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"For me, Bolzano is a mountain transformed into a city. The moment you move, it changes appearance. You edge forward and the profile is different, you go back and discover new faces. It speaks different languages. At its heart, it is an actor, enchanting and contradictory, haughty an alluring, warm hearted and chilly."
R. Messner (Foto Tappeiner 2006) 
Soaring architecture: Bolzano 's medieval centre with its historical facades. (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Helmuth Rier)
In the environs of the lake "Kalterer See", the area with the highest density of castles -and wine estates. (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Helmuth Rier)
The castle "Schloss Tirol" overlooking Merano/Meran: It now accommodates the South Tyrolean Museum of Culture and History. (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Tappeiner)
Evening in Bolzano : The streets around the fruit and vegetable market beckon with aperitifs to savour in chic surroundings. (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Ralf Kreuels)
Live jazz in Bolzano 's medieval centre: In June South Tyrol 's streets, squares, castles and concert halls pulsate with the excitement of the "Südtirol Jazz Festival". (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Helmuth Rier)
Speck, wine and roasted chestnuts are never lacking during the custom of “Törggelen”. In the background the "Rosengarten"-Dolomites. (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Frieder Blickle)
Exercise in the high mountain air is both fun and health-giving. (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Frieder Blickle)
Tee off amid lush orchards: The 9-hole golf course at Lana. (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Helmuth Rier)
Golf amid the magnificent peaks of the Dolomites, here at Corvara in Val Badia at 1,700 metres ( 5,578 ft ) altitude. (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Helmuth Rier)
The remains of the 5,300 year-old "Man from the Glacier", dubbed "Ötzi", can be seen together with his clothing and belongings in the Bolzano Archaeological Museum . (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Udo Bernhart)
The classic Musicfestival "Meraner Musikwochen" taking place in late August and September in Merano/Meran: world-famous orchestras in the magnificent settings of the renaissance buliding "Kurhaus". (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Othmar Seehauser)
At the Original South Tyrolean Christmas Market at the town Vipiteno/Sterzing in the valley "Eisacktal" the old Advent Calendar tradition is revived in the windows of some of the town’s finest buildings. (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Laurin Moser)
In South Tyrol almost 190 hotels, beauty farms and farmsteads offering accommodation also provide beauty treatments. (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Helmuth Rier)
The bio-farmstead "Pfleger" at Siusi/Seis grows herbs and flowers to produce tisanes, oils and biological creams. (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Helmuth Rier)
South Tyrol ’s Original Christmas Markets: in the photograph the one at the town Bressanone/Brixen, the old bishopric town where a “live” crib procession takes place. (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Laurin Moser)
Christmas Market in Bolzano/Bozen’s main square, the "Waltherplatz" – complete with the scent of Zelten, a South Tyrolean Christmas sweetmeat. (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Laurin Moser)
The vinegrape "Lagrein" is a South Tyrolean home breed and is highly rewarded in Italy . (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Helmuth Rier)
Harvest time: Almost the whole (98%) of South Tyrol 's wine production is entitled to controlled appellation of origin (DOC) quality status. (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Helmuth Rier)
The castle "Churburg" at the village of Schluderns in the valley "Vinschgau" accommodates the world’s largest private armoury. (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Helmuth Rier)
The gardens of the castle "Schloss Trauttmansdorff" at Merano/Meran: once holiday abode of the Austrian empress Elisabeth in the late 19th century. (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Helmuth Rier)
They provide relief from the searing heat in summer, while in winter they are popular among skaters. Shown here, the small mountain Lake of Fiè/Völs ( 3,425 ft ). (Alto Adige Marketing/ © Helmuth Rier)
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