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Hiking to the earth piramids near Soprabolzano
Renon, Bolzano & Environs
Description
Tourism in Renon/Ritten can look back on a long tradition rooted in the desire of the town dwellers of Bolzano/Bozen to escape to their summer retreats. The Renon Themed Trail tells the stories of the Rittnerbahn narrow gauge railway, the tracks of the emperor, the earth pyramids...
Tourism in Renon/Ritten can look back on a long tradition rooted in the desire of the town dwellers of Bolzano/Bozen to escape to their summer retreats. The Renon Themed Trail tells the stories of the Rittnerbahn narrow gauge railway, the tracks of the emperor, the earth pyramids, water and stone, Saint George and Jacob, as well as summer retreats in Santa Maria Assunta/Maria Himmelfahrt.

 

Details

Route: the trail begins in Soprabolzano/Oberbozen at the Rittner Seilbahn cable car mountain station. Follow the signs for the sentiero piramidi down the Schwimmbadweg to hiking trail no. 23. Over hill and down dale, the trail leads to the viewpoint overlooking the earth pyramids in the Katzenbachgraben gorge. Pass by the farms to the hillside location of the St George & Jacob’s Church, featuring paintings in the apse from 1380. The key to the church is available from the tourist information office next to the Soprabolzano railway station. The trail leads across the meadows up to the village of Santa Maria Assunta and the final stop of the Rittnerbahn railway. Pass by the summer retreat houses. Return to Soprabolzano via trail “Sommerfrischweg”.

Tip: the easy way to get from Bolzano to Soprabolzano is on the Rittner Seilbahn cable car.

Approach

Getting there from Bolzano/Bozen:

By car: from Munich in approximately 3,5 hours via the motorway (Rosenheim-Kufstein-Innsbruck-Brenner) until you come to the motorway exitz Bolzano/Bozen NORD. Take this exit, drive in the direction of Bolzano and toward the Renon/Ritten mountain.

By train: On the Munich-Innsbruck_Verona line to Bolzano wehre alal trains stop. Bus stop near the train station, whrere buses 165 go to Collalbo/Renon. Or walk 10 minutes to the start of ropeways to Soprabolzano/Renon. The ropeway goes in only 12 minutes to Soprabolzano/Renon. There starts the Renon railway every half hour and after 18 minutes you arrive to Collalbo/Renon.