Day 3

city strolls in Tenna and Levico Terme (Trentino)

Path signs at the viewpoint No. 6 in komoot covered in snow; further progress (heading right) toward Totenkirchl was just with winter equipment possible, since the path was not visible. The stroll was continued heading further straight for around 800 m but was stopped due to high winds

Strolls in the Villanders (Villandro) and Velturno (Feldthurns) villages

Stroll in the Chiusa (Klausen) village

Sightseeing in Brixen (Bressanone), which was a real surprise. Brixen (the german version of the name) is not only the oldest city in Südtirol, but impresses with cultural sights and with the historic old town. 

Fun Fact: there are three official languages in Südtirol (South Tyrol): German, Italian and Ladin.

Thanks to its diverse cultural past, street signs in Italy's northernmost province are bilingual or even trilingual. For generations, German, Italian and Ladin speakers have lived side by side and with each other in this small province. A total of over 40 different dialects of the South Bavarian inflected dialect are spoken in the various villages and valleys. Italian is the predominate language in Bolzano/Bozen, Meran/Merano and in the south of the country, but only since South Tyrol passed from Austria to Italy after World War I. South Tyrol's original language is Ladin, which is over 1,000 years old. This Rhaeto-Romanic language is spoken by about three percent of the population in the Val Badia valley and Val Gardena region.