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What to see and do in Bolzano
The places not to miss, practical tips and the tickets to visit them.
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Bolzano is the gateway to the Dolomites, a bilingual city among vineyards and mountains. It hosts the museum of Ötzi, the man from the ice, and from here cable cars climb to the Renon plateau.
Practical tips
- The Museumobil Card includes museums and public transport across South Tyrol.
- In winter the Christmas markets fill the city: book well in advance.
- Try speck, canederli and strudel in the venues of the centre.
When to go
Spring and autumn for walks; December for the Christmas markets.
The places not to miss in Bolzano
The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
The Similaun mummy Ötzi and his objects, more than five thousand years old.
Piazza Walther and the Duomo
The drawing room of the city, with the Gothic cathedral with its coloured roof.
Via dei Portici
The market street with arcades and stalls of fruit and flowers.
Runkelstein Castle
A medieval castle with the finest cycles of secular frescoes in Europe.
The Renon cable car
A panoramic gondola that climbs to the plateau, with a view of the Dolomites.
The Renon earth pyramids
Earth pinnacles with a rock cap, for a walk in the woods.
Messner Mountain Museum Firmian
The museum dedicated to Reinhold Messner’s mountains, in a castle.
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