Itinerary · 6 days · 25 places
6 Days in South Tyrol
Six days between Bolzano, the Alpe di Siusi, Brixen and Merano: Ötzi and the arcades, a day on the alpine meadows below the Schlern, Törggelen in the Eisack Valley and, to finish, the palms and promenades of Merano.
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The route on the map
The plan, day by day
Day 1Arriving in Bolzano
Arrival in Bolzano
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Stay in Bolzano's old town between Piazza Walther and the Talfer — everything else on the trip is reachable from here on foot or by cable car.
Bolzano Lauben (Via dei Portici)
The narrow arcaded street with its deep merchants' houses and covered walkways has been the city's trading artery since the 12th century.
Evening: Bindergasse and Piazza Domenicani
Around Bindergasse, wine taverns and small bars line up where German and Italian mingle over a glass of Lagrein in the evening.
Day 2Ötzi, the old town and the Renon
South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
Here the glacier mummy Ötzi lies in his cold chamber, alongside the bow, copper axe and grass cloak from the Similaun glacier.
Bolzano fruit market (Obstmarkt)
A daily market square with mountain apples, speck, Schüttelbrot crispbread and farmhouse cheese among the flower stalls.
Cathedral of the Assumption
The Gothic sandstone cathedral with its openwork spire and the remains of medieval frescoes on the north wall.
Renon cable car and Oberbozen
Twelve minutes and 950 metres up to the sunny terrace of the Renon (Ritten), looking back over Bolzano and across to the Rosengarten.
Earth pyramids of Lengmoos
Clay towers washed out of the moraine slope, each topped with a stone cap, reached by a short forest path.
Evening: Streitergasse and Silbergasse
After eight the lanes behind Piazza Walther fill with people standing outside the bars over a glass of Vernatsch.
Day 3Alpe di Siusi and Castelrotto
Onward to Castelrotto
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Seiser Alm cable car from Siusi
The gondola glides up from Siusi over the forest to 1,800 metres in fifteen minutes.
Compatsch on the Alpe di Siusi
Europe's largest high alpine pasture starts here: wide hay meadows, scattered hay barns and the wall of the Schlern behind.
Puflatsch circuit
An easy high-level trail along the Puflatsch edge with the Witches' Benches and views of the Langkofel and Plattkofel.
Castelrotto village square
The square beneath the free-standing Baroque tower, ringed by painted town houses and shops selling traditional costume fabric.
Evening: Castelrotto's church hill
A short climb up the Calvary hill above the village, from where the Schlern glows red at dusk.
Day 4Brixen, Chiusa and Törggelen
Onward to Brixen
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Brixen Cathedral and cloister
Behind the Baroque twin-towered façade lies the Gothic cloister with its complete medieval fresco cycles.
Hofburg Brixen
The residence of the prince-bishops, with a terracotta courtyard and the collection of historic nativity scenes in the Diocesan Museum.
Neustift Abbey
An Augustinian canons' monastery founded in 1142, with a round chapel, a library and its own winery, whose Sylvaner you can taste in the courtyard.
Chiusa and Säben
A narrow old-town lane along the Eisack, with Säben Abbey on the rock above, the old bishop's seat of South Tyrol.
Evening: Brixen's arcades
The illuminated arcades of the Great and Small Lauben, where wine taverns and ice-cream parlours are still open in the evening.
Day 5Merano, gardens and promenades
Onward to Merano
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Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle
Terraced gardens around Empress Sisi's castle, where an olive grove, a rice field and a South Tyrolean farm garden sit side by side in a small space.
Merano's Laubengasse
A medieval street with the Water Arcades and Mountain Arcades, and oriel windows and shops in the old merchants' houses between them.
Tappeinerweg
Four kilometres of level high path above the town, lined with cypresses, agaves and cedars and looking out over the Adige valley.
Terme Merano
The glass cube with thermal pools and a sauna courtyard in the middle of town, fed by radon water from the Vigiljoch.
Evening: Passer promenade and Kurhaus
The illuminated Art Nouveau façade of the Kurhaus and the promenade along the rushing Passer, full of strollers in the evening.
Day 6Tyrol Castle and farewell
Tyrol Castle
The ancestral seat of the Counts of Tyrol above the village of Tirol, with Romanesque marble portals and the South Tyrolean Museum of Culture and Provincial History.
Parish Church of St Nicholas
A Gothic hall church in the centre of Merano with a lofty net vault and St Barbara's Chapel in the churchyard in front.
Departure from Merano
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