikepark just above
the hamlet of bundschen
offer an interesting
sports and exercise area
for beginners, as well as
experienced bikers. all of
this comes with a unique
backdrop. on 1.5 hectare,
they built a 4 cross/dirt
route, as well as a pump
track. Dirt bikes and
protective gear can be
hired at the park.
www.mikes-bike-park.it
a visit to the UneSco
World heritage site
Geoparc bletterbach
near aldein, South tyrol’s
unique canyon, offers
unforgettable natural
experiences and opens
a totally new arena for
plant history. it is also
worthwhile visiting the
Geomuseum in radein.
www.bletterbach.info
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hotel Panorama in Kaltern
was awarded the most
important european hotel
for architecture and design (the european hotel
Design award) in the category of ‘renovation and
additions to an existing
hotel‘. the architect partnership of Stefan rier and
lukas rungger managed
to make it right to the top,
passing several hundreds
of competitors from more
than 20 countries.
www.designhotelpanorama.com
Farm Bakery
Without chemical
ingredients, carefully
prepared by hand and
baked in a wood-fired
oven: every thursday
at the Unichhof in
aldein, they bake fresh
bread according to a
traditional recipe, the
aldein Pietschn (rye bread
on a sour dough base),
plus a variety of rye and
wheaten breads.
www.redrooster.it
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The compleTe
souTh Tyrol
the assembly of pictures
and text has been
awarded the innovation
prize by the itb book
awards 2013. it reflects on
South tyrol as your travel
destination with various
up to date graphics,
data, facts, as well as
unconventional, partly
amusing and beautiful
ways of life.
www.folioverlag.com
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Booking online
once you know that you
want to go south and your
travel dates are more or
less set, all you need is
a good bed to put your
head on. Whether this is in
a chic 5-star hotel, a b&b
or a genuine farmhouse
… the accommodation in
bolzano and environs can
be booked quickly – and
safely! – online.
Terlan
asparagus
the asparagus triangle
terlan, Vilpian and Siebeneich invite you to visit
around ten restaurants in
april and may and enjoy
everything from classic to
creative dishes, made of
margarete asparagus. the
white terlan asparagus
has been cultivated in
this region for more than
100 years – and the terlan
winery offers their fine,
mineral- rich Sauvignon
as the perfect accompaniment during the asparagus weeks.
www.spargelwirte.it
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Elena Walch is the
Grand Dame of the South
Tyrolean world of wine.
By profession architect,
she has started in 1985 to
exclusively take care of her
own vineyards – and she
enjoys it to the max.
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ELENA WALCH, TRAMIN
Oberhofer, Birgitta Puustinen
and Margareth Battisti
(from left to right) combine
a great passion called wine.
Together, they make the
South Tyrolean world of wine
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the wine landscape in south tyrol – it’s a
man’s world! earthy wine cellar managers
and smirking wine farmers can be found all
over the place. But is wine really something
for men alone? i don’t think so … particularly when it comes to the south tyrolean Wine
road.
Wine - the name sounds like a programme. Wine
IS male, at least in the Italian language! Culturally,
this usually translates into its protagonists being
male as well. When you call it by its Italian name
(il vino), the male dominance presents itself
once more. The other
language from the region, German, emphasises exactly the same
point. I wonder whether
there is a way to open the subject up for the females
in this world!? In real life, women have long found
their place in a man’s world – and with great success.
Christine Mayr, Kathrin
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The portrait for any successful woman along the
South Tyrolean Wine Road will have to start with
Elena Walch. Walch is an excellent wine producer
and famous beyond the borders. Elena Walch lived
for many years in Milan and worked as a freelance
architect. She fell in love and decided to turn her
back on the big town she had moved to 25 years
ago. Elena married into one of the largest wine clans
in the area and talked her husband Werner into giving her two small wine estates to work with. This
was at a time, when the wine market started to take
off and a new awareness arose all over the world.
Elena Walch decided to tap into that. She was one
of the first female wine growers who left the traditional pergola cultivation behind and turned to the
modern Guyot system. She also changed the types
of grapes in her vineyards. The old vernatsch needed to make space for Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
and Chardonnay. Walch‘s decisions were of course,
dismissed by her male colleagues, in part because
she was a woman, but not only. Elena Walch herself
doesn’t think in male-female categories. She doesn’t
like it when she is reduced to whatever someone
might think of women as such. She has no inclination in using terms such as a man’s domain or a
man’s world. In the end, her success in wine cultivation does not have anything to do with the charm
she possesses as a woman, but more with her hard
work in the vineyards and wine cellar. The two wine
estates she started to work with have now turned
into six. Walch developed her own cuvees and in
particular the white wine cuvee ‘Beyond the Clouds’
was decorated relatively quickly with a cult wine
award. Her pioneer work will soon be handed over
to her daughters. For the young women in today’s
world, prefabricated gender roles have practically no
meaning.
CHRISTINE MAyR, BozEN
Being half French, Christine Mayr has not only
blood in her veins, but wine too. She discovered
her interest in wine on one of the numerous trips
to France, which she undertook together with her
mother. Sitting comfortably in a bistro somewhere
in the south of France, in the warm evening air and
a gentle breeze, Mayr remembers that ‘… a waiter
with a wine menu as heavy as a ton appeared at our
table’. Foreign-sounding words such as Beaujolais,
Pauillac or Meursault danced in front of her eyes.
She returned to Bozen and made the decision to
learn some more about wine. This ‘some more’ has
turned into a full-time profession. Today, she is the
President of the South Tyrolean Sommelier Association, the South Tyrolean Wine Academy and is also
a trendsetter in the South Tyrolean wine scene. She
was invited to a tasting commission at the Chamber
of Commerce as the first woman ever to participate
… and was simply ignored by the professionals and
wine cellar masters. ‘First of all, I was a woman.
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>> WineSafari & girl power. The WineSafari in March
Secondly, I was a sommeliere. The men in the room
just didn’t know what to do with this information‘,
she says and laughs. In the meantime, many things
have changed in South Tyrol’s wine scene. ‘The
young generation of male wine growers and cellar
masters are much more open towards women’, says
the President of the Sommeliers’ Association. Mayr’s
sommeliers’ courses are becoming more and more
popular. In the meantime, it’s not only men but also
women who participate. Today, drinking wine is chic!
Talking and writing about wine is part of everyday
working life for the President. The same is true about
making wine, which is one of Mayr’s great dreams.
‘This one I’ll keep for when I retire! Preferably at a
wine-growing estate in the south of France.’
is, on occasion of the Women’s Day, all feminine:
Christine Ochsenreiter from the Haderburg wine cellars, Margareth Mumelter from Griesbauerhof, Ingun
Walch from the Hofkellerei Walch and Lisa Anderle from the Enovit Vinothek offer great insight and
share their knowledge. Ingrid and Uli from Fichtenhof in Gfrill will present their Slow Food cuisine.
www.suedtiroler-weinstrasse.it/winesafari
>> South Tyrolean Wine Road Weeks. Culinary and cultural events will run from 10th May and 7th June 2014 and
offers visitors an insight into the world of wine. Sixteen
wine villages form the backdrop to a varied programme of
inspiring meetings with sommeliers, wine cellar managers
and wine farmers, enjoyable events and unique locations.
KATHRIN oBERHofER, EppAN
The Wine Cellar Night on 7th June 2014 will be a special
highlight and final event. www.suedtiroler-weinstrasse.it
>> 2nd Wine & Bike Day . For a full afternoon, during the South Tyrolean Wine Road Weeks, a part of
the South Tyrolean Wine Road will be traffic-free.
Booths along the road offer a variety of products to
do with bicycles, e-bikes and soft mobility. Wine lovers, hikers and families can expect a varied children’s
programme and will enjoy special culinary delights.
www.suedtiroler-weinstrasse.it
>> The South Tyrolean Wine Culture Prize. Every year,
this prize is given to gastronomy businesses in South
Tyrol who make a special effort for wine cultivation, as
well as the South Tyrolean wine. In Bolzano and environs,
the following companies have received this award in the
past: in 2013 Restaurant Paulser Hof, St. Pauls-Eppan
and Parkhotel Holzner, Oberbozen-Ritten; in 2012 Gasthof Terzer, Kurtatsch; in 2009 Vinothek Battisti, Kaltern;
in 2008 Restaurant Auener Hof, Sarntal; in 2007 Vinothek
Ansitz Pillhof, Frangart-Eppan and Restaurant Zur Rose,
St. Michael-Eppan. www.suedtirolwein.com
>> Marianna, Comitissa & Co. The first visible sign of a
South Tyrolean sparkling wine appeared in 1902 when
the Upper Etsch champagne cellars in Eppan used the
Riesling grape in the classic champagne-making process.
In 1911, the ‘Upper Etsch Gold’ celebrated its premier.
Today, six sparkling wine producers bring their quality
products to the market - 250,000 bottles per annum.
www.suedtirolersekt.it
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Top-quality Alto Adige
wines mature for the most
part in small casks made
predominantly from French
oak (barriques). And large
wooden barrels are also once
again increasingly being
used.
Kathrin was always a step ahead of girls her age. At
the age of 16, she had already developed a strong interest in wine. At 18, she went on her first sommelier
course. At 20, she opened her first wine shop. Today,
15 years later, Kathrin Oberhofer is a highly established business woman. Her wine store in Eppan, the
Pillhof, welcomes many visitors day and daily. ‘The
passion for wine was handed to me from my parents’,
she says. The knowledge about everything to do with
wine was acquired all on her own. ‘My interest soon
turned into passion.’ This passion hasn’t cooled down
at all – just the opposite. ‘Wine is so varied and it has
many facets. It’s never boring.‘ Oberhofer collected
here experience of wine in different phases. At the
moment, her love of red wines is predominant. Oberhofer likes the fact that women are more confident
nowadays. ‘In the past, it was the man who ordered
food and drink for the woman beside him, even if
he didn’t know anything about wine.’ Today, women
know what they fancy to drink at any given time. Not
many could keep up with Kathrin Oberhofer’s knowledge about wine though. More than 800 different
wines are on sale in her shop. It’s just about the right
amount she thinks, as there are as many nuances in
wine as there are in feelings. ‘Wouldn’t it be annoying if I was to drink a wine that didn’t match my
feelings at the time’, she says.
BIRgITTA puuSTINEN, BozEN
Wine isn’t cultivated where she comes from. ‘But
they still drink alcohol of some sort‘, she says. Birgitta Puustinen never thought that she would run a
wine bar in South Tyrol. Puustinen was born in Finland, grew up there and studied economics. Her father owns three supermarkets in her hometown and
she was supposed to take over from him at some
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stage. Her life was well planned out and Birgitta just
wanted to spend a summer abroad before she would
start working with her father. That summer turned
into 30 years and she still lives in South Tyrol. ‘In
1988, I worked as a gardener in the South Tyrolean
Lowlands. Alois Lageder’s sister was one of our best
customers’, Puustinen remembers. The relationship
with this customer turned into a friendship and
then Birgitta found employment with her friend’s
brother. ‘I had no knowledge whatsoever about wine
and couldn’t put two German words together.’ Alois
Lageder took this in his stride and said ‘You will get
the hang of it soon’. Birgitta Puustinen took on the
challenge and learnt everything there was to know
about the new world around her. During the day she
helped out in the wine bar and in the evening, she
took part in a sommelier course. At that stage, she
also had to look after a husband and two children.
She used every single wine tasting event at Lageder’s to gain more knowledge. Since 2008, she has
run her own small, but very successful bistro ‘Banco
11’ in the heart of Bozen, directly at the lively fruit
market. It is interesting that she has so many ladies
as customers. ‘There are evenings, when my husband
is the only man in the place’, she says. The guests are
quite a varied bunch. From 20 year old friends who
go out on the town, to the Bozen jet set females
who come in with their poodles to have a break.
MARgARETH BATTISTI, KALTERN
For more than 40 years, Margareth Battisti has
walked down the steep, stony path to the Goldgasse,
put her key in the keyhole and opened her wine
shop. Every day it’s the same ritual. Every day the
same time. 9 a.m. Margareth Battisti is an institution
in the village. There is no wine gourmet who hasn’t
bought some wines from her and no wine master
who hasn’t offered her some of his wine for a wine
tasting event. Greti, as she is called by everyone, is
a good listener. Her father opened the wine shop in
1957. Of course, then it was not called a wine shop,
but was known as a wine house – with large wine
barrels in his wine cellar. The customers of that time
came with all kinds of containers to buy wine. The
large wine barrels are not there any longer, but it is
still possible to buy what previously filled them. The
impulse to renovate was given to her by one of her
former friends. Greti was tired of selling the same
wines and the same sweet spirits over and over
again. Battisti turned the concept on its head and
talked about quality. The result was soon to be seen.
Those who love a good wine can be found in Greti’s
shop on a regular basis!
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Born in Bozen, but grew
up in Kaltern. He studied
in Innsbruck and Munich.
Today, he works as
a radio and TV editor
at RAI Bozen.
>> South Tyrolean Wine Academy. ‘Experiencing knowledge about wine‘ is the theme of the South Tyrolean
Wine Academy, where they teach much more than just
pure facts about fine grape juice. The idea is to bring
wine and culinary delights closer in people’s minds –
and this done in a short space of time. The course curriculum spans from entertaining tasting courses for
South Tyrolean’s wines are
as manifold as there grow
grapes in this region.
The same is true about
vineyard farmers who
produce them.
just one hour, to a professional training course for the
professionals. www.weinakademie.it
>> Sustainable wine enjoyment. The new enertour ‘architecture, energy & wine’ give some insight into some
well-planned architecture with sustainable energy
concepts and how the philosophy of wine-growing
estates can be reflected in these. Technical equipment
and energy concepts come under the spotlight, as
well as new architectural concepts. Wine tasting and
South Tyrolean specialities form the closing section.
It is possible to book this tour throughout the year.
www.enertour.bz.it
>> Pinot Bianco days. Eppan, South Tyrol’s largest winegrowing area, and the Pinot Bianco community together
with the research centre at Laimburg invite you to the
first South Tyrol Pinot Bianco days on 29th and 30th August 2014. The first day is devoted completely to trade
visitors. All interested parties are invited to the public day
on Saturday 30th August. There will be visits to wineries,
an international Pinot Bianco tasting as well as highquality food on offer. www.weissburgundertage.it
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‘super tre stelle’
vini D’italia De l’espresso 2014
‘cinQue Bottiglie‘
terlano chardonnay 2000
terlano pinot Bianco riserva vorberg 2010
terlano sauvignon Quarz 2011
gewürztraminer lunare 2011
Kellerei terlan
müller thurgau Feldmarschall 2011
tiefenbrunner, Kurtatsch
chardonnay cornell Formigar 2011
sauvignon lafoa 2011
Kellerei Schreckbichl, eppan
chardonnay Flora 2011
Kellerei Girlan, eppan
chardonnay löwengang tenutae lageder 2010
alois lageder, margreid
terlano sauvignon Quarz 2011
Kellerei terlan
terlano réserve della contessa 2012
terlano pinot Bianco eichhorn 2012
manincor, Kaltern
cabernet riserva Kampill 2010
Unterganzner – Josephus mayr, bozen
lagrein riserva 2009
nusserhof – heinrich mayr, bozen
sauvignon oyèll 2011
gewürztraminer elyònd 2011
laimburg, Pfatten
st. magdalener classico 2012
Untermoserhof – ramoser Georg, bozen
sauvignon voglar 2011
Dipoli Peter, montan
moscato giallo passito serenade
castel giovanelli 2010
Kellerei Kaltern
gewürztraminer vendemmia tardiva 2011
Kellerei tramin
schweizer moscato giallo vigneti delle
Dolomiti 2012
Franz haas, montan
Beyond the clouds 2011
elena Walch, tramin
lagrein gries riserva 2010
niedermayr Josef, eppan
lagrein merlot mauritius 2011
lagrein riserva taber 2011
Kellerei bozen
viniBuoni D’italia 2014
‘le corone’
spumante alto adige comitissa gold
gran riserva Brut
lorenz martini, eppan
gewürztraminer atisis 2011
gewürztraminer Juvelo 2011
Kellerei andrian, terlan
gewürztraminer riserva Brenntal 2010
Kellerei Kurtatsch
lagrein riserva Barbagòl 2010
laimburg, Pfatten
grauvernatsch 2012
Kellerei terlan
lagrein riserva porphyr 2010
Kellerei terlan
st. magdalener classico Huck am Bach 2012
lagrein grieser 2012
Kellerei bozen
pinot nero Krafuss tenutae lageder 2010
cabernet sauvignon cor römigberg tenutae
lageder 2010
alois lageder, margreid
pinot nero schweizer 2010
Franz haas, montan
pinot nero riserva trattmann 2010
lamarein 2011
Unterganzner – mayr Josephus, bozen
le petit manincor 2011
manincor, Kaltern
Bianco passito comtess sanct valentin 2010
Kellerei St. michael, eppan
moscato giallo passito sandbichler 2010
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lagrein riserva 2010
lagrein riserva abtei muri 2010
Klosterkellerei muri Gries, bozen
lagrein riserva Burgum novum 2010
Kellerei castelfeder, neumarkt
lagrein riserva castel ringberg 2009
elena Walch, tramin
moscato rosa vigneti delle Dolomiti 2010
ansitz Waldgries – christian Plattner, bozen
isarcus vigneti delle Dolomiti 2011
Griesbauerhof – mumelter Georg, bozen
gewürztraminer vendemmia
tardiva pasithea oro 2011
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In the 2014 edition, 27 South Tyrolean wines will be awarded the ‘Tre Bicchieri‘ by Gambero Rosso.
20 of these are being made along the South Tyrolean wine road. The Pinot Blanc Sirmian 2012
from the Nals Margreid Kellerei is – according to Gambero Rosso – ‘Italy’s best white wine 2014’.
Two vernatsch grapes receive the ‘Tre bicchieri’ once more: For the second time in a run, this is the
St. Magdalene Antheos 2012 from Ansitz Waldgries in Bozen and for the first time the Kalterersee
Leuchtenburg 2012, the first and new one in Kaltern. Its first award received the wine producer
Ritterhof in Kaltern with its Gewürztraminer Crescendo Aureus 2012 and the producer Gottardi in
Mazzon with its Pinot Noir Mazzon 2011.
gamBero rosso 2014
‘tre BiccHieri‘
müller thurgau Feldmarschall 2011
tiefenbrunner, Kurtatsch
pinot Bianco st. valentin 2011
st. magdalener antheos 2012
ansitz Waldgries – christian Plattner, bozen
pinot Bianco sirmian 2012
Kellerei nals margreid
Kalterersee leuchtenburg 2012
erste + neue, Kaltern
pinot Bianco riserva passion 2011
Kellerei St. Pauls, eppan
pinot nero riserva trattmann 2010
Kellerei terlan
pinot nero mazzon 2011
Gottardi, neumarkt
terlano pinot Bianco 2012
ignaz niedrist, eppan
lagrein riserva taber 2011
Kellerei bozen
terlano pinot Bianco eichhorn 2012
manincor, Kaltern
lagrein riserva abtei 2010
Klosterkellerei muri Gries, bozen
gewürztraminer nussbaumer 2012
Kellerei tramin
cabernet sauvignon lafoa 2010
gewürztraminer Kastelaz 2012
elena Walch, tramin
moscato giallo passito serenade 2010
Kellerei Kaltern
gewürztraminer crescendo aureus 2012
ritterhof, Kaltern
moscato rosa 2011
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The Winepass opens the doors to the fascinating world
of the South Tyrolean Wine Road! With the Winepass you
can participate at various wine offers like guided tours of
wine cellars, wine tasting sessions, tour of a vineyard, wine
seminars, the wine or village museum, and much more. Furseminars
thermore, you can use all public means of transport in South
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riding a bike in south tyrol is a great way
to enjoy mobility and a new style of travelling. gone are the days when a cyclist on an
e-bike or pedelecs was laughed at! today, ebiking is well established as a new and individual form of mobility.
Even though it’s a bicycle with an electric engine, it is still called an e-bike, as there are a
number of differences. An e-bike is powered by
an electric engine, while a cyclist on a pedelec
is still required to get active with the pedals.
Nonetheless, both inventions are in the process
of conquering South Tyrol. Hill climbing is no
problem for a cyclist when using an electric engine. There is no need for extra puff or extensive
sweating. It’s easy to move from one place to the
next. For this reason, the e-bike opens up new
opportunities for anyone who did not have the
courage to check out
the views sitting on
a bike e.g. - the attractions between the
Brenner Pass and the
Salurn Clause, the
Reschen Pass and Innichen. There is a fantastic hire and touring network, which
can be put to the test. South Tyrol’s cycle trail
network stretches throughout the region with a
total length of around 400 km. The cycling path
from its capitol Bozen via Eppan to Kaltern and
Lake Kaltern, is especially beautiful. In comfort
and with great enjoyment, you can ‘experience’
the slight ascents along the way in a truly environmentally friendly way. In the case that your
e-bike runs out of charge, you can change over
to another one at any of the 24 South Tyrolean
hire stations along the way. What is crucial when
you are on a cycling tour using an e-bike is the
reach of the battery system. If the battery runs
Experience South
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environmentally
friendly way
Enjoy the hilly vineyard
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out while you are on route, your comfortable
journey could easily turn into a sweaty affair. The
new generation of batteries work up to a distance of 80 km on mountainous terrain. This way
it is always possible to reach a nearby charging
station. Another service offered is a bike taxi
or transportation of people back to their starting point. Bolzano and environs is the perfect
starting point for enjoyable cycling trips, even
to tourist attractions which are slightly further
afield such as venice, Lake Garda, Trento, verona
etc. You can charge your bike at your charging
station. Even if you have a luggage carrier, you
and your bike can be picked up at your destination and transported back to South Tyrol. The
bike taxis have a capacity of up to eight passengers, including bikes and luggage. However, it is
necessary to book in advance.
From three south tyrol bike hire stations,
you can undertake a number of different tours
of different lengths. However, before you start,
don’t forget to arrange for a helmet! Through additional pedalling, a pedelec can be brought to a
controlled speed of 25 km/h, with two or three.
Even though it is not obligatory to wear a helmet,
it is always best to have this additional protection for your head and in the end, it will increase
your driving comfort.
The hire station in St. Michael-Eppan is located
directly at the old train station. The pedelec cycling tour for beginners starts in Eppan and leads
you to Frangart. After a short steep ascent you
pass the Messner Mountain Museum Firmian.
visiting the museum is very worthwhile. Bozen,
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>> South Tyrol bike hire. There are 24 hire stations
spread throughout South Tyrol, 7000 top bikes, 500
e-bikes and a practically perfect hire service. Information, bookings and tour tips can be accessed at
www.suedtirol-rad.com
>> Distance cycling route Via Claudia Augusta. The
Via Claudia Augusta leads you from Donauwörth in
Germany to Venice and connects people, times and
cultures. The Roman Emperor’s Road was previously
travelled on by postal coaches, but is easily accessed by
foot or even better by bike these days. The cycling and
hiking guide ‘Via Claudia Augusta‘ can be ordered at
www.esterbauer.com and/or www.viaclaudia.org
>> Cycling week with Karl Platt. In May, the village of
Tramin organises a mountain bike week with the professional Karl Platt. For five days, they offer two different types of performance classes for mountain bike
routes. Besides tips and tricks from the professional,
there is also an extensive framework programme for
interested cyclists. www.tramin.com
>> Women’s Bike Camp. Girl Power in Kaltern! Besides
super trails coming with all grades of difficulty, cycling
training and workshops, ladies will have the opportunity during the month of September to test the newest
products in the cycle industry. www.kaltern.com
>> Biking region Trudner Horn. The officially authorised
and highly recommended tours around the Trudner
Horn Nature Park, as well as a tour to the Jochgrimm
will lead you through unique, exciting and varied landscape. These routes come in all grades of difficulty and
run through meadows and forests. Some of the trails
are quite spectacular! www.bike-trudnerhorn.com
>> Mountain biking in the Sarntal. Bikers with a sports
passion will find unlimited opportunities in the Sarntal
to match their know-how with new challenges: there
are numerous trails leading through the valley. Some
guide you to beautiful individual farmhouses, Alpine
meadows and mountain huts. The Sarntal is a fascinating destination with easy, as well as demanding
routes, leading you to an altitude of 1,500 metres. Hint:
The Sarntal Cycling Folk Tour ‘Almrausch & Edelbike‘ is
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with its quirky historic centre, the Laubengasse
and the Waltherplatz, is in easy reach. On this
comfortable tour, you cover 35 km of road and
conquer 300 metres in altitude. The first and
last part of this route runs along the old train
track of the Upper Etsch railway and confronts
you with a number of adventurous tunnels. The
best time of the year for this tour is from the
beginning of March to mid November.
The hire station in the regional capital Bozen
is situated near the exhibition centre, right beside the train station - Bozen Sud (railway line
Bozen-Meran). From here, you can reach the city
centre without any effort, as well as the fruit
market, the Laubengasse, Ötzi museum and the
Talfer meadows. Two of the most important
South Tyrolean cycling routes meets in Bozen.
First of all, there is the via Claudia Augusta running towards the West along the river Etsch and
via Meran to the vinschgau region. Then there
is the Brenner cycling route which covers the
medieval towns of Klausen, Brixen and Sterzing
in a northerly direction. Clever cyclists will make
use of their ‘bikemobil Card’, the combination
ticket for using buses, trains and cycle hire. The
card can be used all around the country. You can
acquire a day-ticket or alternatively a 3-day or
7-day ticket. E-bikes have a supplement of € 6.
Important: the bikes cannot be taken onto the
relevant means of transport you are using; however, you can return the bikes at the relevant
bike hire station.
The third South Tyrol cycle hire station can be
found at the bus stop Kaltern-Rottenburgerplatz and is a starting point for ‘e-bike wine
tours’ where you can enjoy the wine village with
its vineyards, estates and other tourist attractions. There is a practical cycling guide available
in the information bureau., which explains tours
such as ‘In the footsteps of Kalterersee and the
Pinot Blanc’.
A new addition to the set-up is the pedelec
mountain bike hire station in Aldein. Helmets,
safety locks and repair kits are included. The
hire stations are situated in Gasthaus Pfiffikus and at Geoparc Bletterbach visitor’s centre.
There are easy routes leaving from the Geopark
visitor’s centre which lead you straight into the
surrounding Alpine meadow region around the
Weisshorn mountain and to the Jochgrimm.
Peter Righi
Publisher and experienced
tourism expert,
landscape adventurer
and passionate South
Tyrol expert who is
constantly looking for
something new. For more
than 30 years, he has
travelled through the
Alps, Scandinavia and
the desserts of North
Africa. Nowadays, he
concentrates on his job as
editor at the Media Office
for the City of Bozen.
Using an e-bike, you don’t
need to stick to the shorter
trips … dare to go for the
most beautiful ones!
Enjoy the blooming orchards
and ride around the
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i have often noticed how the mountain
farmers work on the steep slopes. i’ve no
idea how they manage it! i doubt that i
would be able to work, never mind live, in
these conditions. visiting one of the refuge
huts, i came across a brochure with the title: ‘give us a hand – Help us’. i wondered
whether this was fate speaking to me!?
In South Tyrol, there is an organisation called
‘Freiwillige Arbeitseinsätze in Südtirol’ (voluntary Work in South Tyrol) which helps mountain farmer families who work in extremely
difficult circumstances, mainly where there
is only a limited possibility to work with machinery – or no possibility at all! They also support farms which find themselves in an emergency, be it health related, finances or social
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voluntary workers who support mountain farmers with the harvest, in their houses, looking
after kids, as well as the elderly or even people with limited mobility. I thought this idea
was brilliant and wondered whether I would
be up for the challenges that come from this
type of voluntary work or even be able to make
the smallest difference by being there. Finally,
I filled in the application … and after a while I
was contacted by the organisation. We talked
extensively about all aspects of the work, about
my motivation, my experience in agriculture, as
well as my physical fitness levels. I understood
that the person I was talking to wanted to be
able to have a picture about me as a person, so
that they could match me with the right farmhouse at the right time. They also took some of
my suggestions on board, which was great. After some telephone conversations between the
organisation, the farmer, as well as myself, we
made a decision. Some weeks later, I found myself on the road to South Tyrol. Here I was, a city
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>> The farmer. South Tyrol has a surface of 740,000
hectares. Nearly 60% of these are at an altitude of more
than 1,600 metres above sea level and a further 20%
higher than 1,200 metres. About 484,000 hectares are
home to 20,247 agricultural and animal-holding operations of which 50% are used by agriculture. This shows
that the farming community is the actual carer of the
environment and gives a guarantee for the up-keeping
of a cultural landscape.
>> The Erbhof farmhouse. For a proprietor
of a closed farmhouse
to receive the ‘Erbhof‘
award is a great honour. Precondition is
that the farmhouse
has been in the same family for a minimum of 200
years; it must be inherited in a straight line (father to
son) or through a side line up to the 2nd grade. Also, the
current owner must live in the building and operate the
estate himself.
>> Holiday on a farm. South Tyrolean’s farmhouses are
small structures and many farmers depend on additional income. It is the aim of the ‘Red Rooster’ trademark
to establish three types of sustainable extra income:
voluntary helpers get stuck
in wherever necessary.
There is always something
to do on a farm.
person, on the way to a hidden mountain farm
somewhere in a hidden corner of the Sarntal …
holiday on a farm/ farming pubs and quality products
from farmhouses. The ‘Red Rooster’ guarantees high
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HELp IS AT HAND
When I arrived, I felt somewhat unconnected at
first, but protected and at home at the same
time. The room I occupied was so small that we
just about could fit a bed, a table and a chair
in it. However, when I opened the window, it
was absolutely incredible to smell the sweet,
cool evening breeze and listen to the rumble
of a nearby creek. I could hear many unfamiliar
noises through the window, but I was so tired
(and happy) that I simply went to bed and fell
asleep right away.
I woke up early in the morning, before sunrise.
Looking at my watch I noticed that it was time
to get up. I quickly put on some clothes as the
room was cold. The visit to the bathroom was
just as quick: brushing my teeth, splashing some
water on my face, fiddling the comb through my
hair – and I was ready to go. The house was still
quiet. I had no idea whether the others were still
rolean farming culture and lifestyle. www.redrooster.it
>> Farming museum Rohrerhaus. The Rohrerhaus in
Sarnthein was first mentioned around 1288. It is a former farmhouse turned museum with an old smoking
kitchen and a bread oven. The large rooms bear witness
to the importance of the farmhouse in the old days.
Throughout the year, a number of events take place regarding the Sarntal farming culture. www.rohrerhaus.it
>> TREHS. Power from the mountains. The Sarntal dwarf
pine (pinus sarentensis), an extract found in the Trehs®
cosmetic products, has a purifying and reviving effect. It
stimulates the bodily functions and offers you a feeling
of natural equilibrium. The new line Acqua Vinea Nobilis
gives you the “primal waters” of the vine, which contain
precious vital and active substances. www.trehs.com
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Moments of pure joy!
Most of the helpers return
home after their work
mission and realise that the
life away from everyday life,
being outdoors and enjoying
the fresh air was worth
all the hard work.
asleep or not. They may have already been in the
barn as far as I knew! In front of the house, I
found some Wellingtons, put them on and had
a quick talk with the cat. Then I walked through
semi-darkness along a narrow trail high above
the Sarntal, over to the barn. The cows needed
to be milked and fed
and their stable needed to be cleaned out.
Time flies – as they
say. At seven, I went
back to the farmhouse
and its warm kitchen.
Through the windows, I could smell
the fragrance of coffee, bread, butter and honey. While we had our
breakfast, we talked through the work that lay
ahead of us, which means that Luis, the farmer,
told all of us what to do!!
Despite all the
work around the
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had a late lunch
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I was asked to help making hay at the steep
slopes on the meadow. Luis had cut the grass a
few days ago and today, it was time to turn the
hay round for the second time. We hoped that
it would be dried out enough by the afternoon
to bring it back to the barn. Luis explained to me
the hints and tips of carrying out this particular
work and I thought it just looked ‘natural’ the
way he was doing it. However, it took some time
until I had managed to copy him well enough!
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get the hang of it. After an hour, I was practically an expert! I assume that the first blisters
would have appeared quickly, but due to having
chopped some wood at home, before coming to
South Tyrol, my hands had already been covered
with some tough skin. Later during the morning,
I went to the kitchen and found Annemarie all
on her own, preparing lunch for eight people.
Besides that, she had to look after all the washing, the garden and whatever was necessary to
do in the farmhouse. I assumed that she would
be happy to get some help and decided to feed
the hens and bring some wood from the barn
into the kitchen. The beans in the kitchen garden
also looked like it was time to pick them.
Still, I must say that despite all the work around
the place, we never had a late lunch! Everyone knew lunch and dinner times … and found
their way to the kitchen on time. The rules are
fairly easy on a farm: the farmer is the boss …
and his wife supports him in the background.
He makes the rules, she looks after the house.
It just wouldn’t work if one of them didn’t keep
to this arrangement. This is totally okay for the
people living here in this region, and also for me,
now that I am living here too. This classic role
division can actually be very relaxing: it creates
stability in these surroundings. In the afternoon,
I joined Annemarie and helped do the dishes. After that, Luis and I went to the meadow to find
that the hay had dried out very well. We had
to rake the hay into long lines (like worms) and
pushed them down the slope. At a nearby path,
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arrived there, the work turned somewhat dusty:
unloading the hay and dividing it all in the barn.
We worked until the early evening. It was hot
and the perspiration was dripping heavily. Saying this, our reward was excellent: breathing in
the warm fragrance of the hay, noticing the satisfaction all over Luis face and enjoying great
views of the mountain and down to the valley.
I was not on cow duty that particular evening,
but instead I learnt how to harvest currents
and also found something useful to do in the
kitchen. While I was setting the table, I had a
chat with Annemarie and noticed that she enjoyed having another person around. Not only
because I shared in some of the work with the
things that needed to be done, but also because
she loves having people at the farm. She also
loves the farm work itself, I discovered (such
as feeding the calves, cleaning out the stables
… I guess everyone has a different taste!). Her
cooking skills are more than up to scratch and
we eat a lot. The atmosphere around the table is
very familiar and no-one feels left out. It’s just
like home! We do not know each other very well,
which keeps the communication at times to a
minimum, but in turn, there are no arguments
either. Lunchtime is like a holiday for your brain.
The days are divided between working, eating
and sleeping. It is always the same pattern and
these are linked to a strict time scale. On Sunday,
however, it all stops. Sunday is there for recuperation and relaxation and has its own pattern.
In the evenings, I withdraw to my room. I love
reading and didn’t get a lot of time to do this
since I arrived. I have a shower, go to bed and
before I know it, I am fast asleep. I absolutely
love it here. From afar, I hear the rumbling of
the creek …
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In 2007, Monika has been
the co-ordinator of the
organisation ‘Voluntary Work
in South Tyrol‘. 320 mountain
farms from all over South
Tyrol are helped through the
organisation. She and her
two colleagues are informed
about every aspect on each
individual farm and they
know the farming families
personally.
>> Hay bath. At the Jochgrimm, they have bathed in
hay since 1860. Back then, as well as today, a hay bath
is best enjoyed in July and August, when fresh hay can
be found in abundance. The bath made from fresh hay
purifies, relaxes and revives your immune system. A full
cure takes between 9 and 11 days and incorporates one
hay bath per day. www.jochgrimm.it
>> Altrei coffee. The Altrei ‘coffee bean‘ is derived from
a plant that is neither coffee nor a bean. The Altrei coffee is a type of lupine that has been made into coffee
for many decades. It is served mixed with barley or
wheat. This coffee alternative is called Altrei coffee and
is a local speciality from the mountain village of Altrei,
high above the South Tyrolean Lowland region.
>> Törggelen, a farming tradition. Hiking, wine tasting, enjoying farmhouse specialities and the consequent party. During the month of October, when
Help for mountain farmers
the wine-growing estates fill their barrels with new
In 2012, there were 2,145 volunteers who helped with altogether 20,000
wine and when the chestnuts are ripe for harvest, its
days. Helpers/volunteers work at a farm for at least one full week. They do
the work voluntarily and without pay. They help the farmers from morning
to night in all kinds of areas during six days in the week.
www.bergbauernhilfe.it
traditional Törggele time, with farmhouse kitchens,
lounges and bistros offering savoury farming cuisine.
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is surrounded by a promenade circle. The ‘Guntschna’ and ‘Oswald’ promenades are true highlights
with numerous viewpoints: Mediterranean plants
like palm trees, magnolias and agaves grow here.
One of the most renowned historic promenades is
Whether in spring, summer, autumn or winter … a holiday in Bolzano and environs is
good for body and soul and offers a broad
variety of hiking trails and destinations.
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the so-called ‘Wassermauer’ or ‘Talfer’ promenade
which was opened in 1905. The ‘Talfer’ and the new
‘Virgl’ promenades lead past several castles (Maretsch
Castle, Runkelstein Castle and Haselburg Castle).
www.bolzano-bozen.it
the southern south tyrol is a particularly
beautiful place. People live there since thousands of years and it always has been a popular
through-traffic area from North to South and
vice-versa. It forms an exciting language and
cultural barrier and from the mid of the 19th Century, it is a renowned address for holidaymakers.
A newspaper article from 1872 speaks about Eppan being awarded the title ‘climate spa resort’
and you can read all about its special climate, as
well as the beauty of the landscape and explains
why people want to holiday in the ‘warmth of the
South …’. Besides Gries
near Bozen and the
legendary spa town of
Meran, visitors arrive
for the first time by
train from large cities such as vienna and
Munich, coming to the
south of South Tyrol for a relaxing holiday. During the following decades, the upper Etsch Railway, the Kaltern Mendelbahn and a number of
mountain railways in Bozen create an extensive
traffic network in the region. Many of these railways still carry people up into the mountains today and enable them to enjoy the most beautiful
places of this sunny area, which is very attractive
at any season.
A first step is
worth taking
in any season
Bolzano and environs
continuously surprises
us with a combination of
nature, art, culture and
‘hidden treasures‘.
climatic natural phenomena such as the
Spring valley (Frühlingstal), where spring comes
first … or the so-called ice holes, where you can
experience cool temperatures even during a very
hot summer, give you a well-deserved holiday
experience and are places worth visiting in the
Upper Etsch region. The term holiday experience
comes from the Italian language, meaning ‘enjoying freshness‘, which relates to enjoying the fresh
air and going for a walk. The German root comes
from the Bozen area, where wealthy citizens
>> Stairways to heaven. Proud fortresses and magnificent castles, colourful church frescoes and individual,
quiet chapels, picturesque villages and towns in a number of different cultural landscapes, entice you to use
the ‘stairway to heaven’, the Middle Ages in the heart
of the Alps. Bolzano and environs has two pearls from
the Romanesque: the St. Jacob chapel in Kastelaz near
Tramin and the fortress chapel of Castle Hocheppan in
Missian/Eppan. www.stairwaytoheaven.info
>> Cieloronda. This demanding round trip at the Ritten mountain with breath-taking panoramic views, is
South Tyrol’s first certified summer premium tour and
leads you along the Schwarzseespitze, the circular panorama trail and the Barbian Alpine meadows to the
Ritten Horn. The return journey is via the Ritten Alpine
meadows to your starting point. www.ritten.com
>> Hiking and Kneipp-ing. Kneipp treatments are
not exactly one-day cures, but a visit to the Kneipp
facilities in Altrei und Truden will surely do you a
world of good. The Altrei Kneipp facility at Sandegg
can be reached by foot in about 15 minutes. In Truden, you can follow this path for 10 minutes along
the E5 hiking trail in the direction of the Horn Alm.
www.trudnerhorn.com
>> Mountain bathing lakes. If you are looking for
real refreshment, you should dare to dive into one of
the small mountain bathing lakes. The Fennberg Lake
(1,047 metres above sea level) just above Kurtatsch,
the Göller Lake (1,103 m) near Aldein and the Wolfsgruben Lake (1,204 m) at the Ritten mountain are ‚official‘ bathing lakes as well as the Lake Kaltern and the
Montiggl Lakes. www.bolzanosurroundings.info
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cool summer residences at the Ritten mountain,
to völs, Seis and Kastelruth to refresh and relax.
They still do this today!! In the south of South
Tyrol, the Mendelkamm is a popular destination
…and people literally flee from the heat into the
cool of another area.
if you love hiking, you will enjoy the comfortable temperatures in this cultural landscape,
which is full of history. In the village of Terlan,
you can undertake a spring hiking trip through
the blooming landscape and look at the exquisite Margarete asparagus as it grows together
with the mineral-rich Sauvignon grape from Terlan. Experienced hikers with lots of stamina can
climb up to Castle Greifenstein, as well as the
Sauschloss (Pig’s Castle). From the old legendary ruins, you will have great views to the Upper Etsch region, the Lowlands, the Bozen valley
basin, as well as the apple orchards of the Upper
Etsch valley. The mountain village of Jenesien, as
well as the village of Mölten are situated at the
southern side of the mountain ridge of the Sarntal Alps – the Tschöggelberg. The nearby Regglberg is well suited for special hiking trips of even
spiritual or scientific nature. Believers can walk
from the town of Leifers to Maria Weißenstein,
a place of pilgrimage belonging to the village of
Deutschenofen, where 25 years ago Pope John
Paul II celebrates mass for thousands of people.
However, if you are keen on a unique geological
nature phenomenon, you need to go to the wellknown Bletterbach canyon near the villages of
Radein and Aldein. The ‘Grand Canyon’ of South
Tyrol was formed about 15,000 years ago. It is
nearly 8 km long and 400 metres deep and is a
UNESCO World Heritage site of the Dolomites.
Not far from it are the twin mountains called
Weißhorn and Schwarzhorn, which can easily be
seen from further afield due to their isolated location. During the winter, these two mountains
form a beautiful backdrop to the Jochgrimm
ski resort, where skiers, tour walkers and
snow-show hikers enjoy themselves to the
full. Ice-skating in the midst of nature – at
your own risk! – can be enjoyed in the
valley, at Lake Kaltern or at
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Martin Hanni
Born in 1975 in Bozen.
He graduated after
studying history at the
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Today, he works as a
filmmaker, cultural
publicist and TV editor.
the Great Montiggl Lake who can freeze over during the winter period. This area is also suited for
idyllic winter hiking trips. During the summer, the
popular bathing lakes of the Upper Etsch region
are a great destination if you want to escape the
heat.
During the autumn season, when the days
get shorter and the sun goes down behind the
Mendelkamm, the farmers and gastronomy enterprises invite visitors to a snack or the traditional
‘Törggele‘ experience in their cellars, snack stations or bistros. There, they will be able to try the
new wine, including roasted chestnuts and other
culinary delights. Whether you go to Tramin, Kurtatsch, Margreid, Auer, Neumarkt, Kurtinig, Salurn
or into the Upper Etsch region, an autumnal hiking trip through colourful vineyards, passing old
residences and castles, will be an unforgettable
experience. For hikers and nature lovers, a short
trip to the Trudner Horn Nature Park or one of the
100 summits of the Sarntal Alps is particularly
worthwhile. In the Sartal, the hiking bus, which
runs from July to September, offers a good and
comfortable starting position for high-Alpine
hiking trips. All year round, the Ritten mountain
is accessible for hikers and especially during the
winter, a well-marked hiking trail has turned into
the first award-winning winter premium hiking
path in Italy. Enjoy this walk with snow-shoes or
sandals, depending on the season obviously. A
first step into the Bolzano and environs region is
definitely worth taking. In any season!
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if you are searching for the ultimate kick …
or if you are buzzing when your adrenaline
levels are high, or when you love to feel your
heart beat faster … then Bolzano and environs is the right place for you to spend your
holiday.
Active holidaymakers will love it. You can enjoy some ice-climbing, ice-skating in the fastest
open-air arena in the world or dare to take a
fast downhill run on the longest stretch in the
entire European Cup Circuit.
Two ice-picks, climbing irons,
a helmet, harness and strong
muscles in your arms and legs
…and off you go. You won’t
need more than that to enjoy
ice-climbing in high places.
If you like waterfall climbing
(which is the popular in the
ice-climbing discipline – and only something for
real experts obviously), you could enjoy a 17 metre high tower of ice in the Sarntal, where even
beginners can take their ‘first steps’. Ice-climbers
are secured on fixed ropes, which minimises the
risk of injury. The Trappmann Hüttl ice tower is
located about six kilometres north of Sarnthein
(in Astfeld, make a turn in the direction of the
Penser Joch) … and is open from the end of December to the beginning of March. Equipment
can be hired at the location.
When you
love to feel
your heart
beat faster
400 metres above sea level
– at a length of 1.5 km:
this is one part of the Joch
piste at the Sattele mountain (the highest point
in the Reinswald skiing
region is 2,460 metres)…
down to the Pfnatsch Alm
with a descent of 58%.
the sarntal is also home to the longest
downhill run in the entire European Cup Circuit. Turn right in Astfeld, drive in the direction
of Reinswald and after a few minutes you will
arrive in the ski region with the same name. Every
year, beginning of February, the second guard of
the international ski sports scene speed down
the Plankenhorn piste. The Europa Cup downhill
run is 3,850 metres long and covers a difference
in altitude of 845 metres. These facts bring the
Sarn Europa Cup run into the same league as
many World Cup pistes. Would it not be excit-
ing to ski down to the valley on the same track
as the elite ski racing community? With a bit of
luck you might come across one of the ski celebrities on the piste, as national teams from
all over the world come to train here. A little
less physical stamina is needed while you enjoy
some night-time sledging in Reinswald. During full moon week-ends in the winter months,
sledging offers you an incredibly exciting experience. The cabin facility is open from 8 to 10 p.m.
when you are looking for action. The ‘Reinswalder Wiesn‘ toboggan run is one of the longest in
South Tyrol. Right from the start, it makes its way
downhill across slopes and through forests …until you come to the valley terminal in the cabin
facility.
From the sarntal to the ritten mountain.
A particularly popular sporting trend is snowkiting. Whenever there is enough wind, a snowkite flies high into the air and helps the kiter to
slide along in the snow. Hotspots for the snowkiting scene are the Rittner Horn with an altitude of more than 2,200 metres above sea level.
Snow-kiters don’t only like the sport because of
the wind and its effects, but also because of the
unique panoramic views this sport allows them
to enjoy. The Rittner Horn should maybe not
used by beginners as it is a dangerous mountain. Only those who already have sufficient experience will know how to work the kite well in
these particular winds …and they will enjoy the
snow-kite-sailing! Just below the Rittner Horn,
in Klobenstein, you can visit the fastest ice-skating rink in the world. Many records were broken
on the Ritten ice rink and numerous international top events took place here. The last one was
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>> Christmas magic. During the pre-Christmas season, a rustic Alpine magic falls over the towns and villages and Christmas carols can be heard from many
in February 2013, which was organised for the
Junior World Championships. The young people
achieved 35 personal best performances, four
rink records and two open-air world records. The
rink is open to the public for two hours in the
morning and two in the afternoon. It is a length
of 400 metres and a curve radius of 26 and 30
metres. The opening times at the week-ends depend on whether there are tournaments or not.
The tickets for a training session costs Euro 6.
The Arena Ritten rink is open from November to
end of February.
Whether snow-shoe hiking
in the Sarntal, curling at Lake
Wolfsgruben on the Ritten
mountain or cross-country
skiing at the Jochgrimm:
the winter in Bolzano and
environs is very varied!
Just like the sarntal, the ritten mountain
is ideal for equestrians and suitable for riding
holidays in South Tyrol. The far-reaching forest
and meadow area can discovered easily on horseback while enjoying great views of the Dolomite
mountain world. Lots of fun is to be had during the winter, when the mountains, forests and
meadows are covered in snow.
If you prefer a somewhat safer option, there are
always the traditional winter sports. Gliding with
your skies across the sun-lit slopes of Reinswald,
the Rittner Horn or the Jochgrimm …and leaving
your traces behind on the well-prepared pistes.
It is also a lot of fun to dare to swirl with your
skates on the frozen Lake Wolfsgruben or one of
the many ice rinks in the surrounding area. If all
fails, why not enjoy a romantic sledge ride on a
horse-drawn coach…gliding through the snowcovered region with all its beautiful landscape.
There are many types of activity holidays. This is
one of them. In Bolzano and environs.
booths at the traditional Christmas market in Bozen,
the Alpine Advent in the Sarntal or at the Ritten Railway Christmas. Don’t miss to taste the Zelten, a traditional fruit bread made during the Christmas season.
>> Premium Panorama Tour. At the Rittner Horn, you
can find Italy’s first winter premium trail. Starting at the
mountain terminal of the Schwarzsee Peak, the panoramic trail leads you to the ‘round table’ and the ‘Dolomitoskop’, from there in the direction of the Unterhorn
and then to the Rittner Horn peak, where you will enjoy
unique panoramic views of the mountain world of the
Dolomites. The circular hiking trail leads you back to the
Schwarzsee Peak. www.ritten.com
>> Deep-snow horse-riding. Wonderfully quiet and
relaxing is an equestrian outing when you ride on a
Hafling horse through the snowy landscape. During
the winter months, the high mountain plateau at the
Ritten, Jenesien, the wild and romantic Sarntal, as well
as Mölten enchant you with their wide spaces and untouched forests. These are ideal conditions for a great
tour on horse-back. www.bolzanosurroundings.info
>> Ortler ski arena. 15 ski regions, amongst these the
Reinswald and Rittner Horn areas, translate into 300
kilometres of first-class pistes at an altitude of up to
3,000 metres above sea level. Unlimited winter fun for
all the family. For information on snow, webcams, holiday packages, ski dating and much more, please click
www.ortlerskiarena.com
>> Winter, snow & Co. Discovering untouched nature on skiers, on a sledge or by foot. The main thing
is to leave the everyday stress behind! The winter
Hannes Kröss
Hannes Kröss is editor in chief of the South
Tyrolean Sports portal ‘SportNews.bz‘ and MD
season in the holiday region Bolzano and environs offers ample opportunities to relax and recharge your batteries. Discover the wintery com-
of his own PR agency (hkMedia). The 32 year
bination and the ski resorts of Reinswald/Sarntal,
old journalist studied communication science
Rittner Horn/Ritten and the Jochgrimm near Aldein.
in Verona. He now lives in Bozen, but spent his
childhood and youth mainly in the Sarntal.
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Lottie and
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by Fabio Zamboni
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With 104,000 inhabitants, Bozen is the largest town in South Tyrol and habitat for 20% of the total population.
Approximately 74% of the Bozen citizens belong to the Italian language group. The picture gives you great
panoramic views to the ‘new’ town, which is southbound … and to the Upper Etsch region (to the right).
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Bozen-Bolzano, capital and heart of the province south tyrol- alto adige. the town is
marked by two different types of history: the
previous tyrolean history, and the new italian history – both entwined with each other
and both bouncing off each other. like erich
Kästner’s story of ‘lottie and lisa’.
5’25’’
Because tradition and the modern world try to reunite in a way, because culture is called ‘cultura‘
and ‘Kultur’, because the university is tri-lingual
and the inhabitants speak at least two, because
there are two theatres which consider each other
critically, because there are two worlds living in
the same place, and because past and future are
very close together – culturally, touristically and
also from a landscape point of view… the advantages of this city, which is called the ‘Gateway to
the Dolomites’ or the ‘Bridge between North and
South’ offers a lot to everyone who comes to visit.
Alexander Langer, one of the most farsighted politician and visionary of this town, spoke long before about this bridging effect and cultural wealth,
which is offered by Bozen‘s multi-culture. Today,
the city returns the favour by commorating his
name by more than just a simple wooden bridge.
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A new multi-language generation is raised which
believes that multi-culturalism is a truly enriching
element and not an obstacle as it was looked at
many years ago. Within this framework, the capital
of this province offers the tourist, as well as any
other culturally interested person more than just
a comfortable and interesting place to shop on a
rainy day or offer some entertainment during their
skiing holiday. Instead, the city offers itself as an
independent, important destination for lovers of
art and theatre, giving a great sense of emotion
of those who look for magnificent concerts and
those who are deeply interested in history. Far beyond its frontiers, Bozen is known for its Christmas
market, the mummy of Similaun (Iceman), as well
as its porticos. Over time, it has developed a new
awareness of art and culture and has learnt how to
project this into tourism, i.e. through flower, wine
and speck festivals, which create additional value
for its visitors in such an original and authentic
framework. Let’s have a look at this city and what
it has to offer throughout the year.
pLACES of CuLTuRE
If you come to Bozen, you will not only be aware
of the three cable railways which are the pride of
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town, but also the magnificent fortresses and castles, which surround the place. For example, there
are the picturesque remains of Castle Sarnthein, as
well as the ruins of Castle Sigmundskron, which
were magically transformed by Reinhold Messner
and turned into a mountain museum. And finally,
there is the Haselburg, the enchanting Castle Runkelstein with its antique and valuable frescoes,
the small Castle Ried and the very extensive Castle Maretsch, which is right in the centre of town.
One day wouldn’t be enough to check out these
six castles. One day might just turn out to be long
enough to discover the surrounding area in general, to check out the Archaeological Museum with
Ötzi (who is 5,300 years old and had millions of
visitors since the museum was opened about 15
years ago). Of course, there are also the large halls
of the town museum opposite the road, which is
home to valuable artefacts of the Tyrolean tradition. There are also numerous museums in the actual historic centre of town: the Nature Museum
with a magnificent reconstruction of the genesis
of the Dolomite mountains, as well as a variety of
exhibitions; then there is the Mercantile Museum,
the symbol of an century-old trading tradition in this town, where
the first exchange of
goods in history has
been depicted. Last but
not least, there is also
the School Museum, which gives insight into 150
years of the lives of teachers and students in the
Trentino region, in South Tyrol and Tyrol as a whole.
From secular culture to religious festivities: Despite
the bombings during the Second World War, the
late-Gothic cathedral, which is the architectonic
symbol of this town, is well worth seeing. There are
also the Dominican Church with its cloisters and
its frescoes, created by Pacher, the altar wings by
Guercino and a chapel commemorated to Saint
John by one of Giotto’s disciples. It should be quite
clear to see that the mix of cultures had a great
effect on its surroundings.
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Castle Maretsch is
situated in the midst of
a Lagrein vineyard in the
centre of Bozen.
Today, it is a congress
and event centre.
Multi-culturalism
is a truly
enriching element
BETWEEN pAST AND fuTuRE
Bozen extends far beyond its porticos and historic centre. There is now a place called the ‘new
town’, on the other side of the Talfer River, which
was built during the fascism era. A lot of time has
passed since then, even though we can still see
the important witness of some rationalistic architecture: the impressive and political barrier of the
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>> Guided tours in Bozen. There is a wide range of guided circular walks available to the most important arthistoric treasures that Bozen and its surroundings have
to offer. Bozen looks back on a very colourful history.
The present times are also exciting: German, as well as
Italian, wine town, as well as Door to the Dolomites,
traditional, as well as modern. Bozen is simply fascinating! www.bolzano-bozen.it
>> BoBus. From April to October, the sight-seeing bus
connects all the places worth seeing in the city of Bozen. These are locations with art and historic interest,
as well as the valley terminals of the Kohlern Ritten and
Jenesien lift facilities, the suburb of Gries and the MMM
Firmian. The ‘BoBus‘ can also be used with the Bozen
Card. Day ticket is € 1,50. www.bolzano-bozen.it
>> Moving up. There are three lift facilities, which carry
holidaymakers from Bozen to an altitude of more than
1,000 metres above sea level. You have the choice between the Ritten lift facility, which is with 4,565 metres of
length the longest tri-cable lift in the world … the Kohlern lift facility, which in its original existence was the
world’s first people monorail …or the Jenesien lift facility,
which carries its passengers to the larch tree meadows
up on the Salten mountain. www.bolzano-bozen.it
>> Bozen – city of wine. Bozen is famous for two autochthone wines: St. Magdalene and Lagrein. Today, approximately
510 hectares of vineyards can be found within the parameters of the town. If you would like to know more about this,
you should avail of the guided wine hiking tour Bacchus
Urbanus in May and October. www.bolzano-bozen.it
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At the Südtirol Jazzfestival
Alto Adige, which runs
from 27th June to 6th July
2014, musicians from all
over the world perform
and fill locations and
streets with the finest of
jazz tunes.
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victory Monument, which has been awarded the
title ‘historic monument’. In addition, there is also
a residential and town system, which is worthwhile
being imitated by modern architects. Looking down
the Freiheitsstrasse with its Rosengarten massif
as backdrop creates a great atmosphere for tourists and inhabitants alike. Bozen is rich in culture,
but it does not only show signs of its past, it also
projects the today into the future. The EURAC is a
very good example of a renewed identification of
the rationalistic architecture within a framework
that looks at the future
in form of a ‘mission‘,
while the Museion is
one of the most beautiful Italian buildings
commemorated
to
contemporary art. It is
astonishing that even
today, the city council
and its politicians still discuss whether Bozen as a
city can truly afford such a brave and by definition
‘uncomfortable’ projection of art.
Bozen offers
extraordinary
international
festivals
EVENTS
The range of events in this town and the participation in them is second to none in Italy. This relates
to the proportion between the number of inhabitants, the number of events and the amount of
sold tickets. Bozen offers the ‘cultural tourist’ some
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festivals. Slightly different to what travellers such
as Goethe and Mozart were confronted with during the 18th Century. Goethe appreciated the climate and the natural beauties of the town, which
at that time merely lived from wine cultivation and
trade. Mozart didn’t like Bozen at all! Today, theatre and music lovers will find it difficult to choose
between the offer available in two multi-chamber
cinemas and some fine festivals. Some of the latter are the Bozen Film Festival, which truly create
a natural bridge between the two cultures that
are at home in this town: Italian and German. The
Stadttheater, built by the famous architect Zanuso,
offers an extensive season for theatre, opera and
dance. It is also focused on productions; German
productions run under the name ‘vereinigte Bühnen Bozen‘; opera are being organised through the
‘Stiftung Stadttheater’. Beside all this, the Bozen
Dance Summer takes place beginning of July and
during the winter season, the Stiftung organises
the International Dance Festival, which resulted
in a number of European and Italian records. The
Teatro Cristallo offers four theatre seasons, which
are being organised by four different committees.
Last but not least, there is the small but refined
‘Carambolage’ which is house in the basement of a
17th Century building right in the historic centre of
town. In general, theatre performances are spread
throughout the year. The season begins in October and ends in May. This also applies to anything
connected to classical music, which is organised by
the Konzertgesellschaft and the Konservatorium.
However, all important festivals run through the
summer months: the Bolzano Festival Bozen introduces great classical music. Within its framework,
the prestigious piano competition Ferruccio Busoni
and the festival of antique music called ‘Antiqua’
find their place. There are a number of popular
concerts with the European Youth Orchestra for
which Claudio Abbado Bozen has been chosen as
event. In addition, there are also concerts by the
Mahler Academy, which has been founded by the
famous conductor of the same name. Another
summer event is the Südtirol Jazzfestival, which
holds dozens of its concerts right in the streets
and theatres around Bozen, but also in other areas
in South Tyrol. A little less known is a fairly new
type of festival, which takes up the role to present
Bozen as a cultural bridge of new trends. It is called
Transart and takes place in September. The quantity and quality of cultural events offered justify
Bozen’s desire to be called, together with the Triveneto, European Culture Capital 2019.
Fabio Zamboni
Born in 1954 in Bozen. Since 1984, he works as a
journalist. He has a university degree in Literature
from the University Padua, was for more than 25
In 2002, the piano
competition Ferruccio
Busoni, which runs
since 1949, has been
extended for another two
years. During the year
of auditions, the Busoni
Piano Festival takes place.
>> Discovering Bozen by bike. The Middle Age town of
Bozen, Bozen in the 20th Century, or The Bozen Wine
Biking Tour: A number of different cycle tours are offered with different duration time and length, as well
as art-historic and landscape themes. The trips are suitable for everyone and are accompanied by recognized
tourist and travel guides. www.passepartour.com
>> In the footsteps of love. At Valentine ’s Day, the Bozen tourist board offers its visitors a number of guided
tours to locations connected to the subject of love. Together with historians, artists and authors, you walk
along old paths and trails and look at them from an
entirely different perspective. On two circular tours, you
will also visit some historic houses, old fortresses, crypts
and churches. www.bolzano-bozen.it
>> Frozen Stories. From the 25th February 2014, this
special exhibition at the South Tyrolean Archaeological
Museum shows numerous Alpine glacier findings. Climate change brings to light was has been hidden for
years responsible for the events section at the Alto
centuries. With every new finding, the question needs
Adige Newspaper and has followed some of the most
to be asked: What made people go up the glaciers
important cultural events in this region. Today, he
thousands and thousands of years ago? www.iceman.it
works as a freelance journalist.
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by Rino Zullo
Cobo
2’40’’
Rino Zullo, 64 years of
age. Lived for many years
in the Caribbean and in
New York. Specialist in
i am the first proprietor of the wine bar
‘Fischbänke‘, formerly being the Bozen fish
market. every day, i have the pleasure of
serving people from all over the world dozens of veneziani (aperol spritz). Four canadian ladies who seem to enjoy themselves,
a contemporary dancer from new york, the
australian didgeridoo player, a tourist from
Jerusalem … and so it goes on.
a melting pot (this is NOT the name of a typical
dish of Meltina/Mölten!) of travellers who relax for
a moment in my micro-cosmos of relaxation. Due
to being home to the Free University, the EURAC
research institute and the Archaeological Museum
(Ötzi), Bozen is the centre of a lively and intelligent
migration. Young people from near and far meet
up at the bar in the city centre and enjoy a Hugo
together – this is a modern drink mainly made of
Italian prosecco, South Tyrolean elderberry syrup and
peppermint leaves from the mountains. This is only a
small example what a perfect combination of excellence looks like. vive la difference!
change of scene. A sunray finds its way through
dense foliage; high above you hear the hammering
of a woodpecker … all this while you quietly walk
through the forest. Suddenly, you think of a haiku
(a Japanese-type three line poem):
The blackbird is quiet
Enjoying the landscape
Whose soul I see …
And then a ding dong, the sound of a bell from the
direction of the chapel and the restaurant where you
could enjoy endlessly tasting delicacies. Speck! Kaiserschmarrn (chopped pancakes)! Tyrolean ‘Gröstl‘!
Gewürztraminer! When you cut the speck with a
beautifully ornate knife, you would love to say: ‘How
beautiful it is – here in this Southern paradise!’ Darling, look over there! This man just looks like Wim
Wenders, the film producer! Yes, it’s him! Bozen runs
the Film Festival today. Maybe he is going to make a
movie here. It’s like being right in the middle of a big
set! Südtirolwood! Wow!!
the stendhal syndrome is a mental disturbance
taken up by some people as they look at a piece of
art of extraordinary beauty. There are places in our
the area of painting styles
such as trompe-l’oeil
and wall paintings.
He is also a cartoonist and
author of postcards about
Rome, Munich, Venice
and Bozen. Originator and
proprietor of the wine bar
‘Fischbänke‘, haiku poet.
region, which are certainly worth a touch of unconsciousness or breathlessness. On the day, when God
created this part of the world, he was in a very good
mood. And he did it all perfectly! We all need those
magical places we can go to when we need a boost.
I have found them here in South Tyrol. Fantastic!
Great geniuses of the past walked along these paths.
First of all Mozart, but also Thomas Mann, Freud, Ibsen, Pasolini and last but not least the Dalai Lama. This
wise man visited this region several times in order to
check out our autonomy model. We are an international example! A place where geniuses meet. Today,
other types of geniuses walk along South Tyrolean
roads! The commentator Ryszard Kapuściński. The
writer Luis Sepúlveda. The inventor of Rock ‘n‘Roll Chuck Berry … and many others. I even came across
Terry Johnson, the man who can see angels.
there is a small hill near Bozen called Saint
Magdalene. It’s surrounded by beautiful vineyards and
the sun always shines on it. Being there at sunset, you
will be able to enjoy a beautiful spectacle: the Alpine
glow of the Rosengarten massif, an incredible spectacle of red and violet tones. The little village has a
chapel with a wooden bench right in front of it. From
there, you can enjoy this view particularly well. Inside
the chapel, an artist has followed the theme from the
‘Legenda aurea‘, the Golden Legend, a medieval book
about saints. It speaks about the escape of Joseph of
Arimathea, about Magdalene and the Jesus’ first disciples. The picture was creates only a few years after the
book was written – in 1298. Alone this fact is incredible! According to the newest interpretations of the
Holy Grail, Mary Magdalene was pregnant by Jesus.
Legend? Reality? Why don’t you ask the farmer’s wife
of the nearby farmhouse to give you the key to the
church? I guarantee you will feel just like Robert Langdon in the book ‘Sacrilege’ by Dan Brown.
From Wikipedia:
Haiku (俳句) is a very short
form of Japanese poetry.
The essence of haiku is
‘cutting’ (kiru). This is
often represented by the
juxtaposition of two images
or ideas and a kireji (‘cutting
word’) between them, a kind
of verbal punctuation mark
which signals the moment
of separation and colors
the manner in which the
juxtaposed elements are
related.
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Herbert Hintner‘s
interpretation of the apple
strudel: If you take it all apart
and re-layer it, the tradition
strudel turns into an airy
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traditional and modern cooking: the best
south tyrolean chefs know all about advances in science and kitchen technology!
Despite all this, the famous stars still keep in
touch with traditional country style. traditional, but classic is there motto! they make
sure that their dishes concentrate on what’s
really essential! polenta and schüttelbrot,
speck and apple, sarntal beef and pustertal potatoes. all important quality products
from south tyrol. We better get ready!
We will start our gastronomic journey right
at the source of South Tyrolean gourmet cuisine:
For nearly two decades, Herbert Hintner has successfully presented his Michelin stars at his gourmet restaurant ‘Zur Rose’ in Eppan. Getting older
(and mature!), he is no doubt able to take on the
critics and defend his great know-how. Apart
from this, he knows a hairdresser who is able to
make him look much younger. Herbert Hintner
knows everything there is to know … from the
smoke chamber from his childhood in Gsies to
today‘s induction oven, which are all part of the
development of South Tyrolean cuisine. It is an
art to take some basic ingredients and create a
tasty meal. Classic, traditional cuisine is Hintern’s
foundation on which he works … which makes
it easy for him to stay cool in the light of ever
changing fashion in eating habits. With insight
and inspiration, he brings traditional South Tyrolean cuisine to life again. Instead of preparing
exquisite but heavy dishes at the ‘Rose‘, which
is run by Herbert Hintner and his wife Margot,
the restaurant offers dishes along the lines
of the German Eckart Witzigmann, who passionately protected the idea of
refining regional cuisine back
in the 1980s. The fashion of
expensive ingredients followed the idea of rediscovering the real taste
of celery, mushrooms
and potatoes, of quark,
calf’s head and a leg of
lamb. The fabulous creations Hintner develops at
the stove derive mostly from
ingredients originating in the Alpine and Mediterranean regions. They are simple … for example
soft octopus salad with artichokes and al dente
potato cubes. He uses potatoes from the Pustertal to enchant his guests with archaic delicacies!
On my last visit to the ‘Rose’, I was particularly
fascinated by the Schüttelbrot ravioli with blue
cheese and leek butter. For generations, Schüttelbrot has been a truly genuine quality product
from this region and extremely durable. The small
breads are shaken while rotating on a wooden
board until they are round and thin. After baking, the bread is dried and has an extremely long
shelf-life.
in the romantic and wild Durnholz valley we find the Fischerwirt, located directly at
the Durnholz Lake, where a young aspiring chef
called Andreas Premstaller uses products from
the Sarntal. In order to give his ideas the opportunity of being discovered by the public, he
offers special gourmet days, where he enchants
his customers with specialities made of fish,
as well as speck, cold meats, meat from free
range cattle and other South Tyrolean
quality products. There is tartar of
Sarntal beef with fresh cheese
mousse, butter and toast,
a Sarn smoked trout salad
with cream horseradish, potato ravioli with shoulder of
lamb (of course from Sarntal lamb!) and then Wiener
Schnitzel, which – if we follow
real vienna etiquette – must be
made from v-e-a-l!
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From the repertoire of
Terlan asparagus farmers:
Black pasta with freshly
harvested Margarete
asparagus.
The best part of beef and the
finest ingredients from the
garden: At the Fischerwirt at
Lake Durnholz, we prepare
local products with a passion.
now a short trip to Bozen. The restaurant
‘Roter Adler‘, which is locally called the ‘vögele‘
(according to a code word used for certain meetings during the war), is the best lounge known to
Bozen citizens. The oldest part of the house was
built in 1227. Willi Alber was trained by maître
di cuisine Andreas Hellrigl, the founder of modern South Tyrolean cuisine. Alber uses the traditional Tyrolean way of cooking: from the obligatory speck knodel to legendary apple strudel. This
brings you right to one of the most important
South Tyrolean quality products: every tenth apple produced in the European Union comes from
South Tyrol.
and milk – are all produced with century-old expertise.
now a quick stop in Kurtatsch. The ‘Rose‘ in
Kurtatsch, is probably the oldest in South Tyrol.
Arno Baldo from the South Tyrolean Lowlands
produces the best polenta in the entire region.
‘Knödel, paste, ‘Mues’ and polenta‘, as the poet
Franz von Kobell put it during the 19th Century,
‘are the four Tyrolean elements found at the
Rose in Kurtatsch’. In Kurtatsch, so he says, polenta comes with everything, including refined
hamburgers (Fleischkrápfl) with mushrooms, presented on a legendary island of polenta. It also is
served with game, pork, beef and even poultry. If
Oscar Wilde was right to say that ‘after a good
meal one can forgive everything and everyone
– even one’s own relatives‘ … then the world is
okay when you eat at the Rose in Kurtatsch!
guide filled with gourmet taste. www.redrooster.it
The quality standard ‘Quality of South Tyrol’ stands for
South Tyrolean origin, as well as the quality of agricultural products and food. Check out everything there is to
know about twelve quality products from South Tyrol.
www.southtyroleanqualityfood.com
>> Farm Delicatessen. The ‘Red Rooster’ brochure introduces 52 small South Tyrolean farmhouses together
with their products. These products can be bought at
the farm, at local markets or in exquisite Delicatessen
shops. This brochure gives you all the addresses, as well
as a number of recipes, which makes it to a unique travel
>> Apples from South Tyrol. On an area of about 18,400
hectares, more than 8,000 farmers look after their crops.
The harvest of approximately 950,000 tons of apples
equals about 12% of the entire European consumption
and 50% of the Italian harvest. With nearly 40% of the
market, South Tyrol is the largest biological apple supplier in Europe. Around 13 different types carry the European quality seal PGI. www.southtyroleanapple.com
>> Südtiroler Gasthaus. Typical, regional culinary delights, genuine hospitality and a fine sense for tradition:
these are the characteristic features of the ‘Südtiroler
Gasthaus’ initiative. 25 traditional restaurants and inns
all around South Tyrol contribute to the preservation
and spreading of a historically developed inn culture
including respect for old buildings and increased use of
local agricultural products. www.gasthaus.it
>> South Tyrolean Classics. The cookbook from the Dolomites presents pleasurable delights for the taste buds
that will hopefully inspire you to rediscover cooking as
something natural and a sensual experience. ‘The originality is in the quality’. In this spirit, this book doesn’t
just want to be an optical inspiration, but also a true
Wolfgang Maier
Born in 1960, raised in Tramin. After some years
abroad (Innsbruck, Vienna, Berlin), he returned to
his roots. He now works at a freelance publisher,
loves international hiking trips and has worked at
the South Tyrolean weekly newspaper ‘ff‘ since
1994, for which he mainly writes articles
about restaurants and wine cellars.
companion in everyday life. www.athesiabuch.it
>> Contact.
Restaurant Zur Rose, Eppan www.zur-rose.it
Restaurant Fischerwirt, Sarntal www.fischerwirt.it
Restaurant Vögele, Bozen www.voegele.it
Restaurant Rose, Kurtatsch www.baldoarno.com
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2014
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Forsterbräu
Bozen
0471 977 243
Gasthaus Haselburg
Bozen
0471 402 130
Gasthof Kohlern
Bozen
0471 329 978
Restaurant Laurin
Bozen
0471 311 000
16/20
Restaurant Löwengrube
Bozen
0471 970 032
13/20
mentioned
Restaurant Lunas
Bozen
0471 975 642
12,5/20
mentioned
Wirtshaus Vögele
Bozen
0471 973 938
Gasthaus Weißes Rössl
Bozen
0471 973 267
Restaurant Zur Kaiserkron
Bozen
0471 303 233
Gasthof Tiefthalerhof
Jenesien
348 0333391
mentioned
Gasthof Lanzenschuster
Jenesien
0471 340 012
mentioned
Siebeneich
0471 918 502
Restaurant Schwarzer Adler
Andrian
0471 510 288
Landgasthof Bad Turmbach
Eppan
0471 662 339
Restaurant Zur Rose
Eppan
0471 662 249
Restaurant Ansitz Pillhof
Eppan
0471 633 100
Restaurant L‘Arena Weinegg
Eppan
0471 662 511
Restaurant Ritterhof
Kaltern
0471 963 330
Gasthof Patauner
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mentioned
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mentioned
14/20
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our best
Whether you are in a renowned pub with stars, an award winning restaurant, a fine gourmet
or aristocratic castle restaurant, a farming pub with tradition, an inviting pizzeria, a simple
but unique snack bar, a mountain hut or a similar place: Bolzano and environs always has
something to offer you. This is confirmed by important restaurant and gourmet guides, which
present different types of awards each year to gastronomy locations in Bolzano and its environs.
Gault millau
Südtirol
2014
michelin
Guida rossa
2014
Gambero
rosso
2014
Guida
dell‘espresso
2014
restaurant
locality
+39
Restaurant Siegi‘s
Kaltern
0471 665 721
Taberna Romani
Tramin
0471 860 010
Gasthaus Zur Rose
Kurtatsch
0471 880 116
15/20
Gasthaus Schwarz Adler
Kurtatsch
0471 880 224
14/20
Vineria Paradeis
Margreid
0471 809 580
Gasthof Dorfnerhof
Montan
0471 819 798
12/20
Neumarkt
0471 820 323
mentioned
Gasthof Fichtenhof
Salurn
0471 889 028
Restaurant Auener Hof
Sarntal
0471 623 055
16/20
15,5/20
Restaurant Braunwirt
Sarntal
0471 620 165
14/20
14/20
Gasthof Ansitz Kematen
Ritten
0471 356 356
Gasthaus Patscheiderhof
Ritten
0471 365 267
13/20
Restaurant Parkhotel Holzner
Ritten
0471 345 231
13/20
Gasthaus Signaterhof
Ritten
0471 365 353
13/20
Restaurant Zirmerhof Stube 1600
Radein
0471 887 215
13/20
mentioned
Restaurant Krone
Aldein
0471 886 825
14/20
77/100
Restaurant Ploner
Aldein
0471 886 556
Gasthaus Kürbishof
Altrei
0471 882 140
Restaurant Johnson & Dipoli
osterie
d‘italia
2014
mentioned
81/100
13/20
12,5/20
mentioned
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Events and
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the most important events throughout the year at a glance:
concerts, music festivals, wine- and village festivals, traditions and
customs as well as important sports events. Further information at
the local tourist offices and on www.bolzanosurroundings.info
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Organ concerts in the Parish Church of St. Pauls/Eppan
and other churches between March and October
Concert evenings ‘Music & Culture’ in Lengmoos/Ritten,
from May to October
Castle concerts: Castle Rechtenthal in Tramin on 30th
May, Castle Enn near Montan/beginning of August, Castle
Haderburg near Salurn. In Eppan at the Lanserhaus residence
Concerts ‘Wine & Music’ in Kurtatsch and Entiklar in the
summer months
Junior piano-Academy in Eppan from 3rd to 5th April
28th Bozen Film Festival from 9th to 13th April
Int. Museum Day in the South Tyrolean museums on 18th May
4th Traditional Schuhplatter Dances contest in Leifers
on 25th May
Rudy Giovannini’s Köfele Festival in Leifers
on 6th and 7th June
Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige in Bozen and environs,
from 27th June to 6th July
Runkelstein Music Festival in Bozen in July
Eppan Music Summer from 6th to 13th July
Bozen Dance Summer ‘Bolzano danza’ in the second
half of July
Kaltern Lake Festival on 22nd and 29th July, 5th August
Bolzano Festival Bozen, classical concerts in August and
September
International Pianist Festival ‘F. Busoni’ in Bozen from
end of August to beginning of September
Days of traditional music bands in Bozen, mid of September
Concert Choir Montanara in Eppan in September
Transart, Festival of Contemporary art from mid
of September to beginning of October
Piano Academy in St. Michael/Eppan from
15th to 18th October
Long Night of the Museums of Bozen on 28th November
V
illage FesTiVals & oTher FesTiVals
Family Festival in Bozen
from 27th February to 2nd March
Spring market in Bozen from 17th to 21st April
Wine Road-Blossom Rally in Tramin
from 25th to 27th April
Crocus Festival in Mölten on 27th April
Walpurgis Night, with festival in Lengstein/
Ritten on 30th April
126th Flower Market in Bozen
on 30th April and 1st May
Asparagus Festival in Terlan at the end of
April/beginning May
Children’s festival ‘Kunterbunt’ in Bozen,
from 23rd May to 1st June
Archway Festival in Salurn on Whitsun
Castelronda, events in six castles in and around
Bozen from 13th to 15th June
Sunrise at the Rittner Horn from mid of July
to September
Village Festival in Kaltern on 26th and 27th July
The Festive Table in St. Pauls/Eppan on 29th July
Neumarkt Portico Festival, beginning of August
Kaltern Wine Festival from 13th to 16th August
Village Festival in St. Pauls/Eppan
on 6th and 7th September
‘Schupfen’ Festival at the Salten mountain in
Mölten/Jenesien on 21st September
‘Törggele Days’ in Tramin on 3rd and 4th October
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Bozen wine tasting in Bozen from 12th to 16th March
Eppan Wine Day on 12th April
Wine Hiking Day in Kaltern on 27th April
‘Vino in Festa’, South Tyrolean Wine Road Weeks
from 10th May to 7th June
South Tyrolean Pinot Noir Days in Montan
and Neumarkt from 17th to 20th May
Kalterersee wine tasting in Kaltern on 20th May
St. Urban’s Night, wine festivity in Terlan on 25th May
Wine Cellar Night on 7th June
‘All in White’ in Kaltern on 24th June
wine & porticos in Neumarkt, beginning of July
Gewürztraminer Wine Lane in Tramin on 11th July
Wine summer in Girlan/Eppan on 18th July
Wine Culture Weeks in St. Pauls/Eppan
from 24th July to 5th August
Lorenzi Night in Bozen, beginning of August
Lorenzi Night in Andrian on 10th August
Lowlands Wine Tasting Days in Auer,
middle of August
Pinot Bianco days in Eppan on 29th and 30th August
Kaltern Wine Days on 4th and 5th September
Wine and Cuisine in Kaltern on 4th October
Day of the opened distilleries on 5th October
The last load of grapes in Girlan/Eppan, mid of October
Tramin Wine Street in Tramin on 18th October
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ulinary weeks
The first cuisine on snow on the Rittner Horn
on 18th January
Bear’s garlic Weeks in Andrian, beginning of April
Culinary Speciality Weeks in Jenesien, in April/May
Asparagus Weeks in Terlan, vilpian and Siebeneich,
in April/May
Food & Flowers in different restaurants in the
centre of Bozen, mid of May
Gastronomic Night Journeys with the Ritten railway
at the Ritten mountain, from May to August
‘Sarnar Morgreti Essn’ in six restaurants
in the Sarntal, from 4th to 13th July
October Wine Pleasure in Tramin in October
Golden Autumn in Bozen: specialities with apples,
chestnuts, pumpkins and wine, beginning of October
to mid of November
Culinary Weeks in Mölten in November
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Children’s Egetmann Parade in Tramin on 4th March
Tinzltag (carnival custom) in Aldein on 4th March
Marcus market in Auer on 25th April
‘Jörgi’ (St George) market in Terlan, end of April
St. Bartholomew Day, cattle drive on the Ritten Alpine meadows
on 25th August
Sarntal Parish Days in Sarnthein from 6th to 8th September
Cattle drive in Truden and Altrei in September
Farmer’s Autumn on the Walther square in Bozen, end of October
Martini Market in Girlan/Eppan on 11th November
Martini Market with goose drive in Kurtinig on 11th November
‘Krampus’ parade in Auer, end of November
Bozner Christmas Market from 27th November to 23rd December
Andreas Market in Salurn on 30th November
Crib Exhibition in St.Pauls/Eppan from 29th November to 6th January
Alpine Advent in Sarnthein on 29th–30th November,
6th–8th, 13th–14th and 20th–21st December
‘Ritten railway Christmas’ on 28th–30th November,
5th–8th, 12th–14th, 19th–21st and 26th–28th December
‘Klöckeln’, custom in the Sarntal on 4th, 11th and 18th December
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porT inFormaTion
Europa cup Men, Downhill and Super G in Reinswald
from 3rd to 7th February
Races in Speed skating in the ‘Arena Ritten’ in Klobenstein until February
Woman’s Sabre fencing World Cup in Bozen, 28th February to 2nd March
Lake Kaltern Half-Marathon on 30th March
Traditional Folk Cycling in Andrian on 1st May
Int. Triathlon at Lake Kaltern on 10th May
Südtirol Ultra Skyrace in the Sarntal mountains from 4th to 6th July
3rd Ortler Clussic Run, tour for classic cars on 6th July
‘Almrausch & Edelbike’, mountain-bike event in Sarntal on 12th July
Giro delle Dolomiti, bike tours with start in Bozen,
end of July to beginning of August
‘La Vecia Ferovia dela Val de Fiemme’ mountain bike run
with starts in Auer, begin of August
International Futures ATP Tennis Tournament in Rungg/Girlan,
begin/mid of August
Cycling Race Cup Penser Joch in Sarntal on 16th August
Supersprint-Triathlon ‘Montigglman’, mid of September
Car-free Day to the Mendel mountain in Eppan/Kaltern,
mid of September
Cycling Race Bozen-Jenesien 27th September
Salten Half-Marathon on 28th September
Eppan Wine Route Run, mid of October
Ice Gala in Bozen on 29th December
New Year’s Eve Run ‘Boclassic’ in Bozen, 31st December
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Holidays by train
and bus
Due to the comfortable and low-cost train connections by DB (german railways) and ÖBB (austrian railways), you now have the choice
to leave your car at home and be kind to the environment. your flexibility is ensured by using the south tyrolean ‘mobilcard’ and the local hiking buses.
The DB and ÖBB offer low-cost connections across
the Brenner Pass to make sure that you can enjoy
a stress-free journey in South Tyrol. No changing trains, no traffic jams, no stress. Instead you
can enjoy a comfortable journey 5 times a day
directly from Munich.
You can arrive at the
Bozen station within
4 hours. Large, comfortable seats, snacks
at the train restaurant and views of the
magnificent
Alpine
landscape, ensure that
you can enjoy your
trip, right from the start. The Europa-Special from
c 39 in 2nd class and c 69 in 1st class make this
journey very affordable. Some routes are even
cheaper: for example Munich to Bozen starts
from c 29 for a 2nd class ticket. Families can save
even more as your own children and grandchildren travel free of charge if they are under 15
years of age. Timetables and online booking on
www.bahn.de
With the Mobilcard,
you can discover
South Tyrol
in 360°
The Ritten cable-car carries its visitors in only 12
minutes from Bozen city
centre up into the sunny
heights of the Ritten
mountain.
Be mobile in south tyrol. No stress or problems in finding your destination, as you enjoy all
of South Tyrol to the full. This is a good enough
reason for everyone to have one travel card – the
‘Mobilcard’. This card not only enables our visitors
to get to all the places worth seeing in South Tyrol,
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but is also the ideal companion for hikers. With
this card, you can enjoy all public transport, such
as the train in South Tyrol (down to Trento), all
local buses including numerous hiking buses, the
lift facilities to Meransen, Jenesien, Ritten, Mölten,
vöran, the tram to the Ritten, as well as the cable car to the Mendel mountain. Connected to the
Mobilcard, there are also the ‘museumobil Card‘,
which (in addition) allows you to visit more than
80 museums and art collections, as well as the
‘bikemobil Card’, which includes bike rental. These
different types of Mobilcards are available at all
ticket offices of the South Tyrolean Public Transport Association (verkehrsverbund), as well as in
all local tourist offices. Further information on
www.mobilcard.info
Hiking buses – Hiking without car. The holiday region Bolzano and environs avails of five
hiking buses, which will help you to stay mobile if
you decide to leave your car at home. The Kaltern
Lake and Hiking Bus, the Eppan Lake Bus, the
Tschögglberg Hiking Bus at the Salten, as well as
the Ritten Hiking Bus can all be used in connection with the Mobilcard and will bring you to the
starting point of numerous hiking destinations.
If you would like to discover the extent of the
Sarntal, it is best to take the Sarntal Hiking Bus.
Further information and timetables are available
at the local tourist offices.
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By car
From Munich in approximately 3.5 hours via the motorway (Rosenheim–Kufstein–Innsbruck–Brenner) until you come to the motorway exit
’Bozen Nord’. Take this exit, drive in the direction of Bozen and towards
the Ritten mountain. From the motorway exit ‘Bozen Süd’, you must follow the signs in the direction of ’Sarntal’ or in the direction of Trento/
Trient in order to reach Leifers, Branzoll and Pfatten. If you want to go
to Eppan and Kaltern, you take the dual carriage way Meran-Bozen for
some kilometres in the direction of Meran and then take the first exit.
To reach the villages Terlan, Mölten and Andrian, take the second exit,
and for vilpian the third exit. From the motorway exit ‘Neumarkt–Auer–
Tramin‘, turn in a westerly direction (turn right) and you will come to
Kaltern, Tramin, Kurtatsch, Margreid and Kurtinig. In an easterly direction (turn left), you will come to Neumarkt, Auer, Salurn, Montan, Aldein,
Truden-San Lugano and Altrei.
important notice for drivers: In Italy, you must have your headlights
switched on at all times. In addition, you always need safety vests.
By train
On the Munich-Innsbruck-verona line to Bozen, where all trains stop.
Bus station is very near the train station, where buses go to all villages
in Bozen’s surrounding area.
For train table, click: www.bahn.de or www.ferroviedellostato.it
For bus time-tables for south Tyrol, click: www.sii.bz.it
By flight – airport transfer
You can get to South Tyrol quickly and conveniently by bus transfers from
€ 44,- from the Milan Malpensa, Bergamo, verona and Munich airports.
www.altoadigebus.eu
airport milan/Bergamo
Flights form the UK and Ireland to the Orio al Serio airport (BGY)
www.orioaeroporto.it
airport ‘valerio catullo’, verona
Only 120 km from the Neumarkt/Auer exit. Taxis and car hire available.
Shuttle connection every 20 minutes to verona railway station (approx.
10 km). Trains run regularly to Bozen and Auer where you can be picked
up by your hotel owner. www.aeroportoverona.it
airport innsbruck
www.innsbruck-airport.at
Rent a car Information at the local tourist office.
Weather forecast
Weather report, forecast, latest pollen count under
www.provinz.bz.it/wetter
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Tourist Board
Bolzano and environs
Please book directly at your hotel/guesthouse. if you experience difficulties
Pillhofstr. 1
during the booking process, or if you need further information, please
i-39057 Frangart (bZ)
contact the listed tourist offices.
tel. +39 0471 633 488
Fax +39 0471 633 367
>> from page 64
bozen
Waltherplatz 8, I-39100 Bozen
Tel. +39 0471 307 000
Fax +39 0471 980 128
www.bolzano-bozen.it
>> from page 67
Jenesien
Schrann 7, I-39050 Jenesien
Tel. +39 0471 354 196
Fax +39 0471 363 745
www.jenesien.net
>> from page 69
terlan
Dr.-Weiser-Platz 2, I-39018 Terlan
Tel. +39 0471 257 165
Fax +39 0471 257 830
www.terlan.info
>> from page 73
andrian
Wehrburgstr. 1, I-39010 Andrian
Tel. +39 0471 510 100
Fax +39 0471 18 80 329
www.andrian.info
>> from page 75
eppan
Rathausplatz 1, I-39057 Eppan
Tel. +39 0471 662 206
Fax +39 0471 663 546
www.eppan.com
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Kaltern
Marktplatz 8, I-39052 Kaltern
Tel. +39 0471 963 169
Fax +39 0471 963 469
www.kaltern.com
>> from page 112
tramin
Mindelheimerstr. 10A, I-39040 Tramin
Tel. +39 0471 860 131
Fax +39 0471 860 820
www.tramin.com
>> from page 119
Südtiroler Unterland
Kurtatsch margreid Kurtinig
Hptm.-Schweiggl-Platz 8
I-39040 Kurtatsch
Tel. +39 0471 880 100
Fax +39 0471 880 451
www.suedtiroler-unterland.it
>> from page 122
castelfeder
auer montan neumarkt Salurn
Hauptplatz 4, I-39040 Auer
Tel. +39 0471 810 231
Fax +39 0471 811 138
www.castelfeder.info
>> from page 126
leifers branzoll Pfatten
Kennedystr. 75, I-39055 Leifers
Tel. +39 0471 950 420
Fax +39 0471 951 226
www.leifers-info.it
>> from page 131
mölten
Möltner Str. 1, I-39010 Mölten
Tel. +39 0471 668 282
Fax +39 0471 667 228
www.moelten.net
>> from page 134
Sarntal
Kirchplatz 9, I-39058 Sarnthein
Tel. +39 0471 623 091
Fax +39 0471 622 350
www.sarntal.com
>> from page 137
ritten
Dorfstr. 5, I-39054 Klobenstein
Tel. +39 0471 356 100
Fax +39 0471 356 799
www.ritten.com
>> from page 142
aldein radein Jochgrimm
Dorfplatz 34, I-39040 Aldein
Tel. +39 0471 886 800
Fax +39 0471 886 247
www.aldein-radein.com
>> from page 144
trudner horn
Altrei San Lugano Truden
K.-Pacher-Str. 9, I-39040 Truden
Tel. +39 0471 869 078
Fax +39 0471 869 278
www.trudnerhorn.com
G e t t i n G
t h e r e
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Getting there & be mobile
Train Travel to
South Tyrol with DB-ÖBB EuroCity
airPOrT TranSFEr
Milan Malpensa, Bergamo, Verona, Munich
Travel comfortable and relaxed on your holiday from as little as 39 Euro
with the ‘Europa- Spezial’ ticket. This special offer includes routes
between Germany and Italy or other European destinations.
You can get to South Tyrol quickly and conveniently by bus transfers
from € 44,- from the Milan Malpensa, Bergamo, Verona and Munich
airports. The transfers are operated by Südtirol Bus/Dolomites Airport
Shuttle and must be booked online at least 48 hours in advance.
Germany – Bolzano/Bozen 2nd Class
from € 39,–
short distances even cheaper
e. g. Munich – Bolzano/Bozen
from € 29,–
Germany – Bolzano/Bozen 1 Class
from € 69,–
st
BahnCard 25 discount
25 %
Terms of the offer, timetable, prices and online booking click on
www.bahn.de
Information, time tables and online booking on
www.altoadigebus.eu
Mobilcard
Be mobile
in Südtirol/alto adige
museumobil Card
With one ticket
Museums, trains,
buses & cable cars
NOTE: No liability will be accepted for the given information, timetable and prices may change.
The Mobilcard Südtirol allows you to travel across the entire South Tyrol
Integrated Public Transport network. Included in the network are: South
Tyrol railway network (as far as Trento, only regional trains), local bus
networks, the ropeways Ritten/Renon, Jenesien/San Genesio, Mölten/
Meltina, Vöran/Verano and Meransen/Maranza, the Ritten/Renon tram
and Mendel/Mendola funicular.
Holders of the museumobil Card can explore South Tyrol‘s museums and
use public transport for three or seven days. The museumobil card
enables the owner to use public transport without limitation, with one
admission to each of the various museums.
Mobilcard Südtirol 7 days
€ 28,–
museumobil Card 7 days
€ 32,–
Mobilcard Südtirol 3 days
€ 23,–
museumobil Card 3 days
€ 28,–
Mobilcard Südtirol 1 day
€ 15,–
Junior (under 14 years)
50 %
Junior (under 14 years)
50 %
Children under 6 years
free
Children under 6 years
free
You may purchase your Mobilcard from any South Tyrol Integrated
Transport ticket office, as well as from all tourist offices and many hotels.
More information on www.mobilcard.info
You may purchase your museumobil Card from any South Tyrol
Integrated Transport ticket office, as well as from all tourist offices.
More information on www.mobilcard.info
Holiday region Bolzano and environs
Pillhofstraße 1 • I-39057 Frangart (Bolzano/Bozen)
Tel. +39 0471 633 488 • Fax +39 0471 633 367

Magazine 2014 - Südtirols Süden

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