Holiday apartment in Naturns: Nature Park, irrigation paths and Via Vinum

Naturns lies at the foot of Texel Group Nature Park. Naturns’s Sonnenberg features a sparse dry grassland landscape that is considered a rarity in the Alpine region. Nature enthusiasts can plan the Sonnenberg as a separate focal point alongside the nature park.

Discover the landscape and culture of Naturns

At the Texel Group Nature Park House in Naturns, the permanent exhibition is dedicated to water. It leads from the Adige in the valley floor up to the glacier region. Anyone wishing to explore the transition from the valley to higher elevations as a natural theme can plan the exhibition as a complement to the Sonnenberg.

The Museo San Procolo displays Gothic frescoes that were removed from the church, as well as archaeological finds from the Church of San Procolo. At the St. Proculus Church Museum, the museum route leads through four chronological and spatial sections: Late Antiquity, the Early Middle Ages, the Late Middle Ages and the Thirty Years’ War. This gives culture enthusiasts a choice between the frescoes and finds from San Procolo and the church museum’s chronologically structured route.

The late Gothic parish church of St. Zeno in Naturns was built between 1474 and 1475. Its choir was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1760. More than 280 years lie between the two construction phases. For a day focused on cultural history, visitors therefore have, alongside the museums, a church building with two dated construction phases.

Paths, wine and active days

Around Naturns, irrigation paths run along historic irrigation channels and are generally level walking paths. For a walk with little elevation gain, the irrigation paths differ considerably from the steep vertical sections on the Hoachwool via ferrata. Those wishing to include both types of paths can treat the level route and the steep sections as separate parts of the day.

The Via Vinum Venostis in Naturns is a year-round circular route that can be walked in either direction. Information boards focus on the landscape, wine, restaurants and farm wineries. Anyone wishing to focus on wine and stopping for refreshments can incorporate the information about restaurants and farm wineries into planning the circuit. The choice of direction can be adapted to the day’s schedule.

Leisurely cycling tours can be planned along the Adige Cycle Path following the Via Claudia Augusta. The mini-golf park in Naturns’s sports zone has two courses. Cycling and mini-golf can therefore be planned as separate activities in Naturns; the two courses give the game a clear framework.

The Hoachwool via ferrata has several steep vertical sections rated difficulty D; the new variant even reaches E/F. When planning a via ferrata tour, the steep sections and their respective difficulty ratings must therefore be checked separately. Difficulty ratings D and E/F add a distinctly more sporting element to trip planning than the generally level irrigation paths or leisurely cycling tours.

More places to include in your travel plans

St. Leonhard in Passeier, Ulten, St. Pankraz, Tyrol Castle, Tisens, Gargazon, Cermes, Marlengo

To the overarching travel overview: Burggrafenamt.