BRESSANONE/BRIXEN AND THE DOLOMITES REGION
Brixen is more than 1,000 years old; it is the oldest in South Tyrol/Alto Adige and was often a stopover for emperors on their travel and became a lavish bishop’s seat.
HOW TO REACH BRESSANONE/BRIXEN
When you arrive in Brixen, you are in fact arriving in the centre of South Tyrol/Alto Adige.
The town is situated directly at the Brenner motorway and the Brenner railway line. Brixen is close to the Dolomite mountains, Val Gardena, the Seiser Alm, Meran, Bolzano/Bozen, the Kronplatz, Alta Badia, Obereggen-Latemar, North Tyrol, Trentino.
Art, culture and history have made Brixen an important place to be.
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The unique square in front of the cathedral, the protected large-scale historic centre from the Middle Ages, the porticos and lanes decorated with merlons, museum treasures, craft tradition archaeological exhibits, and the mountains around invite you to enjoy the town and the region.
HOW TO REACH BRESSANONE/BRIXEN
- By air plane: The closest International Airports are in München (260 kilometers), Milano Malpensa (350 kilometers), and Venezia (320 kilometers); close Regional Airports are Innsbruck (80 kilometers), Verona (200 kilometers), Bolzano/Bozen (50 kilometers). From each of the previous destinations, you can take a train to Bressanone/Brixen.
- By train: in Bressanone/Brixen there is a railway station where the Express Trains (IC-trains and EC-train) on the main railway route München-Innsbruck-Brenner-Verona-Bologna stop.
The update train schedule is available at the website http://www.trenitalia.com, or at http://www.bahn.de - By car:
-- coming from the North (Germany and Austria) on "Motorway Brenner" (A22, toll) or on the old Brenner route (SS12/E45), via Innsbruck and BrennerPass, you arrive directly in the area Brixen/Eisacktal. Motorway A22, Exit "Bressanone/Brixen".
-- coming from the South (Verona | Bologna, Venezia, Milano) on "Motorway Brenner" (A22, toll) or on the old Brenner route (SS12/E45), via Trento and Bolzano/Bozen, you arrive directly in the area Brixen/Eisacktal. Motorway A22, Exit "Bressanone/Brixen".
The most convenient connections are the following:
- fly to Munich and then take the direct train to Bressanone/Brixen (it costs around 55 Euros and it will take about three hours and half - see the web page http://www.bahn.de for details):
Visualizzazione ingrandita della mappa
- fly to Verona and then take the direct train to Bressanone/Brixen (it costs less than 25 Euros and it will take a couple of hours - see the web page http://www.trenitalia.it for details), there is a fast bus-connection (15 min. appr.) between the airport and the train station in Verona downtown.
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- How to reach the Conference Building from the Train Station
Reaching Casa della Gioventù from the Train Station takes a 15 minutes walk.
First, when exiting the Station, cross Piazzale della Stazione/Bahnhofplatz and turn left in Viale Stazione/Bahnhofstrasse for about 400 meters. At the light, turn left and proceed along Via Dante/Dantestrasse for approximately 700 meters. You will find on your right Via Rio Bianco/Weisslahnstrasse: at the number 6 there is the Casa della Gioventù (Università di Padova).
First, when exiting the Station, cross Piazzale della Stazione/Bahnhofplatz and turn left in Viale Stazione/Bahnhofstrasse for about 400 meters. At the light, turn left and proceed along Via Dante/Dantestrasse for approximately 700 meters. You will find on your right Via Rio Bianco/Weisslahnstrasse: at the number 6 there is the Casa della Gioventù (Università di Padova).
