Name: From Lake Resia to Lake Caldaro
Brand: Eurohike
Price: 1039.00 EUR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.95 (21 reviews)

Itinerary at a glance

You will hike along the Via Claudia Augusta - the first road across the Alps! You will encounter orchards, castles and Reinhold Messner's Juval Castle along the way, and the magnificent views of the Ortler Pass and the Adige Valley will reward you for your efforts

Hotel example: Edelweiss

First along Lake Resia reservoir, where you will find the best known camera motive of the Val Venosta Valley, the flooded spire of Graun. The route runs past Lake San Valentino and along the largest alluvial fan of the Alps and leads up to the idyllic mountain village Planeil. Downhill you walk through forest and later through flowering meadows to Burgusio, with view to the impressive monastery of Marienberg.

Hotel example: Das Moriggl

Walk along the Sonnensteig path, a newly created theme path with fantastic views of the snowy mountain peaks. High above the town Malles, with its many towers, onwards and over the Tartscher Bichl past ‚Ganglegg’, a historic archaeological site from the Bronze and Iron Age on to Sluderno, with the most impressive and best-preserved castles in South Tyrol.

Hotel example: Saldur

From the foot of Sonnberg your walk starts and continues crossing through dense forests. Above Laas, well known for the white marble, you later reach the orchards of Val Venosta Valley – apple trees as far as the eyes can see.

Hotel example: Goldene Rose

This stage takes you along sunny mountain slopes above the fertile Vinschgau Valley. Along the Latschander Waalweg you hike through the growing areas of the best South Tyrolean wines. Continue up to Messner's Juval Castle or take a leisurely stroll along the Vinschgau Wine Trail down into the valley to Naturns.

Hotel example: Kleinkunsthotel

High up you continue following the Rablander Waal path through forests, past Alpine mountain farms forever accompanied by stunning views of the Val Venosta Valley. Follow Partschinser and Algunder Waal path down into the Meraner basin. Tired muscles get a chance to relax in the thermal spa.

Hotel example: Flora

On Marlinger Waal path, the longest Waal of South Tyrol you walk into the apple centre Lana. On your way enjoy lovely views on Merano and the Adige valley to Bolzano. Pass through light forests up to Tisens, well known for the sweet chestnuts. During the second half of this path many ancient fortresses are passed: Nalles with Stachelburg, Schwanburg and Payrsberg castle.

Hotel example: Traubenheim

Walk past castles, raised stands and fortresses with great views of the Etschtal Valley and the surrounding mountain ranges. A section of the path takes you along the ‘Three-Fortress-Route’ and continue via St. Michael through extensive vineyards until you reach the beautiful Lake Caldaro. In this beautiful valley you should taste a glass of "Kalterer See".

Hotel example: Remichhof

Other variations of this tour

Hiker enjoys the view of the mountain panorama

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Hiking break in front of the Kurhaus in Merano

Beautiful view of the Marling panoramic trail

Hiking couple in the vineyards on Lake Kaltern

Difficulty Level

Walking

You walk mainly on good walking paths, often on the so called ‘Waal paths’, ancient water systems as well as on paved sections. The paths are easy to walk, the route is undulating through lovely countryside, dotted with orchards and vineyards. Longer ascents occur on some of the days. We recommend a good basic fitness level for walking days of up to 6.5 hours. Shortcuts of daily sections are possible by train or coach.

Prices & Dates

Prices per person in EUR

Sustainably on the go

Offsetting your carbon footprint

254 kg

CO₂-Emissions get compensated

The total value of all emissions per travel and per person is carefully tracked using the CO2 calculator 'Carmacal,' which was specifically developed for tour operators. The individual components that make up this value are shown in the diagram. The overall impact is contributed to by accommodations, luggage transport, on-site catering, and activities, and it is fully offset through our climate protection projects.

Accommodation (78%)

Meals (14%)

Transport (8%)

100%

Services & Information

Further details about this tour

Services

Included

Accommodation as already mentioned
Breakfast
Luggage transfer
Welcome briefing (German, English)
Carefully elaborated route description
Detailed travel documents 1x per room (German, English, French)
App for Navigation and GPS-data
Service hotline

Optional extras

Half-board evening meal (mostly multi-course, sometimes outside the property, payable with voucher)
Return transfer by minibus from Lake Caldaro to Resia every Saturday, Sunday and Monday, costs EUR 79 per person, EUR 29 per dog, reservation is necessary, to be paid for in advance.

Information

Arrival / Parking / Departure

By train to Landeck (North Tyrol) and by bus approx. 1,5 hours to Resia. Or by train via Bolzano and Merano to Malles (South Tyrol) and by bus to Resia in approx. 30 minutes.
Innsbruck or Munich airport.
Parking: parking spaces available, approx. EUR 40 to EUR 70 per week, no reservation.
Return transfer from Merano by Vinschgau train in approx. 1.5 hrs. to Malles and from there approx. 30 min. to Resia. From Lake Caldaro by bus/train in approx. 1 hr. to Merano then continue as described.

Things to note

Tourist tax, if due, is not included in the price
Special dates on request
Further important information according to the package travel law can be found here!

Sustainability

Join us in achieving greater sustainability by choosing our digital route book, rather than the printed version. As a small thank you we will give you a discount of €20 per room.