I will be in or near Bolzano (Bozen) for 10 to 14 days in August. I
checked the FAQ but found no information about Trentino - Alto Adige
(or for the not TOO distant towns of Piedmont). I would greatly
appreciate any recommendations, especially about places to stay in or
near Bolzano.

Thank you

Casey Miller > wrote in
:

> I will be in or near Bolzano (Bozen) for 10 to 14 days in August. I
> checked the FAQ but found no information about Trentino - Alto Adige
> (or for the not TOO distant towns of Piedmont). I would greatly
> appreciate any recommendations, especially about places to stay in or
> near Bolzano.
>
> Thank you
>

Beautiful place. I went there for a Frank Zappa concert. It was in a
stadium at the foot of an Alp. Parts of it dated to the 12th century. I
wish I could remember the name of the restaurant there I ate in 26 years
ago, it was fantastic. The one warning I would give you is that since it is
near the Austrian border most people speak Italian and German. Since more
than 2 languages is hard for most people, hardly anyone speaks English.
When you give money to a homeless person on the street they say "grazie
danke". Enjoy.

Fred.

Casey Miller wrote:

> I will be in or near Bolzano (Bozen) for 10 to 14 days in August. I
> checked the FAQ but found no information about Trentino - Alto Adige
> (or for the not TOO distant towns of Piedmont). I would greatly
> appreciate any recommendations, especially about places to stay in or
> near Bolzano.


I can't give you good infos about places to stay since the only hotels I
heard of are the Scala and the Laurin, both 4 star hotels. But I can give
you some hints about where to eat out in the area.
From the italian NG about restaurants (it.discussioni.ristoranti):

Ristorante Vögele
Via Goethe 3 - Bolzano
Tel. 0471 973938
Ground level for a quick snack, probably at noon. First floor for something
fancier, maybe a dinner. Better to book your table, it's always full. Nice
wine chart with some proposal by the glass. It's near Piazza delle Erbe.

Bozner Brau Osteria Birreria Artigianale
39100 Bolzano (BZ) - Piazza delle Erbe, 17
0471.300788
It's a beer brewery but it has a honest and simple kitchen, too. In the
central Piazza delle Erbe.

Kaiserkron - Piazza della Mostra
A high level restaurant both in terms of quality and prices.

Belle Epoque (restaurant of the Laurin Hotel)
A classy place with the atmosphere of a huge luxury hotel. Some deem it to
be too expensive, others like it's atmosphere.

Cavallino Bianco - Via Bottai
Just behind the Laurin, this restaurant costs about one third of the Laurin,
it has a very good tirolese cooking in a nice familiar environment. The wine
chart is limited but well selected, with all of Santa Maddalana winery's
wines and some more. A good Q/P ratio wine is the Lagrein Riserva Taberhof.
Servings are very abundant.

If you can move:

At about half an hour by car, in Appiano (NW from Bolzano) there is Zum
Rose, one of the most famous restaurants in the area, with high quality and
corresponding prices.
Zum Loewen in Tesimo is a wonderful place for a special dinner (romantic).
The Steinbock in Villandro is in a lovely old castle and offers very good
cooking, and is in the Jeunes Restaurateurs d'Europe club as the Zum Loewen
and Zum Rose.
Auenhaus in Bressanone is a restaurant whose chef is working half year in
Italy and half in Japan, where he's a very renowned chef. Good restaurant,
too.
You can reach the Val Badia valley, there you'll have many choices, as Sant'Hubertus,
La Siriola or La Stua di Michil, all of which are gourmet places.
--
Vilco
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http://groups.google.se/group/alt.fo...0e1b06648ae417

http://groups.google.se/group/alt.fo...c17b184569e1bd

In terms of wine, Alto Adige is your best bet. I send you this admittedly
cumbersome links to previous threads in the AFW. Unfortunately, Reka Hukari
has not appeared for a long time, which is a shame; otherwise, she would be
your best bet.

HTH

Cheers

Nils

Thanks to all 3 of you for your guidance. Language shouldn't be a
problem, Fred -- I'm comfortable in both languages (although some of
the german mountain dialects can be completely incomprehensible to
me). I'm sure we'll try some of the restaurants Vilco mentions (and
we are mobile). And the links to wine discussions are exactly what I
was looking for. You have helped me a lot.

I'll report back after the trip.