Holidays in Meran

Kurstadt Meran within roses...
is a famous, elegant South Tyrolean health resort with a historic town centre, 324 metres above sea-level. Eternal snow and rock knolls look into subtropical garden paradises, these favourable climatic conditions made Meran since the middle of the last century become a spa, a place of unforgettable eras. The famous promenades, the cure-spa promenade, Passer promenade, winter promenade, Gilf promenade and particularly the Tappeiner trail, invite to walk under flowers and blossoms and to marvel the exotic and Mediterranean flora.

Exploring Meran is one of the great pleasures of the holiday. The city centre, but also the surroundings contain various art historical treasures and certificates of the past. The quaint medieval centre, from the 13th century, when Meran was the capital of the Tyrol, has many sights of artistic and historic interest: romantic castles, ancient Romanesque and Gothic churches with rare frescos, statues and intricate carved altarpieces, interesting museums, beautiful Art Nouveau Spa buildings, villas, a modern art gallery and the famous arch alley of Meran. There you find wonderful shops, which invite you to shop and stroll, a diversified Shopping experience with fun.

In the surroundings of Meran: fairytale castles, countless mainly gothic churches with rare architectural details, innovative arranged museums, impressive natural monuments like the waterfall Partschins, old larches in Ulten Valley, earth pyramid in Dorf Tirol, etc

Some sights in Meran and surroundings:

MERAN 
Kurhaus with promenade, a gem of the “Jugendstil” in Meran
Tappeiner trail – walk of 6 km, built by the doctor, botanist Franz Tappeiner – in 1893 was opened the first part
Sissi trail – historical walk from Castle Trauttmansdorff to the city centre
Garden of Castle Trauttmansdorff – most beautiful botanical gardens in Italy in 2005
Touriseum – original museum about tourism history in South Tyrol
Woman museum
Kunsthaus Meran – exhibition of contemporary art and architecture with art café
Urban museum
Jewish museum and synagogue
„Landesfürstliche Burg“, Residence of the Tyrolean prince
St. Nikolaus church – Maria Trost church – Spital church
Therme Meran – new thermal and vital centre (opened in 2007)

BOZEN 
„Ötzi Museum“ about the ice man
Castle Sigmundskron (Mountain Messner Museum)
cathedral
Archaeological museum 
Museion and Merkantil museum
fruit market  

DORF TIROL
Castle Tirol – South Tyrolean regional museum for culture and history
Care centre for bird’s fauna Castel Tirol with impressive flying show
Church St. Peter  
Castle Brunnenburg with agricultural museum

SCHENNA 
Castle Schenna with Mausoleum (built by Margarete von Tirol)

LANA
South Tyrolean fruit-growing museum
Parish church Maria Himmelfahrt 1492

PARTSCHINS
typewriter museum Peter Mitterhofer 

RABLAND
World of railway in miniature (opened in 2009)

NATURNS
St. Prokulus church

SCHLUDERNS 
Churburg of count Trapp, the most beautiful castle of South Tyrol