Published on Dec, 2023
The tour was not available on the given date, so I could have it one day after or one day before. I chose one day after and it was the day when it snowed 40 cm in the Alps. We could not make it to Innsbruck, but Matteo offered a memorable experience. First we were into the snow until the frontier, in Gries bei Brenner, then, besides Vipiteno (Sterzing) and Bressanone (Brixen) which we could see (the info point in the city has a booklet writing about the most important Christmas markets in South Tyrol which are Boze, Sterzing, Brixen, Bruneck and Meran), we went up the mountains to Ortisei (St. Ulrich) and down after sunset to Chiuso (Klausen). In Ortisei (over 1200m high) we saw a place where all 3 languags of South Tyrol are spoken. In Chiuso it was a medieval market where I could see some presepe (like in Naples) and a role play on the street. I tried the mulled wine in all of them, as you can see from the pictures. This made me with to see also the Christbahnl up Bolzano, as Matteo advised, on the next day. A perfect experience for the winter holiday season. Looking forward to see the region in summer as well.