To Reinhold Messner’s Tibetan Collection and along the Waalweg to Kastelbell/Castelbello. The Sonnenberg/Monte Sole in Vinschgau/Venosta Valley has very low levels of precipitation and is therefore quite barren. The vegetation on the sunlit south-facing slopes is almost steppe-like. Farmers therefore built a large-scale irrigation system to protect their fields from drying out. These distinctive, continue…

Between the valley of Sarntal/Val Sarentino and the high plateau of Salten, above the Möltner Kaser dairy hut on the highest point of the Große Reisch, lies a mysterious place dotted with “Stoanerne Mandln”. On the treeless crest stand dozens of figures made from layers of stratified stone, the so-called “Stoanerne Mandln” (Stone Men),, continue…

From the Vernagt/Vernago reservoir in Schnalstal/Val Senales to the Finailhof, one of the oldest mountain farmsteads in South Tyrol. The glaciers shine in the light of the sun, and sheep have always been driven across the high Niederjoch alpine pass into the neighbouring Ötztal valley during the so-called transhumance. This is also the place, continue…