• Val Gardena
  

  
  Perhaps, the most beautiful mountains in the world. Stunning views, cozy villages, hiking and climbing in the summer; great skiing in the winter -- World Cup races are often held there. Famous traditional wood carving.
  
  

• Dolomites Superski
  

  
  In the winter, the entire South Tyrol turns into one huge ski resort comprised of 12 ski areas and 1,200 km of well-groomed ski slopes (on one skipass)
  
  

• Alpe di Siusi
  

  
  Europe's largest Alpine plateau, 8 mi wide, 20 mi long, and soaring up to 6,500 ft / 2,000 m high, Alpe di Siusi is dotted by farm huts and wildflowers, surrounded by dramatic — if distant — Dolomite peaks and cliffs. Popular hiking and walking destination
  
  

• Cortina d'Ampezzo
  

  
  The most famous, fashionable and expensive Italian ski resort. The site of the 1956 winter Olympics. It is crowned by imposing peaks.
  
  

• Via ferrata
  

  
  A via ferrata (Italian for "iron road") is a protected climbing route with steel cables, iron rungs, pegs, carved steps and even ladders. Thus via ferrata allow otherwise dangerous routes to be undertaken by lay hikers (not, however, afraid of heights). They were first built to move troops during the World War I, then maintained and upgraded. There are over 200 via ferrata in the Dolomites.
  
  

• Strada delle 52 Gallerie
  

  
  The Road of 52 tunnels is a military mule road built during World War I. It is 4 mi / 6.5 km long, of which one-half is tunnels. The impressive N. 20 is carved out of a rock tower, and to overcome the difference in height, twists around itself like a corkscrew.
  
  

• Ötzi: 5,000 year-old frozen mummy
  

  
  South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology was specifically established to house "Ötzi", a well-preserved natural mummy of a man from about 3300 BC recently found frozen in a glacier. This is the world's oldest natural human mummy. The world's oldest complete copper age axe was found among his extensive equipment which also comprised a rather complex fire lighting kit and a quiver loaded with twelve arrows, clothing and a flint knife complete with its sheath. The body is held in a climate controlled chamber at a temperature of -6 Celsius and 98% humidity, replicating glacier conditions in which it was found.
  
  

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