Bolzano – often read not really visited – if you travel to Italy using the Austrian Alpine passes, you have a good chance to pass by Bolzano. The capital of the autonomous region of South Tyrol.

Accommodation

We found this cute apartment in the middle of Bolzano using Booking.com (https://www.booking.com/) . Cooper apartments (https://www.booking.com/hotel/it/cooper-apartments.de.html) is located next to the city hall only about 5-10 minutes walk from main station and a big parking lot („Laubengarage“). We booked a standard one-bedroom + one day-bed-room, which would be suitable for 4 persons. The apartment is spacious, equipped with a full service kitchen and a shower bathroom. Our apartment was in an upper floor and we had a wonderful view out over Bolzano’s roof tops and the mountains of the Ortler massif in the background. The room was clean and the online check-in / reception worked very well. We booked with breakfast, which was served in the Cooper Bread & Bistro in the ground-floor. The breakfast was delicious and simply huge – coffee (type and quantity – your choice), Cornetto (italian croissant), fruit plater & a full plate of cold cut (which can hardly be eaten by one person). Thumbs-up for this breakfast.

Food & Activity

This section is quite different to all our other travel reports. The reason is simple and already stated in the header of it. The main goals of our 3 days 2 nights stay in Bolzano getting rest, wine shopping and wander around.

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Pizzeria Meraner

On one evening, we met one of our South Tyrolian friends, who used to live in Ulm but now returned to his home town Eppan. We met him for a Pizza @Restaurant Meraner (http://www.meraner.it/de) and had a really nice evening with some good wine, food and an Italian coffee to end the dinner. The pizza out of the wood oven was really tasty, the people @Meraner really chilled, we had nice conversations – perfect evening.

Wine Shopping @ Cantina St. Pauls

Our South Tyrolian friends brought us into contact with the wines from Cantina St. Pauls (https://www.stpauls.wine/). Every time we pass by Bolzano, we take a little circuit for a pre-lunch drink & wine shopping there. Our Favorites: Plötzner Weissburgunder, Fuxberg Chardonnay, Gfill Sauvignon, Turmfeld Cabernet Riserva, Zobl Lagrein. (A detailed review for this wines will be available beginning of next year in our Food section.)

Wandering Around & Shopping

The pedestrian area of Bolzano asks to do shopping and wandering around. The type of pedestrian called „Laubengänge“ create a special atmosphere. The „Laubengänge“ are nice, quite and cozy. You can find known brands, small shops, local food stalls and good restaurants.

Conclusion

We really like Bozen and the whole region, we will hopefully return in May ’21 for an early summer in Bozen. We can recommend every sight and shop, which we introduced to you in this blog article.

We will see each other @ Passo Sella (https://www.passosella-resort.com/de/),

P.

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