Scenic and cultural highlights
It does not matter when you will enjoy your holiday in Vinschgau, you will find at any time:
- Well-preserved villages
- An intact natural and cultural landscape
- Old traditions (markets, public and religious holidays, concerts)
- Traditional specialities (dumplings and apple pie)
- And first of all warm-hearted and honest people
Beside the above mentioned activities in the nearest surroundings of Tschars, Vinschgau offers you many other scenic and cultural highlights:
- St. Prokulus church at Naturns: with frescoes from the 7- 8th century
- Monastery Marienberg: the worldwide highest abbey of the Benedictine order is located above the village Burgeis
- Churburg Castle at Schluderns: wellknown for the biggest private armoury worldwide
- World of railways at Rabland, a special experience for children and railways connoisseurs
- Archeo Parc in Schnals Valley
- Aquaprad: Discover the unknown world of fishes: the visitor admires 35 fish species at the Nature Park House in Prad
- Naturatrafoi: Information Center ot the National Park of Stilfs
- Vinschger Museum in Schluderns: Museum with 2 constant exhibitions: 1. Archology in the Vinschgau Valley 2. Irrigation paths and systems in Vinschgau valley
- Lake Reschen with the Graun church tower which rises up the water
- Glurns – the smallest town of the Alps with his medieval ring walls is always a worth a visit
- Laas the village of marble: “the famous white gold” is quarried in the mountains above Laas and distributed worldwide
- Stilfser Joch (2760), it counts to the most impressing mountain road of the Alps
- Martell Valley: one of the most beautiful side valleys of the Vinschgau is wellknown for its delicious strawberries (June – October) and glaciers in the Stilfser Joch National Parc with a lot of hiking opportunities
- Schlanders: lovely pedestrian promenade
