Bressanone – heart of the Valle Isarco

Bressanone, the culture-city

Bressanone, the heart of the Valle Isarco, is a versatile, cultural attracitve and nice city that offers recreation and events... the charm of the north... the elegance of the south: the mixture of both, this is the fasination of Bressanone!

Bressanone is the oldes city of Tyrol and is surrounded by vine hangs and green meadows of the sunny bassin under the nearby mountain Plose. The city has 20.000 inhabitants and managed to keep his charm and flair with cultural treasures, busy arbors and small shops with south tyrolean handcraft and italian fashion as well as welcoming restaurants and historic buildings.

The old city center of Bressanone fascinates with his arbors, the cathedral of Bressanone, the „White tower“, the palace with crib museum and the cloister, one of the most important monuments of alpine mural painting with precious frescos from the 14th and 16th century.


Bressanone, the congress city

Bressanone is a very good destination for conferences! Modern conference centre and congress hotels together with multifarious possibilities for a cultural, gastronomical and touristic social programm make the city to something special. Conference calendar of Bressanone 


Bressanone, the university town

Bressanone is a city of education: next to the philosophical-theological academy and the faculty of education of the Free University of Bolzano also the University of Padua has an branch in Bressanone.













Bressanone, the sport city

Bressanone and surroundings offer a variety of offers for sportsmen and outdoor enthusiasts: swimming, sauna and wellness in the water park Acquarena, mountainbiking in the mountains, cycling along the river Isarco, nordic walking, horseback riding, tennis, paragliding or skiing, tobboganing and snowboarding in the winter... there is something for everybody!

Thanks to its expertice in sports the city of Bressanone is in 2009 scene of the U18-world championsship of athletics. And the sport hotel Grùner Baum is headquarter fort he world association of athletics“

Bressanone, the cathedral city... also Pope Benedikt XVI. spent his holidays in Bressanone

Bressanone is the ecclesiastical centre of South Tyrol and is together with the state capital Bolzano the bishops see. Papst Benedict XVI. visited the city a view times: he spent also his summer holidays 2008 in Bressanone.








City Resort „Grüner Baum Hotels“… your city hotel in Bressanone

Centraly located and connected with the city center with a bridge over the Isarco lends itself to a good city hotel! Bressanone inspires his guests with small alleys, historical buildings and a lot of sights! Our tip: lodging in the city hotel Grùner Baum and discovering Bressanone in every season!