Puster Valley

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The Puster Valley is one of the largest longitudinal valleys in the Alps that runs in an east-west direction between Lienz in East Tyrol, Austria, and Mühlbach near Brixen in South Tyrol, Italy. The South Tyrolean municipalities of the Puster Valley constitute the Puster Valley district. ()

Local name: Val Pusteria Established: 1969 (55 years ago)Coordinates: 46°47'18"N, 12°13'9"E

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Trentino-South TyrolItaly

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Puster Valley – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Innichen Abbey, Gustav Mahler Stube, Acquafun, Bonner Hütte - Rifugio Bonner.

4.9 miSE
Church, Monastery, Romanesque architecture
Innichen Abbey, Innichen
125 min walk • Innichen Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in Innichen, South Tyrol in northern Italy. Founded in the 8th century, its collegiate church dedicated to Saint Candidus, rebuilt in the 12th–13th centuries, is considered the most important Romanesque building in Tyrol and the Eastern Alps.
4.2 miS
Museum, History museum
Gustav Mahler Stube, Toblach
108 min walk • The Gustav Mahler Stube, formerly Trenkenhof, is a farmhouse in Altschluderbach, near Toblach in South Tyrol, Italy. It has a restaurant with a Tyrolean cuisine and two apartments. The Stube furthermore manages an animal park with domestic, wild and exotic animals.
5 miSE
46°43'58"N • 12°17'10"E
Acquafun, Innichen
127 min walk • Watersports, Spa, Water park
2.7 miE
Hiking, Alpine hut
Bonner Hütte - Rifugio Bonner, Toblach
70 min walk • The Bonner Hütte, also known as the Pfannhornhütte, is located at 2,340 m above sea level below the Fana Horn, near the border with eastern Tyrol in Austria and Toblach in South Tyrol. Its reopening took place on June 30, 2007.
5.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Hochpustertal, Innichen
137 min walk • The Hochpustertal is the easternmost part of the Puster Valley, stretching from the watershed of the Rienz and Drava rivers at Niederdorf in South Tyrol down the Drava to Lienz in East Tyrol, Austria. The area includes the Sexten and Prags side valleys.
5.4 miW
Forts and castles
Castello Monguelfo - Schloss Welsberg, Welsberg-Taisten
137 min walk • Monguelfo Castle is a castle located near the eponymous village of Monguelfo, at the beginning of the Casies Valley, a side valley of the Pustertal valley.
6.3 miSW
Locality
Prags
161 min walk • Prags is a comune in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 60 kilometres northeast of Bolzano.
3.6 miS
Forts and castles
Herbstenburg, Toblach
93 min walk • Castel Herbstenburg is a castle in the city center of Dobbiaco.
4.8 miSE
Church
St.-Michaels-Kirche, Innichen
124 min walk • St. Michael's Church is a church located in the center of San Candido, South Tyrol.
4.2 miSW
Locality
Niederdorf
107 min walk • One of the main attractions in Niederdorf is the beautiful Lake Prags, which is located just a short drive from the village. The crystal clear waters of the lake are perfect for swimming, kayaking, or simply relaxing on the shore and taking in the stunning alpine...
2.5 miN
Locality
Gsies
63 min walk • Gsies is a valley and comune in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 70 kilometres northeast of Bolzano, on the border with Austria. Gsies held the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1994.