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Val Venosta in South Tyrol

The Val Venosta, called Vinschgau in German, is South Tyrol’s westernmost region. Geographically this area with a higher-than-average sunshine duration reaches from the Austrian locality Nauders to the Tel; from a geographic point of view the villages Naturno, Plaus, and Parcines belong to the Val Venosta but politically they are part of the district council of the Merano and environs. The sun-blessed Val Venosta is traversed by Italy’s second longest river, namely the Isarco river. It originates in the far west of South Tyrol at the Passo di Resia in the Ötztal Alps and flows into the Adriatic in Upper Italy.

The Resia lake on the passo di Resia in Val Venosta The Resia lake on the passo di Resia in Val Venosta

The Val Venosta is also well-known for its high mountain peaks. The 3.905 m high Ortles for instance is South Tyrol’s highest mountain. The entire Ortles region is located in the national park Passo dello Stelvio. With a surface area of more than 134.000 hectares it counts to the largest nature sanctuaries in all of Europe.