Todo Südtirol

How to reach the Naturatrafoi Visitor Centre 

In the village of Trafoi along the Stilfserjoch/Stelvio Pass, the naturatrafoi Visitor Centre shows how nature has successfully managed to adapt in this high Alpine region. With sometimes extreme weather conditions as well as the unique geology of the Ortler, both animals and plants have had to evolve a number of ingenious survival strategies.

The exhibition thus offers fascinating insights into the geology of the Ortler Cevedale Mountain Group and into the survival, adaptations and strategies of plants and animals under the extreme climatic conditions of the high mountains.

The exhibition demonstrates the hard fight for survival of flora and fauna in the upper mountain regions.

Only a few specialist plants can withstand the inhospitable and rough conditions beyond the tree line. Impressive photo panels, an exhibition cinema, as well as rocks and furs introduce visitors to the ‘Life on the Edge’. For our little visitors, we have prepared some games, fairy-tale listening stations, as well as a stone puzzle for ‘active understanding’.

Opening hours:
Winter: December 27th to March 31st
Summer: May 2nd to October 31st
Tuesday to Saturday from 9:30 am 12:30 am and from 2:30 pm to 6 pm
July and August also on Sunday from 2:30 pm to 6 pm

Entry fees:

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Contact:
Nationalparkhaus Naturatrafoi
Trafoi 57
39029 Stilfs
+39 0473 612031

How to reach the  Collepietra Museum

The hard life spent working on the farm, almost forgotten crafts, murmured prayers in church: history lovers can discover the fascinating natural surroundings of the mountain dwellers.

The Collepietra Museum goes to the very roots of the history of Tyrol. Visitors can wander among lovingly installed exhibits in old wood-panelled rooms, chambers and working areas, while the valuable statues and sacred treasures contained in the Chapel of the Resurrection also shed a contemporary light on an aspect of faith history.

Note: Guided tours only, special tours for groups of 10 people or more.

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Contact:
Museum Steinegg
Kirchplatz 2
39053 Steinegg
+39 0471 619560

How to reach the Ortler Area Museum

The ground floor of the school houses the Ortler Region Museum, a display of the history of the Ortles/Ortler region from various viewpoints, such as the development of tourism with the first ascent of the Ortler massif, World War I and local mineral finds.

Opening hours:
December to April and from June to September:
Daily from 9 am to 7 pm

Entry fees:
free entry

Contact
Ortler Area Museum
Hauptstraße 140
39029, Sulden/Solda
+39 0473 613032

How to reach the Nature Park Visitor Center

The motto of Rieserferner-Ahrn / Vedrette di Ries-Aurina Nature Park Visitor Center is “The boundaries of nature, the limits of human kind.” When you first enter the center, a film shot from the perspective of an eagle affords you an unusual impression of the park.
A 3D relief provides visitors with multimedia information concerning the park’s mountains, trails, refuges, lakes and waterfalls. A pendulum gives visitors a close-up look at how the mountains arose, while a kind of stone puzzle provides insight into the geological structure of the mountains. At the center you can also marvel at, observe, and be amazed by altitudes of 3,000 meters and beyond, glacier shrinkage, minerals, life-size hand-carved birds of prey, resilient lichen, and the valley’s typical dialect. Visitor information systems provide information concerning nature, the landscape, and the evolution of the nature park region. And for kids there are fairy tales and legends from times past.
Visitors to Rieserferner-Ahrn / Vedrette di Ries-Aurina Nature Park Visitor Center experience spatially and temporally all of the beauty and boundaries that are found in the park.

Opening hours: 
May 2nd to October 31st
Tuesday to Saturday from 9:30 am to 12:30 am and from 2:30 pm to 6 pm
July and August also opened on Sunday.

Entry fees:
free entry

Contact: 
Nature Park Visitor Center
Rathausplatz 9
39032 Sand in Taufers
+39 0474 677546

How to reach the Habsburger Museum

The Habsburg Museum is the private collection of Hermann Pegger, who over the years has collected historical objects from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the liberation struggle of 1809.

Opening hours:
ganzjährig zugänglich mit Anmeldung

Enty fees:
free entry

Contact:
Habsburger Museum
Kirchplatz 144 Gasthaus ‘Zum Roten Adler’
39021, Latsch
+39 0473 623182

How to reach the Capriz – the dairy adventure world

The Capriz cheese factory invites visitors to immerse themselves into the art of artisan goat cheese making. The exhibition shows in the rooms on the ground floor and in the basement the whole process of making goat cheese, starting from the goat as the supplier of the primary raw material, the goat milk, all the way to the final product and its correct storage. The exhibition is spiced with a number of interactive elements.

How to reach the Thurn Castle local museum

Sacred art is here surrounded by old stone walls: ancient altarpieces and consecrated panels from the 16th century, early Baroque statues of saints, and religious paintings delve deep into the history of the Val d’Ega. The local museum in Castle Thurn is attached to the present-day town hall in a Romanesque tower dating from the 13th century, which was once used as a residence and, around 1341, for court sittings. In 1911 the residence of Thurn Castle was transferred to the municipality of Nova Ponente, which meticulously renovated the building and opened it to the historically minded.

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Contact:
Rathaus Deutschnofen
Schloss-Thurn-Straße 1
39050 Deutschnofen
+39 0471 617500

How to reach the Planetarium 

The South Tyrol Planetarium is also the only one of its kind in South Tyrol. Unlike the observatory, the planetarium reveals the secrets of our universe and brings them to life with the help of state-of-the-art 3D technology and a sophisticated sound system. Visitors can go on a journey into the depths of space and discover what awaits mankind.

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Contact:
South Tyrol Planetarium
Gummer 13
39053 Val d’Ega
+39 0471 610020 

How to reach the School Museum

At Bozen’s School Museum you can appreciate the various aspects of school life as lived by the 3 ethnic groups inhabiting the territory (Italian, German, Ladin). The exhibition is complete with didactic materials, photographs, school reports, documents, furniture, and notice communications. Visitable on request.

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Contact:
Schulmuseum Bozen
Rentschner Straße 51b
39100 Bozen
+39 0471 095474

How to reach the Villa Freischütz

Franz Fromm was a German businessman who moved to Meran/Merano with his family in 1905, where he later bought the Villa Freischütz, built in 1909. The villa became the new home for him, his family, and for his passionately collected pieces of art.
Thanks to the benefactress, his granddaughter Rosamaria Navarini (1926-2013), the collection was kept until today. It was her will to transform the villa into a museum and to open the treasures to the public.
The villa itself is considered a typical building of the “golden age” of Meran/Merano and contains a varied and valuable collection of arts and crafts. The objects and histories presented in the exhibition interweave into a portrait of a typical bourgeois family of the period.

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Contact:
The House Museum Villa Freischütz
Priamiweg 7
39012 Meran
+39 0473 425149