Brixen and its surroundings offer diverse trails, from family-friendly walks to challenging ascents. Explore cultural cities and enjoy the Mediterranean influence. Brixen, Klausen/Chiusa and Sterzing/Vipiteno are well-worth the trip. Shining with rich history, beautiful attractions and a successful mix of customs and innovation Experience Törggelen, a traditional South Tyrolean celebration with wine, food, and chestnuts.
Store for all, located in the centre of the village. Here you can find everything from fabrics to school articles.
Brown, marshy ground surrounds the three Schwarzseen (black lakes), which lie below the Toten. All around you can admire the abandoned mines with galleries and slagheaps, and the imposing peak of Villanderer Berg rising into the sky. The single lakes of the black-lakes-formation are called black, white and blue lake.
Little retail trade in Villanders center. Many regional and select products for the everyday purchase in the assortment.
The lake Totensee, literally "lake of death" is less threatening than its name suggests.
The lake is located in a hollow below the well-known Chapple Totenkirchl. Surrounded by boulders and meadows, it is situated at an altitude of 2200 m. The macabre name comes from the agricultural expression "dead", which can be interpreted as unprofitable.
Missy Princess Accessories is the accessories store in Bressanone, a reference point for fashion-conscious young women. Handbags in all colors and shapes, belts and stylish sunglasses: Here you will find everything to complete your favorite outfits.
The first fountain in Brixen with running water was located by the White Tower. That is why the Fischbänke, the fish market where the fish brought into the city was sold, were located there as well. On occasion of the city’s 1,050th anniversary celebrations in the autumn of 1951, Albuingasse alley was redesigned and a new fountain was erected at the White Tower and inaugurated on 28 October 1951. The bronze figure depicts the patron saint of the Brixen parish church, St. Michael, slaying the dragon. The statue was created by the sculptor Hans Plangger, whose father Armin was the commander of the Brixen security guard before World War I.
The historical garden is situated at the entrance to the monastery complex. It reopened in summer 2004 following extensive restoration work. The sequoia tree towers imposingly over the rear part of the garden, with the impressive centuries-old ginkgo trees directly opposite. The pretty baroque garden with its myriad flowers and herbs and beautiful fountain is laid out between them.
Rental sledge, snowshoes, cross-country ski & ski for skitouring
East of Aicha at an altitude of 700 m, lies the Köstental chestnut orchard in a conservation zone. During the Medieval Period, the chestnut (also known as the poor man’s bread) was a staple food of the population, but nowadays it is a soughtafter delicacy forming part of the classical South Tyrolean cuisine. Today, the traditional fruit is a rarity in the South Tyrolean cuisine and the highlight of the traditional Törggelen in the Eisacktal Valley.
The Radoar farm (850m) with its wide-reaching, age-old vines is one of the highest-altitude vineyards in the Alps.
The municipal library was founded in 1984 as an institution of the Municipality of Brixen and as a system library it assists eight borrowing points of the Municipality itself and supports the bibliotheques of the district of the Isarco Valley.
The library offers a wide selection of books for children, teenagers and adults, newspapers and magazines, CDs, DVDs and audio books, all of which are available to borrow free of charge.
The Cantina Valle Isarco was founded in 1961. The simple production hall originally built in 1978 was restructured in 2005 in order to separate the operational functions and to give the building an appropriate new appearance. The new part of the building made of concrete and the remaining structure were brought together by a unifying grey-red plaster shell, which symbolizes the connection to the terroir. Many steel components were given an oxide red shading, a color chosen to make the building look like a stone that has risen up amongst the vineyards. A brick ceiling now covers the barrique cellar, and the walls are covered in clay plaster. The offices and meeting rooms were renovated and refurnished; bright colors now accentuate the rooms. To round this all off, the tasting and sales room was redesigned in 2014, and an educational exhibit on wine was added as well.
The natural bathing pond in Lüsen is a small, idyllic mountain lake right in the midst of South Tyrol. Returning from a great hiking trip with super panoramic views or a nature park excursion, a visit to the bathing pond will bring you much sought after refreshment. Children can whiz down the slide while parents dive deep into the fresh spring water from the Lüsen Alm, when nearby farmers work on the fields and cows grass on the meadows.
Acquarena, indoor swimming pool & sauna acquarena, the fun and adventure pool. Acquarena, that is a wide range of sports and leisure-time facilities. A fantastic, new adventure pool awaits swimmers, fans of fitness and wellness, young families, children and senior citizens. There is a 1.200 square metre spacious sauna world, which includes a Finnish Sauna, biological and herb Sauna, steam bath and extensive quiet rooms. Visit also the new panoramic sauna and regenerate in one of our 7 cabins and our professional sauna infusions and various applications.
This fortress, which is the largest in the Alps, was completed in 1838 but was never actually used for the purpose of war. It served as a munition storage place until it was taken over by South Tyrol to be used for cultural purposes. So far the lower and middle fortress have been rebuilt to house exhibitions. Cellar corridors were extended underground and connected by a vertical shaft to the uppermost, destroyed, powder magazine. A staircase was installed here, free standing like a sculpture, so that the view of the exterior was not impaired. A new building made of concrete extends the ruins which are covered with a steel roof. The rest of the additional buildings were built in patinated black steel, whose open galleries seems to sway over the surface of the reservoir.
The sport's zone of Villandro has a soccer ground, a beach volleyball ground, a tennis court and a playground. In the winter there is an ice rink.
The Stadt Galerie (City Gallery) located in the center of Brixen / Bressanone was renovated in 2019 and reoriented to contemporary works. Starting in 2020, it will be managed by the SKB. The City Gallery's new assignment is to promote, further develop, and communicate the personal and social value of now-art. In the future, the potential of historical art treasures as storehouses of memory in dialog with contemporary artists will be more-effectively conveyed. Art as a reflector of overall social and cultural processes thinks about social, political, technological, economic, and ecological circumstances. The SKB cooperates not only with the City Gallery but also with institutions and organizations in the province in order to develop synergies and to expand the network for the artists. A commission will appoint a new curator for the City Gallery each year whose job it will be to curate 4-5 exhibitions.
In the store you can not only find food, tobacco and a big choice of newspapers in german and italian, but also honey from own production.
Tennis court in the center of village.
Open from spring to autumn for guests and locals
Venezian saw has been built in the year 1847 and restored to 2003
One wrote the year 1494 as the young artist ALBRECHT DÜRER made a stop in Klausen during his Italy journey. Today a beautiful walk leads to these slopes from Klausen. From this promising place the painter drew the city of Klausen. The result of its feather was lost later, but a copper engraving "Das große Glück" ( the great fortune) is delivered: Klausen calls itself also the "Small Dürer Town": Who wants to visit this place, goes today to the "Dürerstein".
The 72 m high Gothic tower of the parish church of St. Michael is one of the landmarks of the city of Bressanone. It is called the "White Tower" because of its bright, bricked tower roof. The present shape dates back to 1459, and the four oriels behind which the room of the tower guard was located until the 1930s are typical.
The space in front of the Augustinian Monastery was used as a car park for a long time. Surrounded by buildings of historical value, the potential of the space was finally filled in with a new design. The complex is made of three parts: the entrance from outside, the square and the entrance to the abbey gate. The square was lowered by 1.5 meters in order to recreate the original proportions of the facades of the surrounding buildings. A steel plate for a fountain was installed in the middle of the space. Wooden steps arranged above the water cascade, surround the square, which can be used as seats for open-air events. In bad weather a large tarpaulin with steel supports and rope guy lines can be set up. All new aspects such as paving, parapets, steps etc. were made from granite to stay in keeping with the buildings of the abbey.
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