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Etsch/ADIGE Valley
Palm trees down in the valley, snow and ice high up in the mountains: this is what you’ll find just outside Merano, a spa town much loved by Princess Sissi of Austria. The surrounding villages offer many opportunities for sports enthusiasts, especially excursions and walks along the Waalwege.
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Old town Bolzano/Bozen
Piazza Walther/Waltherplatz is the heart of the old town of Bolzano. But there is so much more to see: the mighty Gothic structure of the Cathedral, the via dei Portici/Laubengasse - beating heart of the city trade, Piazza Municipio/Rathausplatz or Piazza delle Erbe/Obstplatz....
Museion
The building’s cubic shape is charged with strong visual impact, and the architecture itself is a vehicle of dialog: the front and rear facades are largely transparent, and place the city’s historical center in dialog with some of its more recent areas.
South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
The collection on exhibit at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology is structured chronologically and documents the entire history of South Tyrol from the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Age (15,000 BC) to the Carolingian period (around 800 AD).
Messner Mountain Museum Firmian/Firmiano
In the heart of Castel Firmiano/Sigmundskron castle, the high-altitude mountaineer Reinhold Messner realized the “Messner Mountain Museum”.
Hochseilgarten HETZ Terlan
The HETZ high-rope climbing garden offers great adventures for both young and old alike. Having fun, following new paths, overcoming limits, changing one's view…
Neuhaus castle ruin (Maultasch)
The castle dates back to the 13th century. It is believed that Margarethe Maultasch, duchess of Carinthia and Tyrol, used to stay here.
Museum of fruit growing
With its 50 million apple trees, South Tyrol is Europe’s largest orchard. Lana is home to the only exhibition between Milan and Munich on apples.
Trauttmansdorff Castle Gardens
Alongside the typical South Tyrol vegetation, the Trauttmansdorff Castle Gardens are home to every other plant in the world. The gardens enjoy all the benefits of their extremely favourable location, where both local and particularly exotic flora abound, bearing witness to Merano’s mild climate.
Merano spa Baths
Surrounded by a Mediterranean park landscape, the Merano Spa Baths offer an oasis of relaxation and wellbeing with many effervescent attractions.
The Laubengasse - Merano/Meran
From the Middle Ages onwards, the via dei Portici was the very centre of trade in Tyrol. To this day, it remains Merano’s busiest shopping area.