Have you yet to experience the colours of South Tyrol in autumn? We love this time: at no other time of year is the sun lower, the light softer and the outlines more vivid.

Now we go hiking and biking again through the colourful forests and green meadows, now we often share Waalwege canal trails, paths, summit crosses and refuges with just the locals. Treats are served up in the farmhouse taverns as part of "Törggelen", the South Tyrolean harvest tradition: chestnuts, apples, Speck smoked ham, Alpine cheese, new wines and fresh vegetables from the meadows. The autumn ambience is opulent.

At the Röckhof in Eisacktal, a brother and his sister want to work more with nature. On their parents' vineyard in Villanders/Villandro, they produce natural wines without frills. Pithy and long-lasting. A generational turnover that epitomizes a long-lasting transformation.

She has never dreamed of becoming a cook. Today, Uli Ties thinks about it as the most beautiful job in the world. At the Gasthof Plazores in Al Plan/San Vigilio, she prepares authentic and unconventional dishes of the Ladin cuisine, following tradition closely, reliesing on the traditional knowledge of nature. A considerable talent which has given her the nickname 'Stria', meaning witch in Ladin.