Bolzano Favorites

Favorite thing: we went here by bus from Bolzano, awesome lake, the biggest lake of Italy.
i remember beautifull houses/hotels when walking
very pittoresque! more info

again no pictures at my home:-)

Favorite thing: In the seventies (yes long time ago)i have been to the Dolomites, stayed at Kiens,a small city and i visited Venice offcourse!
What a beautifull city. I also visited the Garda-lake, Trentino, Verona and some other beautifull places

Fondest memory: Kronplatz Holiday Region with its 15 constituent parts: Bruneck, Al Plan-S. Vigilio, Olang, St. Lorenzen, Kiens, Pfalzen, Antholzertal, Rasen im Antholzertal, Terenten, Gsieser Tal/Welsberg/Taisten, Gais-Uttenheim and St. Martin in Thurn.

These villages lie between 786 and 1,650 meters (2,579 and 5,414 ft) above sea level.

Favorite thing: Below few words in Italian that you can use while visiting Italy.

Waiter / Waitress! - Cameriere/ Cameriera, per favore!
May I have the menu, please? - Potrei avere il menu, per favore?
Do you have a set menu / local specialities? - Avete un menu fisso/ delle specialità locali?
What do you recommend? - Cosa mi raccomanderebbe?
Do you have vegetarian dishes? - Avete dei piatti vegetariani?
bread - pane
butter - burro
cheese - formaggio
coffee - caffè
cream - panna (montata)
ice cream - gelato
lemon - limone
milk - latte
mineral water - acqua minerale
mustard - senape
pepper - pepe
salad - insalata
salt - sale
sugar - zucchero
tea - tè
yes/no - si/ no
please / thank you - per favore/ grazie
good morning - Buongiorno
good afternoon - Buon pomeriggio
good evening - Buona sera
good night - Buona notte
good-bye - Arrivederci
excuse me - mi scusi
you're welcome - prego
how long / how far - per quanto tempo/ quanto è lontano
yesterday / today / tomorrow - ieri/ oggi/ domani
day / week / month / year - giorno/ settimana/ mese / anno
left / right - sinistra/ destra
up / down - su/ giù
good / bad - buono/ cattivo
big / small - grande/ piccolo
cheap / expensive - economico/ caro
hot / cold - caldo/ freddo
open / closed - aperto / chiuso
free/ occupied - libero / occupato
early / late - presto/ tardi
Does anyone here speak English? - Qualcuno qui parla inglese?
I don't speak (much) Italian. - Non parlo l'italiano/ molto italiano.
Could you repeat that? - Per favore, potrebbe ripetere?
Could you spell it? - Per favore, potrebbe fare lo spelling?
Can you translate this for me / us? - Potrebbe tradurre questo per me/ per noi?
What does this mean? - Che cosa vuol dire?
I don't understand. - Non capisco.
How much is that? - Quanto costa?
Does this bus / train stop at ... ? - Questo autobus/treno ferma a...?
Monday - lunedì
Tuesday - martedì
Wednesday - mercoledì
Thursday - giovedì
Friday - venerdì
Saturday - sabato
Sunday - domenica

Favorite thing: The tourist information in Bozen is on Piazza Walther right next to the Cathedral. They give you a free map, answer all your questions and you can book tours there or obtain tickets for cultural events.

Azienda di Soggiorno e Turismo
39100 Bolzano, Piazza Walther, 8
Tel. 0471 307000
Fax 0471 980128
e-mail: info@bolzano-bozen.it

If you are interested in getting a map beforehand, you can download it here

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Favorite thing: When preparing a trip to Bolzano it might be quite useful to have a look at some websites before going there. Here is a list of useful links:

- http://www.bolzano-bozen.it/

- VT Bolzano/Bozen pages

- wikitravel Bolzano/Bozen guide

- http://www.comune.bolzano.it (Italian and German)

- http://www.bolzano.net

Favorite thing: Il Municipio (the Town Hall), situated at beautiful Piazza Municipio, was designed in neo-Baroque style and erected in 1907.
The front facade of the building, and the one that is situated next to it, is nicely coloured with the ornaments. Too bad I didn't take the picture of it under the day light.

Favorite thing: See the very impressive and attractive bell-tower disagned in a pure Gothic style. I would like to see the very same scene under the bright sunny day. Hope to have sunny day next time I'll visit Bolzano.

Favorite thing: Bozen is on the main rail line and main road from Verona to Innsbruck, it is well worth visiting in its own right. It is also a good center for visits to at least three valleys that connect to or are close to Bozen.

The first is the valley of the Adige, which as I found out connects to Austria at Landeck, to Switzerland through Scuol and one can reach Merano easily and hence north from there to the Austrain border and the location where the Oetzi man was found.

There is a bus service to the Val di Fassa which originates in Bozen and connects with the main bus service to the Val di Fassa which originates in Trento.

Finally at least to my knowledge there is access to the Val gardena to the N.E of Bozen. The connection is possibly best made by train to Bressanone and then bus to the small towns, St Ulrich and Selva.

For those travelling by car or tour bus there are some excellent routes to the east that follow the many passes between Bozen and Cortina D'Ampezza.

Without doubt there are many other fine places to visit in his area. Any research that I did for these journeys was before access to VTand the excellent ideas that members have taken the time to complete pages.

Fondest memory: A fascinating, historic city with an interesting central area, especialliy the arcades near the Duomo.