The South Tyrolean knight’s festival

This is a singular medieval revival, which takes place from 24^th till 26^th of August in the famous Churburg Castle in Val Venosta.

During this popular medieval event in Val Venosta there will be offered a lot of entertainment such as interesting knight’s tournaments, fire shows, music from medieval musicians, a medieval market, processions or flight performances with falcons. These are only some of the several shows taking place in Churburg Castle at the knight’s festival. 

People can furthermore enjoy medieval culinary specialities and dishes. Kids can enjoy activities like: archery, pony trekking, they can even listen to adventurous stories about knights and princesses in the Middle Ages. 

Moreover the Churburg Castle in Val Venosta offers a special atmosfere itself, as it is the most popular castle of South Tyrol, there is a private and well- preserved armory, there are furthermore a lot of other things to see on this nearby 500 years old castle. Here you can find some information about the region: www.vacations-south-tyrol.com/info_val_venosta.html

The famous Spatzen Open Air at Kastelruth

On 8^th and 9^th of June the small town Kastelruth situated in the Dolomites becomes the stage for a popoluar event - the famous Spatzen Open Air. As usual there are expected a lot of fans during this weekend!

At the beginning of June there will take place the popoluar Spatzen Open Air at Kastelruth. The Kastelruther Spatzen are a very popular folk music band from South Tyrol, their fan base is mainly german, however they have fans from all over the world. Normally they are on the way for giving concerts in many different countries, but two times per year the band- members turn back to their hometown, Kastelruth. 

In this time they give two popular concerts at Kastelruth, first the Spatzen Open Air in the month of June and second the great Kastelruther Spatzenfest in autumn, which represents the biggest tend festival of Europe and has numerous visitors same as the Open Air.  Don’t miss this special event at June, you can inform yourself at the Tourist Office of Schlern Kastelruth. More information about the area of the Dolomites under: 

http://www.vacations-south-tyrol.com/info_alpe_di_siusi.html

Alpine Ötzi Marathon in Val Senales

On April 30th 2011 the eighth edition of the “Alpine Ötzi Marathon” will take place in Val Senales; it will take place on Saturday. In case of bad weather, the race will be shifted to May 1st. 

If you are athletics fans, don’t miss this even and book a hotel SouthTyrol in Val Senales or in Merano and surroundings.

This race is very challenging and it includes: a mountain bike race, whose track is 24,2 km long, a foot race, whose track is 11,8km and the ski race, whose track is 6,2 km long.

The starting point is in the mountain resort of Naturno and the finishing line is in Val Senales, where “Ötzi”, the “Ice Man”, was found. Teams can enroll till April 19th, 2011.

Moreover, in Val Senales it’s possible to ski in Italy even in summer!