Day trip destinations in South Tyrol and the surrounding area
Sights worth setting on your holiday
There are several day trip destinations in South Tyrol and the surrounding area. It is often difficult to keep track of them due to the variety on offer. Which is why we have listed the most important natural and cultural monuments as well as a few sights here. You can get more detailed information from your host family at your accommodation in Bressanone/Brixen in South Tyrol at any time.
You can get to most sights conveniently by bus or train. With the BrixenCard you can travel on all public transport in South Tyrol free of charge without any restrictions (regional trains as far as Trento/Trient). The card also includes admission to roughly 90 museums in South Tyrol, including some in your surrounding area too. Grab the opportunity for free admission to the Acquarena swimming pool and take part in Bressanone/Brixen tourism association’s variety-packed activity programme!
Your advantages with the BrixenCard
The BrixenCard guarantees a holiday full of adventures and activities free of charge. This is our present to you for the duration of your stay at our “rural life” farm holidays! You will enjoy the following perks:
- Free and unlimited use of all public transport in South Tyrol (bus and railway), of all regional trains in South Tyrol to Trento, all urban and regional buses in South Tyrol
- Free use of the CityBus Bressanone/Brixen
- Free use of the Val Venosta Railway
- Free use of 8 of the cableways in South Tyrol: Renon/Ritten, Maranza/Meransen, San Genesio/Jenesien, Meltina/Mölten, Verano/Vöran, and Colle/Kohlern, as well as the narrow-gauge railway Renon/Ritten and the funicular railway up Mendola/Mendel
- One daily return ride with the Plose cable cars (Plose or Monte Fana/Pfannspitz cableway)
- A return journey with the PostAuto Schweiz from Malles/Mals to Müstair
- One daily entry to the pool area at Acquarena in Bressanone/Brixen (for 3 hours, except Sundays and bank holidays)
- Free entry to almost all 90 South Tyrolean museums
- A comprehensive cultural and hiking offer in Bressanone/Brixen and its surroundings
Our tips for you
- Diocesan Museum and Hofburg in Bressanone/Brixen (approx. 7 kilometres away)
- Themed guided tours in Bressanone/Brixen (approx. 7 kilometres away)
- Bressanone/Brixen cathedral and cloister (approx. 7 kilometres away)
- Archaeology Museum in Bolzano/Bozen (approx. 37 kilometres away)
- Alpe di Siusi/Seiser Alm mountain plateau (approx. 17 kilometres away)
- Museum for Contemporary Art in Bolzano/Bozen (approx. 37 kilometres away)
- Schneeberg mine in Ridanna/Ridnaun (approx. 50 kilometres away)
- Castello di Tures/Burg Taufers in Campo Tures/Sand in Tubre/Taufers (approx. 56 kilometres away)
- The Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle in Merano/Meran (approx. 66 kilometres away)
- Lago di Braies/Pragser Wildsee lake (approx. 67 kilometres away)
- Castel Tirolo/Schloss Tirol in Tirolo/Dorf Tirol (approx. 77 kilometres away)
- Three Peaks (approx. 90 kilometres away)
- Messner Mountain Museums (6 locations)
- Christmas markets in South Tyrol’s various towns
