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its way through the town.
The Passeg giata Lungo Passirio
d’Inverno (Winter Walk) follows
the north bank to the Roman
bridge, Ponte Romano; the
Passeggiata d’Estate (Summer
Walk) on the south bank leads
to the medieval Ponte Passirio.
Environs
The romantic 12th-century
Castel Tirolo lies 4 km (2.5 miles)
to the north. It hosts a museum
of Tyrolean history.
The grounds of Castel
Trauttmansdorff house a
fascinating botanical garden.
Abbazia di Monte Maria, founded in the 12th century, near Malles Venosta
+ Castello Principesco
1 Malles Venosta R Abbazia di Monte Maria Via Galilei. Tel 3290 18 63 90.
Mals Im Vinschgau Tel 0473 83 13 06 (abbey); 0473 84 39 Open Tue–Sun & public hols. Closed
80 (museum). Open mid-Mar–Oct: 7 Jan–Easter. & 8
* 4,600. V @ n Via San Mon–Sat; Nov–Apr: groups by appt
Benedetto 1 (0473 83 11 90). ( Wed. only. Closed public hols. & 8 + Castel Tirolo
∑ altavenosta-vacanze.it Via Castello 24, Tirolo. Tel 0473 22 02
2 Merano 21. Open mid Mar–10 Dec: Tue–Sun.
Malles Venosta sits in high border Closed Dec–mid-Mar. & 7 = -
country, close to Switzerland Meran ∑ schlosstirol.it
and Austria, and was a customs * 35,000. V @ n Corso della + Castel Trauttmansdorff
point during the Middle Ages. Libertà 45 (0473 27 20 00). ( Tue, Fri. Via S. Valentino 51a. Tel 0473 25 56 00.
The town has several Gothic ∑ meran.eu Open 1 Apr–15 Nov: daily. & 9 8
churches, whose spires and 0 ∑ trauttmansdorff.it
towers give an appealing skyline, Merano is an attractive spa
mirroring the jagged peaks that town popular with Austrians,
rise all around. The oldest is the Germans and Italians. On Corso 3 Vipiteno
tiny church of San Benedetto, della Libertà, a street of smart Sterzing
a 9th-century Carolingian shops and hotels, stands the * 5,600. V @ n Piazza Città 3
building on Via San Benedetto, Kurhaus or Spa Hall built in 1914, (0472 76 53 25). ( daily.
with frescoes of its patrons. now a concert venue. Furnished
in period style, the 15th-century Surrounded by mineral-rich
Environs Castello Principesco was home valleys, Vipiteno is very Tyrolean
The medieval Castel Coira to the Habsburg Archduke in feel. On Via Città Nuova, lined
(Churburg) rises at Sluderno Sigismund. Inviting gardens line with fine mansions, rise the
(Schluderns), 4 km (2.5 miles) the River Passirio, which winds Gothic Palazzo Comunale,
southeast of Malles. It contains containing Renaissance sculpture
an excellent collection of and paintings, and the Torre dei
weapons and armour. Dodici, the symbol of the town.
Clinging to the mountainside Wood carvings in the Museo
above the town of Burgusio Multscher are by Hans Multscher;
(Burgeis), 5 km (3 miles) north the Bavarian sculptor came to
of Malles, is the Benedictine Vipiteno in 1456–8 to carve the
Abbazia di Monte Maria altar for the parish church, which
(Marienberg), founded in the lies just south of the town.
12th century but enlarged in To the west, the charming Val
the 18th and 19th. The church’s di Racines includes waterfalls
crypt shelters an outstanding and a natural rock bridge.
series of 12th-century frescoes.
The glorious medieval town P Palazzo Comunale
of Glorenza lies just 2 km Via Città Nuova 21. Tel 0472 72 37 00.
(1 mile) south of Malles. Open Mon–Fri. Closed Fri pm &
public hols.
+ Castel Coira E Museo Multscher
Churburg, Sluderno. Tel 0473 61 51 13. Via della Commenda 11. Tel 0472 76
Open 20 Mar–Oct: Tue–Sun (& Mon if The Art Nouveau façade of the Kurhaus 64 64. Open Apr–Oct: Tue–Sat.
pub hol). 8 compulsory. & in Merano Closed public hols. &
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp562–5 and pp580–84

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