Discover Bolzano, one of Europe’s most fascinating border cities, on a guided walking tour. Follow the city’s story from the time of Ötzi through the medieval trading fairs, the Habsburg Empire, Italian unification, Fascist Italianisation and the Second World War, until the modern multilingual city we see today.

Learn how language and identity have shaped everyday life for centuries. Explore the dramatic changes brought by Fascism in the 1920s and understand the difficult choices faced by South Tyroleans during the Second World War.

Walk through the remarkably preserved medieval arcades of Laubengasse and discover why Bolzano became one of the Alps’ most important trading centers.

End your tour by learning about the remarkable autonomy model that transformed a once-divided region into one of Europe’s most prosperous.