South Tyrol

Where is South Tyrol?

South Tyrol is situated at the Southern side of the Alps in northern Italy, adjoining to Austria and Switzerland. It unites the advantages of mountain regions with peaks up to 4000 m height and the amenities of a nearly mediterranean climate.  

South Tyrol has approximately 485.000 inhabitants on a surface of  7.400 km², which is about five times as big as London. The numerous museums, castles and traditional markets as well as the amazing landscape are highly estimated both by the local population and visitors.

A remarkable fact about South Tyrol is he relatively peaceful coexistence of three different language groups. German speakers form a 70% majority and the German language embosses the rural areas. Most of the Italian speaking South Tyroleans live in the bigger cities and represent about 25% of the population as well as Italian vitality and Mediterranean food. The Rhateo-Romanic speakers are a clear minority with 5% and live mostly in tha Gader and Grödner valleys in the south-eastern parts of the region.