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Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio
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Points of Interest |
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Discovering the Park while having fun is a captivating adventure which is characterized in Val Saént by the colors and sounds of natural elements. Discoveries and sensorial experiences are the thread of "Il gioco del Parco", an educational-entertainment area created to give children the opportunity to experience the feelings at direct contact with nature. The activities organized along the route require the use of various materials: iron, air, stone, wood, and water represent the environments of the protected area, describing the territory, flora, and fauna. How do the players move? Transforming themselves in the animals populating the area, like the deer, the marmot, the eagle... and man. Stimulating imagination with the information collected on forms and panels, they will learn to observe and at the same time discover the various aspects characterizing the Park. The educational-entertainment area is characterized by the territory covered with the debris dragged downhill by the landslide which destroyed Saént Valley in September 1999.
The educational-entertainment area is situated in Val di Rabbi, very near the parking area on payment "al Coler". Free entrance. For information, please contact Rabbi Visitor Center (TN), Tel. and Fax 0463/985190 |
Alpine Botanic Gardens "Rezia" |
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Via Sertorelli - 23032 Bormio (SO)
In the garden 2,500 vegetal species are cultivated in four sections: the flora of Stelvio National Park, phytogeographic collections, a systematic collection, and the tree collection. The most relevant section is represented by flowerbeds where the rarest species of the local flora can be admired. Plants cultivated in the garden have a card with the name of the species and the respective family. The months of June and July are the best time of the year to visit the garden, because most of the species are in bloom. |
Botanic Trail "Pradèi-Bedolédi" |
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| Information in Peio Visitor Center (TN) Tel. and Fax 0463/754186 The botanic tour is a relaxing walk in laps, during which an expert in the field will explain you the distribution and the features of the vegetation present at different heights. From the placing/function in a certain ecosystem of each plant to the information on eventual use for medicinal purposes. The exit leaves from Cogolo or as an alternative from Peio Paese or Peio Fonti. |
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The Monumental Larches Staircase |
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Information in Rabbi Visitor Center (TN) Tel. and Fax 0463/985190 In Val di Rabbi, and more precisely on a steep slope delimiting Prà di Saènt, there is an educational-naturalistic itinerary leading to the discovery of about twenty giant centuries-old larches concentrating at an altitude of about 2,000m, in one of the most charming areas of Stelvio National Park, also known as one of the realms of marmot. Twenty-three imposing larches wave their top with their curious shapes in upper Val Saènt along the naturalistic-didactic itinerary "La scalinata dei larici monumentali": 700 steps along a stone route opening with a map indicating the laps of the charming itinerary. The wonderful green giants have their story written in their trunk: the highest one reaches almost the 40 meters, the biggest one has a trunk circumference of 5 meters, the oldest one is almost 500 years old. Their name is representative of their shape: it is easy to see, along the route ending in Malga Vecia (1,900m), "Il dinosauro - The dinosaur", "Due vite - Two lives", "Il grande piede - Big foot". |
"Runcal" Wildlife Area |
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| Peio Wildlife Area Loc. Runcal - 38024 Peio (TN) Tel. 0463/743305
Peio wildlife area houses deer and roe deer and is situated along the road leading from Peio Fonti to Peio Paese. "Casa dei Cervi" has been equipped with a modern information point and a characteristic visitor center where also children will have the opportunity to discover the characteristic elements of the wildlife living in the protected area, habits, and ability to adapt to the cold winter. |
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Casèl di Somrabbi |
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Casèl di Somrabbi Loc. Somrabbi - 38020 Rabbi (TN) Tel. 0463/985190 (Rabbi Visitor Center)
In the ancient cheese factory built in 1858, there is now an exhibit gathering 127 particular tools used in the past for the traditional milk processing. In the entrance hall the visitor will find the big fireplace and the caldrons, symbol of the museum: the exhibit is completed by descriptive panels and charming images illustrating the most important stages of milk processing. |
Malga Talè |
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| Malga Talè 38027 Peio (TN) Tel. 0463/754186 (Peio Visitor Center)
The recovery of Malga Talè has led to the creation of a thematic route dedicated to tetraonids and their complex strategies to adapt to the environment. |
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Historical and Cultural Aspects... |
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| A visit to the Park might become an occasion to know more in detail historical and cultural aspects. Here you are some structures, also lying outside the Park area, which are without a doubt worth a visit.
N.B. The days and the opening hours are approximate. For precise information, please contact the telephone numbers you will find below. |
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Built in the 12th century. In the 16th century the Earls Trapp transformed it into the most beautiful Renaissance residence of Alto Adige. One of the largest collections of armors in Europe is gathered in the castle. |
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Quoted for the first time in 1238, but without a doubt it is more ancient. In 1956 it became property of the Italian State, which finished to restore it in 1995. In 1999 it has been granted to the Municipality of Castelbello. In it, cultural events are organized. |
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It dates back to the beginning of the 13th century. After several changes in property during the centuries, since 1983 is the "home" of Reinhold Messner, writer and one of the last great adventurers of our time, who enriched it with several artistic collections, among which the collection of Tibetan objects and a gallery of pictures with an alpinist subject stand out. |
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It displays archaeological finds coming from Ganglegg prehistorical settlement, works of art, and agricultural tools. A permanent exhibit illustrates the irrigation technique of Wasserwaale and recalls the street vendors (Karner). |
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In no other place you can understand so well the medieval life as you will in the town of Glorenza: imposing walls, defensive towers, access doors, porticos, and alleys. The town foundation dates back to the period in which the Prince Mainardo II (1271-1295) from Tirol wanted to strengthened his domination over Upper Val Venosta against the Princes Bishops of Coira. It was reconstructed between 1500 and 1520 and since then it has undergone only a few changes, so that it deserves a visit for the typical architecture of its buildings and its walls. |
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The Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria, built in 1150 and enlarged in following periods, rises on a hillock overhanging the country ward of Burgusio. Within it there are Romanesque and Byzantine-style frescoes, and works of art of the Middle Ages. |
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Situated in the old school premises, the museum documents usages and costumes of Val d’Ultimo. |
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The Museum, situated in Palazzo De Simoni in the historical town center of Bormio, is divided into two sections. The historical-artistic section consists of pictures and wooden works, a collection of votive offerings, copies of the Statutes of the Bormio County, relics, and objects used during the First World War; traditional tools for agricultural activities and craftsmanship are on display in the ethnographic section. |
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There are two halls: one is dedicated to the world of minerals and the other to the main Alpine environments. In the first one there are Alpine minerals and crystals, mainly from Valtellina; in the other there are dioramas of about almost 200 species of the alpine fauna. A hard stone-cutting artisan lab, a shop, a conference hall, and a bar are annexed to the museum. The "house of the marmots" is a special attraction: since many years, a family of marmots has been dwelling in harmony with humans. |
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It will consists of several halls reproducing the ancient rooms of Valtellina houses. Specific sections are dedicated to transport, milk processing, housework, school, costumes, sacred art, and to the First World War. At the moment, the section "Mulino e forno a legna" (Mill and Wood Oven) has been completed. |
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Paluaccio di Oga is a peatbog of more than 30 hectares which can be visited by following a guided route equipped with a foot-bridge. At the edges of the reserve you can find Forte Venini. It was built shortly before the beginning of World War I in order to hamper the transit of enemy troops along the road of Stelvio and to defend the pass of the towers of Fraele and the accesses of Valfurva and Valdidentro. It remained defended until 1958. The recent restoration works have given the opportunity to open it to the public. |
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It was built in the 70s when some friends decided to collect material and documents regarding the 'Guerra Bianca'. At the moment, the exhibition is divided into three halls and hallways, where finds recovered mainly in the glacial areas of Adamello are on display. "The Museum is nowadays a reference point for the safeguard of the historical heritage of World War I in Lombardy, and not only". |
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Evidences of usages and costumes of the preindustrial epoch. On display, objects and tools of everyday life and work. Moreover, the processing cycles of linen, hemp, and wool are documented and a kitchen, a bedroom, and a “casera” have been reconstructed. |
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The museum gathers evidences on the life of the community of Valle di Sole. The professions of the carpenter, blacksmith, farmer, breeder, weaver, coppersmith are described by reconstructing everyday scenes and traditional places through a careful exhibit of original tools and the reproduction of the ancient working places. |
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Fortified structure gathering interesting war finds. The fort has been recently restored and tells about the most significant events of the conflict striking in a dramatic manner the community of Vermiglio. In the exhibit spaces, images, documents, and war finds are used with a didactic aim and help to trace back the tragic events of that period. |
