- Join for free
- Sign In
lotharlerch Says: Glurns is fortified because of its strategic situation at the place where the road from Switzerland over the Ofenpass (Fuorn) meets the valley of the Etsch/Adige river leading to the important Reschenpass/passo Resia . And the Swiss were not always as peaceful as they are...
The main (better: only one) square
lotharlerch Says:
Nice buildings in Rhaeto-Romanic style
lotharlerch Says:
lotharlerch Says:
lotharlerch Says:
Weisses Kreuz: Regional food reasonably priced
lotharlerch Says: I was twice (2005 and 2008) eating there together with friends. There is a bar at the ground floor and the restaurant is above it. The food is typical for normal restaurants in the area - Tyrolean/Austrian with a few Italian dishes on the menu. The quality is OK and the...
lotharlerch Says: A Gasthaus typical for the region, nice old building and authentical atmosphere We had only a drink there
desert_princess Says: Bus is the most regular and commonly used transport in the Vinschgau Valley
lotharlerch Says: Glurns/Glorenza is easily missed when coming along the main road over the Reschen/Resia pass either from Meran or from Landeck. Look out for the roadsigns Glurns/Glorenza when approachingMals(Malles Venosta) or do it like my VT-friend Anna (desert_princess) and take the...
lotharlerch Says: As everywhere in this region you can find tasty Tiroler Speck (dried, spiced and smoked ham) and very intersting strongly spiced bread (Vinschger) or for those who like it dry "Schüttelbrot", a very traditional type of bread which can be preserved for two years or so (do...
Still Off the Beatn Path: Langtaufers
lotharlerch Says: The Langtauferer Valley with Melag is a great and still untouched area which you would not expect so close to the very busy road over the Reschen pass. You find this pearl when you follow the road from the churchspire in the water south through the tunnel. Immediately after...
Not really off the beaten path
lotharlerch Says: When you go over the Reschenpass/passo Resia dividing Tirol between Austria (Nordtirol) and Italy (Südtirol) you find soon after the frontier (today only noticed as a big empty place with a huge area covered with asphalt where before the Schengen agreement the checkpoints...
ealgisi Says: The most common European emergency number 112 (following Directive 2002/22/EC: Universal Service Directive) and also standard on GSM mobile phones. 112 is used in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,...
ealgisi Says: Check out the official website of Italy.http://www.italia.it/en/home.html
ealgisi Says: 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...
Medieval Gems and Picturesque Mountains
lotharlerch Says: The area around the Three Countries Corner (Austria, Italy, Switzerland) is full of great and quite unknown medieval gems like the Benedictine monastery in Müstair in Switzerland just a few hundred meters across the border with great frescoes from the Carolingian period...
Plan a Glorenza vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Glorenza locals
you can walk on big parts of the walls
Our members can help!
1
Glurns - a charming medieval alpine idyll
Although not far from the highly frequented road over the Reschen/Resia (a road without road tolls as alternative to the Brenner pass) it remained an "off the beaten track " place until our days....
3
Glurns - the SMALLEST fortified city of Tirol
the smallest city in the Alps Glurns is situated off the beaten path away from the main road of Vinschgau valley. I would have never pass through it if I did not take a bus by mistake ,that was...
5
The smallest town in Alto Adige
Glorenza (Glurns in German) is the smallest town in Alto Adige, just 883 inhabitants and a very tiny surface. It is very well preserved, important walls and a nice gothis cathdral. A visit will take...
Build your own Glorenza page
