Kronplatz – Plan de Corones overview

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

info@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.