Museum · Trentino-South Tyrol
South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology on Via Museo in Bolzano is the museum that displays Ötzi, the Copper Age glacier mummy found in 1991.
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Italy•City
Bolzano
Bolzano (Bozen) is the capital of the autonomous province of South Tyrol. XTOUR maps places in the city itself, such as the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, and does not count Dolomite lakes or peaks as part of the city.
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Italy
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Fortress · Trentino-South Tyrol
Runkelstein Castle
Runkelstein Castle (Castel Roncolo) is a medieval castle on a rocky outcrop above Bolzano in South Tyrol, known for its secular frescoes of courtly life.
2 km in a straight line
Lake · Trentino-South Tyrol
Lake Braies
Lago di Braies (Pragser Wildsee) is a Dolomite lake in the municipality of Braies in South Tyrol, within the Fanes-Sennes-Prags Nature Park.
60 km in a straight line
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Guides to Bolzano
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Travel Guide01
Italy travel guide: choosing regions and city bases
XTOUR plans Italy around city bases rather than regions: Rome, Florence, Venice, Verona, Milan, Naples, Bologna, Palermo, Genoa, Bolzano, Pisa and Siena. This guide says what each base is for, which major sites are in a city and which are only reached from one, and where XTOUR's more detailed guides take over.
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Travel Guide02
Is Tuscany a city? Italy's regions, provinces and city names explained
Tuscany is one of Italy's twenty regions, not a city: Florence is its capital, and Pisa and Siena are separate towns inside it. This explainer sets out how Italy's regions, provinces, metropolitan cities and municipalities fit together, why the English and Italian names differ, and why XTOUR records cities rather than regions.
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Travel Guide03
The Dolomites and South Tyrol: what XTOUR knows about gateways and access
The Dolomites are not one place run by one authority: the World Heritage property is nine separate mountain systems, managed by the five provinces and two regions involved, and the rules for visiting them are set locally. This guide explains where the Dolomites are, how South Tyrol and Bolzano relate to them, and who sets access at two places whose rules XTOUR has read, Lake Braies and the Tre Cime di Lavaredo.
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Destination information last verified: October 9, 2026
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