A Stroll through Meran
Known as God’s gar­den, a spa town of dist­inc­tion, recog­nised at least since the time of "Em­press Sis­si" as a fa­vorite desti­na­tion for high so­ci­e­ty - Mer­an has quick­ened the sens­es since time im­me­mo­rial. Ste­fan Zweig felt "na­ture’s peace in­scribed in­to this world".

Even if the tem­po of the world has picked some­what to­day, Mer­an’s par­tic­u­lar charms still re­veal them­selves most pleas­ant­ly, as in ear­li­er days, at walk­ing speed:
along the spa pro­m­e­nade, the Tappein­er­weg, in the old town: Belle Époque build­ings and splen­did façades give the town its char­ac­ter. The spa re­sort and mu­ni­ci­pal the­a­tre build­ings are both recog­nised jew­els of Ju­gend­stil; the Church of St. Niko­laus, like­wise a land­mark, was built in the Goth­ic style.

But Mer­an is more than a mere monu­ment to a great past: the Mer­an Musik­wochen Fes­ti­val and the Mer­an Wine Fes­ti­val have de­served­ly earned an in­ter­na­tio­n­al rep­u­ta­tion, and the Mer­an Ther­mal Baths set new, mod­ern stan­dards. In cafés, young peo­ple switch ef­fort­less­ly be­tween Ger­man and Italian; live bands play ex­u­ber­ant jazz in clubs; and the spa pro­m­e­nade is full of peo­ple late in­to the night.

What is the best time to take a walk around Mer­an? Fri­day! Ev­ery Fri­day, merchants from near and far of­fer their wares at the Mar­ket (5 min. from the ho­tel). Whether you're load­ing up with fresh fruit, South Ty­rolean "Bauern­speck" (farm­house ba­con), or on­ly want to take in the at­mo­sphere, you’ll al­ways take a large, large por­tion of Mer­an back home with you ...