Prohlídky ve Vinschgau

The Church of St Johann in Taufers was built around 1220. The Romanesque church building has the shape of a Greek cross. The fully painted groined vault shows Byzantine influences, and the frescoes from the late Romanesque period are also worth seeing. Opening hours: daily from 9:30 - 17:00 Exhibition with guided tour, every Wednesday at 4.00 pm: Life on the road (in German language) Archaeological finds from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages from Taufers, Puntweil and Rotund are on display. Registration: online or at +39 0473 831 190 by 5.00 pm the day before Guided tour price: € 4.00 per person Lake Resia Guest Pass holders have admission to the guided exhibition included. The valid Lake Resia Guest Pass must be shown in order to use this service as an inclusive service.

The tour in the Vintschger Museum is an immersive experience where you get to experience the valley’s unique features. You’ll learn all about the valley and its inhabitants and gain an overview prehistoric and early history of the Venosta Valley, the immaterial cultural heritage of the irrigation channels, and the story of the Swabian Children and poverty in the valley. The tour is in German language!

The tour in the Vintschger Museum is an immersive experience where you get to experience the valley’s unique features. You’ll learn all about the valley and its inhabitants and gain an overview prehistoric and early history of the Venosta Valley, the immaterial cultural heritage of the irrigation channels, and the story of the Swabian Children and poverty in the valley.

Visit one of the oldest preserved churches in Europe. The small church of St Benedict from the 8th century AD has Carolingian wall paintings inside, which are among the oldest frescoes in Western Europe. A building from the 8th century. The Romanesque tower dates from the 12th century. The paintings and Carolingian frescoes inside are among the oldest in the entire German-speaking world. The church harbours the world's only portrait of a Frankish landlord. Opening times: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 10:00 am - 11:30 am Closed on Sundays and public holidays Guided tours (only in German or Italian): Monday and Wednesday at 2.00 pm (German) and 2.45 pm (Italian) Friday at 10:00 am (German) and 10.45 am (Italian) Price: €1.80 per person; with guided tour €3.00 per person Lake Resia Guest Pass holders have admission to the church included every Saturday. The valid Lake Resia Guest Pass must be shown in order to use this service as an inclusive service. Further information: Information office Mals, Tel. +39 0473 831 190

In addition to the permanent exhibitions ‘The discovery of Ötzi’ and ‘Primitive? Skilled!’, the archeoParc in Madonna di Senales presents a small photo exhibition every year in the museum’s cafeteria. This year’s edition features works by the young hunter Simone Santer: photographs of animals, plants, and landscapes. EXHIBITION PERIOD 30th April - 02nd November 2025 from 12 p.m. - 16:30 p.m. at the archeoParc.

In addition to the permanent exhibitions ‘The Ötzi Find’ and ‘Flora, Fauna, Man’, the archeoParc in Unser Frau presents a small special exhibition every year. This year's edition is called ‘Glaciers and Me’ and is dedicated to two artistic positions on the topic to mark the Year of Glaciers: paintings by Jessie Pitt (Melbourne/Längenfeld) and photographs by Daniela Brugger (Karthaus) together with texts by glaciologist Georg Kaser (Karthaus) invite visitors to discover and reflect. EXHIBITION OPENING ‘GLACIERS AND ME’ at the archeoParc on 12 April 2025 at 18:00. open daily from 10:00-17:00

Guided tours in English in July and August ON REQUEST at the Prato allo Stelvio tourist office!

Guided tours in German or Italian:

Can you feel the history? High above Lichtenberg, the ruins of Lichtenberg Castle stand vigil over the valley – a place full of stories, secrets, and breathtaking views.

Join our castle guides on a journey into the Middle Ages and discover what life was like at the castle in the days of yore.

You will wander ancient walls, learn exciting facts about the once-powerful Counts of Lichtenberg, and let your gaze travel over the Vinschgau Valley/Val Venosta.

An experience that takes you back in time – to marvel, to discover, and to immerse yourself.

Look forward to:

· Fascinating insights on castle life

· Tales and legends surrounding the ruins

· Magnificent photo backdrop

Come for a visit and experience history up close!

After visiting the marble world and taking a short stroll through the marble village, you will be culinary tempted during the chocolate and praline tasting.

At the very latest since the discovery of Ötzi, the Val Senales Valley has come to be known far beyond the borders of Europe. The guided tour of the exhibition “The Valley where the Iceman was found” on the ground floor of the archeoParc provides an insight into the history of the Val Senales from the time of Ötzi to the present day. It includes a tasting and the sale of products from the Val Senales Valley with carefully curated wine pairings in the museum’s panorama cafeteria. Registration: within Tuesday, directly at archeoParc

guided tour - The National Park visitor centre avimundus in the pediastrian zone of Silandro is entirely devoted to the bird kingdom of the Stelvio National Park. It offers visitors an overview of the world of birds, and selected bird species are clearly presented and assigned to their respective habitats. Visitors are given extensive information about the breeding and rearing, and on bird voices and their songs.

There is a wealth of zoological and botanical features to discover in the Prader Sand. The walk through the original alluvial fan of the Prader Sand reveals a wide variety of habitats. Registration: By 18.00 the day before Minimum number of participants: 3 persons Meeting point/time: at 16.30 in front of the aquaprad National Park House Price, to be paid in cash on site: 5,00 € adults Children under 15 years free of charge

Simple creativity with just pine cones, stones and nuts. At the Wuschlpuschl Nature Workshop, natural objects collected by the kids are transformed into imaginative works of art.

Up above Martell Valley, lies the Niederhof at an altitude of 1,650 m. Take a guided tour of the original farm museum, providing an insight into life on a mountain farm in the past and present. Afterwards, home-made farm products can be tasted against surcharge.

The church of St Veit stands on the Tartscher Bühel hill. The Romanesque church from the 11th century houses frescoes inside, some of which are badly damaged. The entire west wall is filled with a cycle of paintings (fragments) dating from the 16th century. Attention: this tour is only offered in German or Italian Meeting point: 17:00 in front of the parish church in Tartsch (in the village) Duration: approx. 1 hour Price: € 3.00 per person

ATTENTION: currently this tour is only offered in German or Italian language!! Visit the mysterious bunkers of the Upper Venosta Valley with our experienced guides, architectural relics from the interwar period, monumental defences and last places of refuge. Embedded in the patchwork of the Upper Venosta Valley cultural landscape and well camouflaged by meadows and trees, these fortifications are barely recognisable as part of the Alpine wall. Surefootedness required! Meeting point: 2.00 p.m. Information office Mals, St. Benediktstr. 1 (if the tour has not been booked online, the price must be paid here) Duration: approx. 2.5 hours Cost: € 12.00 adults, € 6.00 children from 8-14 years Registration: online, or on +39 0473 831190 by 5.00 pm the day before!!!

Join the Luggin family in Laas/Lasa and discover the Kandlwaalhof organic farm where first-grade fruit and herbs grow in temperate conditions at an elevation of 900 m. Try some of their crafted products such as apple juice, dried fruit, vinegar, and mustards. Another highlight: during the flowering season, take a tour of the apple orchards and learn all kinds of interesting facts about apple farming. Duration: 1 – 1.5 h Price: 5 Euro per person, includes tasting of farm products Registration: not later than 5 pm the day before. Register online or sign up at the Silandro/Schlanders Info Office Information: Silandro/Schlanders-Lasa/Laas holiday region Call +39 0473 73 01 55 / info@schlanders-laas.it / www.schlanders-laas.it

On a visit to a farm garden with an experienced herbalist, you'll pick various medicinal herbs, learn about their curative properties and then process them into ointments and other natural remedies.

World-renowned and resilient: discover how the marble from Laas/Lasa is processed and quarried through an exciting film presentation followed by a guided tour. The visit continues at the master stonemason’s workshop of Mayr Josef, where you will hear fascinating stories about the “white gold” and witness masterful craftsmanship. Duration: approx. 2.5 hours Price: 11 € per person, 5 € up to 12 years Registration: not required

Are cows on holiday on the mountain pastures? Discover, marvel and enjoy alpine life. Duration: approx. 6 h, walking time 3 h, ascent up to 300 metres in altitude

‘+/- Folk’ is the theme of the exhibition trilogy, which combines the three exhibition venues St. Veit Church, Bunker23 and Bunker5 into a unique cultural journey. Art, design, architecture and film come together and open the view far beyond the boundaries of folkloristic nostalgia. Curated by Daniel Costa The following exhibitions await you: St. Veit Church at Tartscher Bichl hill | HOFER HOFER and +/- Karl Plattner Bunker23 near Tartsch | +/- FOLK Bunker5 near Mals | FLIRI BADER and +/- die Maske 25.05. - 16.10.2025 Sundays from 13:00 - 18:00 In addition, a guided tour takes place (exclusively) in Bunker23 every Sunday at 16:00. There are two ticket options: - 12,00 € | Ticket with admission to all 3 cultural venues - 16,00 € | Ticket with admission to all 3 cultural venues + a guided tour in Bunker23 - Children up to 12 years go free of charge You do not have to visit all the cultural sites in one day, but can split them up over several dates. It is not possible to buy tickets online.

The Carthusian monastery of Allerengelberg was located in Karthaus from 1326 to 1782. It was abandoned under Emperor Joseph II, but the spirit of the monks lives on in the cloisters. During the tour of the monastery, participants are shown the art-historical and architectural features and introduced to the way the Carthusian monks lived and worked. Duration: approx. 1 hour Bilingual guided tour (German and Italian)

Note: currently, the tour is only offered in German and Italian Majestically perched on a rock, the pilgrimage church of Unser Frau in Schnals/ Madonna di Senales is the starting point for a roughly 2.5-hour hike along Via Monachorum via the ancient larch trees of Schnals, waterfalls, and mountain springs to the former Carthusian monastery of Allerengelberg in Karthaus/Certosa. And there? Silence – and a journey into the past. Period: May - October, Mondays Duration: approx. 3.5 hours Price: 10 € per person from 10 years (incl. hiking guide and guided tour) Meeting point: 1.30 pm – Unser Frau, pilgrimage church Registration: T +39 0473 679 148 (Information office Val Senales) or online until 12 noon

The "Tartscher Bühel" is a special place of power in Val Venosta. On a leisurely walk, we follow the traces of the lost town, gain insights into the culture of Val Venosta and learn more about innovative development concepts (this tour is in German or Italian language) Meeting point: 10 am, Tartsch parish church Duration: approx. 2 hours Important: Please bring the price in cash to the event! Lake Resia Guest Pass holders have this event included. The valid Lake Resia Guest Pass must be shown in order to use this service as an inclusive service.

Would you like to be there and watch Friedrich Steiner produce the Steiner organic quality liqueur? The content ranges from the description of the fruit from their own organic farm to the preparation of the mash, the fermentation process and the distillation, maturation and storage of the spirit. This is followed by the cosy part. Duration: approx. 2 hours Price: Euro 15.00 per person incl. tasting of home-distilled quality spirits Minimum number of participants: 4 persons

ATTENTION: this tour is only offered in German or Italian language St Nicholas' Church was consecrated in 1199. The little church is famous for its coffered ceiling from the 16th century, which depicts a jester in a washtub. The nave has a flat roof and slit windows. The semi-circular vaulted apse contains frescoes from the 13th century, including a well-preserved fresco of Christ in the mandorla. Every Tuesday Meeting point: 2.00 pm in front of the church of St Nicholas Price: € 3.00 per person

THE TOUR IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN GERMAN AND ITALIAN:IT IS NOT CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH.

visitor centre avimundus: open day (Bird experts are available for talks in the morning)

A guided botanical walk along the Solda panorama path: Starting in the village centre, we walk past the parish church of St. Gertraud to panorama trail no. 7, which we follow into the valley past meadows, pastures, woods and small streams to the valley station of the Solda cable car. There we switch to the opposite side of the valley, with its sunny and dry slopes. We now return to our starting point with a splendid view of the north face of the Ortler mountain along panorama trail no. 6. Along the way, we will be able to admire numerous species of flowers, including the species Pedicularis recutita, Alpine clematis, Globeflower, Twinflower , Lesser twayblade, Greek valerian, Orange hawkweed, Bearded bellflower and many others. Meeting point: 09:30, bus stop at the Solda tourist office. Duration: 5-6 hours, walking time 2 hours Height difference: 100 metres Length: approx. 7 km

Immerse yourself into the world of strawberries and explore the South Tyrolean Strawberry Trail during a guided tour. Your guide will give you interesting information about this popular fruit, Val Martello as well as customs and traditions of the berry valley.

Note: currently, the tour is only offered in German and Italian. Join us on an extraordinary hike that not only offers breathtaking views, but also combines exciting historical, architectural and artistic experiences. Our tour begins with a ride on the cable car to the Grawand at 3,212 metres. From here, we reach the Iceman Ötzi Peak viewing platform and a unique work of art by Olafur Eliasson. During the descent along the glacier, with views of turquoise glacial lakes, we learn a lot of historical facts about the construction of the cable car to the Grawand, which was opened 50 years ago. The descent finally ends at the Teufelsegg hut, from where we take the Roter Kofel chairlift back down to the valley in comfort. Additional information: moderately difficult hike; good physical condition is required, Walking time: 3 - 4 hours, 90 m ascent & 830 m descent, min. 2 and max. 15 participants