Chestnut Experience Trail

Foiana/Völlan, Lana, Meran/Merano and environs

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There are various stations where visitors can learn lots about chestnuts. The Chestnut Experience Trail (Kastanienerlebnisweg) is especially recommended for families and those who like a gentle walk. Along the trail one can learn a lot about the tree's wood, its fruit and the various types of chestnut.

Parking is available next to the church in Foiana/Völlan or at the football ground. Follow the Propst-Wieser-Weg trail. After the sporting grounds a Keschtnigl, a spiky chestnut the size of a person, advertises the Chestnut Experience Trail.

Follow the signs past the Weinreichhof farm to the start of the Chestnut Experience Trail. The trail is designed to be easy and interesting for young and old. Ten stations, some of them interactive, await visitors on a hike through the chestnut trees where it is all about the precious fruit.

Tour overview

Distance 2.7 Km

Duration 0h:49 min

Ascent 131 m

Descent 131 m

Highest point 817 m

Lowest point 690 m

Tour Details

The Chestnut Experience Trail in Völlan in the Meraner Land at the eastern foothills of the Ortler Alps is easy to walk for young and old.

Overview

Contacts

Tourist office Lana and environs

Via Andreas Hofer 9/1,39011,Lana

info@lanaregion.it

+39 0473 561 770

http://www.lanaregion.it

Directions by public transport

Transport

Munich - Rosenheim - Kufstein (A 12 Inntalautobahn, toll) - Innsbruck (A 13 Brennerautobahn, toll) - Brenner (A 22 Brennerautobahn, toll) - Bolzano exit Bolzano south - Lana (MEBO expressway) - Völlan or: Ulm - Kempten - Füssen - Fernpass - Imst - Landeck - Reschenpass (state road 40 + 38) - Merano - Lana - Völlan

Parking is available next to the church or on the football pitch.

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