14 villages situated in the heart of the "Pustertal" provide a quiet attractive holiday arrangement. These are Bruneck/Percha, San Vigilio di Marebbe, Olang, St. Lorenzen, Gsies – Welsberg – Taisten, Pfalzen, Rasen, Kiens, Terenten, Antholzertal, Gais-Uttenheim and San Martino in Badia. In the Kronplatz area everybody can find that particular holiday atmosphere he is looking for, quiet places for those who want to be the own and get away of the venal stressing continue of city life.
Unlimited possibilities are provided to those who are looking for the unspoilt nature, those who want to get in touch with the friendly local people and who would like to collect new impressions to take home, to those who are always ready to taste and appreciate good food, to the lazy holidaymakers who are just looking for tranquillity. Also to sportsmen active holidays and adventure can be provided: even the lovers of fine arts who want to search through the milestones of history will be pleased to discover this area; the lovers of handcraft, who are looking for handmade tablecloth, pottery, wood carved figures, etc. may have a large choice and last but not least endless variety of shopping occasions are provided to those people who like to spend most of their time strolling around from shop to shop. Surely you like doing it too!
Let’s have a look at numbers. The Pustertal valley covers an area of 2,071 sq km. This is about 28% of South Tyrol. About 68,000 people live here. Only 25% of that area is at an altitude between 500 and 1,000 m. More than half of it is situated between 1,000 und 2,000 m, the rest above. That means: rarely no bottom, lots of hill-sides, lots of woods (green valleys and good air), mountains and glaciers.
The highest mountain is the Hochfeiler (3,056 m) in the Zillertal valley; the most famous one is the Kronplatz. Agriculture, crafts, trade and tourism have had a great input on labour. Lots of the rural tradition has been held up. The farms of the Pustertal valley consist of a separate farmstead and a barn or have both combined within one building. Quite a few big farmhouses with traditional ovens reach out of the woods and look down the sunny sides to the valley greeting people going by. The mountains make the valley so attractive. The Dolomites on the one side, the Alps on the other. All you can see are hills, rocks and woods. Romantic and sunny plateaus, an unexpected turn within the various paths, small hamlets, picturesque castles, venerable churches and chapels and everything else modern people need surround you. Find exquisite cuisine, tennis courts, baths, riding stalls, walking and running paths, fitness studios, shooting stands, miniature golf, climbing parks, bocce lanes and lots more.
A wide variety of accommodations is available to the tourist, starting with the simple pension or a flat to rent, the middle class hotel up to the first-class hotel.
You will soon realise that in South Tyrol "hospitality" is not only a publicity slogan.
How can you reach our area?
Roads:
highway as far as the exit Brixen
15 km road to Terenten - crossway at Vintl
20 km road to Kiens
28 km road to St. Lorenzen
40 km road to St. Vigil - crossway at St. Lorenzen
40 km road to St. Martin in Thurn - crossway at St. Lorenzen
30 km road to Bruneck
35 km road to Pfalzen - crossway at Bruneck
37 km road to Gais-Uttenheim – crossway at Bruneck
40 km road to Olang
41 km road to Rasen – crossway at Olang
45 km road to Welsberg/Taisten
50 km road to Gsiesertal – crossway at Welsberg
Railway:
Calais - Bale - Innsbruck or Oostende - Munich - Brenner - Franzensfeste (change train, train stations in Ehrenburg, Bruneck, Percha, Olang, Welsberg) from Bruneck connection with the local buses to St. Lorenzen, St. Vigil, St. Martin in Thurn, Rasen/Antholzertal, Pfalzen, Terenten, from Welsberg connection with the local buses to Taisten and Gsiesertal
By plain:
next airports: Innsbruck, Bozen, Verona and Treviso
organized transfers
By Bus:
Airport Munich - Alto Adige www.altoadigebus.eu info@suedtirolbus.it
Airport Bologna – Airport Venezia – Brunico www.cortinaexpress.it
Tourist Facilities
Hotels 409
beds in hotels/inns/pensions 16.644
beds in holiday flats/apartment rentals 7.228
camping 1.429
beds in shelters 177
total no. of beds 25.478
total no. of commercial accommodations 1.245
indoor swimming pools in hotels 70
outdoor swimming pools in hotels 39
public indoor swimming pools 1
public outdoor swimming pools 5
tennis courts 46
indoor tennis 1
golf court 9 holes with driving range 1
Nordic Walking Parc 1
minigolf 3
bocce (bowls) 7
riding 6
camping’s summer 2
camping’s summer/winter 3
Winter sport facilities Skirama Kronplatz 2275m
Cable cars
for 6 persons 4
for 8 persons 11
for 10 persons 2
for 12 persons 4
for 15 persons 1
chair lifts
chair lifts 6 pers. 2
chair lifts 4 pers. 3
ski lifts 5
Total lifts 32
area of pistes 492,7 hectar
prepared pists 114 km
pists prepared with artificial snow all
total length of the lift chain 46.000 m
total difference in elevation 11.877 m
capacity/h 69.791 persons
artificial snow machines 346
pist preparation machines 30
shelters – restaurants 40
ski schools 5
ski nursery 4
ski instructors 180
ski schools Cross Country 2
ski rental 27
illuminated slopes 3,4 km
prepared tracks for cross-country skiing 236 km
Good snow conditions are guaranteed from beginning of December to end of April. Ski pass Skirama Kronplatz valid for all 32 local lifts, ski pass Superski Dolomiti valid for the 12 most beautiful skiing resorts in the Dolomites for a total of more than 450 lifts and over a total of 1.200 km slopes.
