Spring in Bolzano: wine, flower and art for a new start

Bolzano, the gateway to the Dolomites, is a colorful place in spring!

Longer days, the desire for fresh air, walks through the scents of plants, along a stream or among blossoming orchards are the ingredients of spring in Bolzano. A perfect season to get on your bike. What could be better than pedaling along apple orchards in bloom! The city of Bolzano offers a rich calendar of events and initiatives that invite you to spend your days in the city. Many opportunities to enjoy the light and at the same time suggestive atmosphere of spring.

Spring in Bolzano is enriched by the new event Bolzano In Fiore Arte/Kunstgarten Bozen. The old town center and the city come alive with eleven contemporary art installations, impressive floral decorations and a top-class programme of dance, music and theatre. The festival will conclude on 30 April with the traditional Flower Festival in Piazza Walther. The Bolzano Wine Exhibition remains the city's most important food and wine event. Spring in Bolzano ends with the events in June, in particular Castelronda, a day dedicated to discovering the castles of Bolzano and its surroundings.

Don't waste time and book a spring holiday!

Spring in the city

6 th - 10th april 2023

Bolzano blooms at the Spring Market!

Bolzano celebrates the new season with a market at Piazza Walther Platz. About twenty exhibitors will offer South Tyrolean delicacies, farm products and typical handicrafts. All this is accompanied by a rich entertainment programme.

The "Spring in the city" market is an event for the whole family!

"Spring in the city is suitable for families with children, who can take part in various creative workshops: creating decorations with natural materials, play the traditional hard-boiled egg game, the Easter egg hunt and lots more.

"Spring in the city" - Welcome Spring!

Program:

Thursday - April 6

11 a.m.: Live music with Marc Perin

10 a.m. - 6 p.m.: Creative workshop; we create bunnies with wooden branches

Friday - April 7

11 a.m.: Live Music with Evi Mair Quintett

10 a.m. - 6 p.m.: Creative workshop; we create bunnies with balls of wool

Saturday - April 8

11 a.m.: Live Music with Hubert Dorigatti Trio

10 a.m. - 6 p.m.: Creative workshop; we create hay bunnies

Sunday - April 9

2:30 p.m.: Live Music with Triolè

1 - 6 p.m.: Creative workshop; we create cardboard bunnies with a sugar egg and a felt hen

Monday - April 10

11 a.m.: Live Music with Greta Marcolongo, Michele Giro and Matteo Dallapè

2:30 p.m.: Live Music with Simply Smooth

10 a.m. - 5 p.m.: Creative workshop; let's create a hay wreath

Bolzano in Fiore Art and Flower Festival

14th April - 1st May 2023

A spring festival that invites you to discover the most beautiful corners of Bolzano through an evocative journey between nature and art. A rich programme of dance, music and theatre of the highest level (April 14th - May 1st) accompanied by eight contemporary art installations, created under the direction of RespirArt, starting at Prati del Talvera (April 14th - May 1st). Highlight of spring time in Bolzano is the traditional Flower Festival,taking place on piazza Walther Platz on April 30th and May 1st, celebrating its 132nd year.

Piazza Walther will be transformed into an immense botanical garden in the heart of the city.

The Flower Festival is accompanied by a rich programme of events, with music, workshops for families, the Slow Food market and the Bicinfiore initiative.

Sponsored by Euregio, Alperia, Cassa di Risparmio/Sparkasse

Bolzano Bozen Wine Tasting

20th - 23rd April 2023

Mareccio/ Maretsch Castle

Bolzano Bozen Wine City: renowned wine labels of historic wine cellars brought together to celebrated the oldest wine event in South Tyrol in modern spirit. The Bolzano Wine Exhibition celebrates its 97th edition. The setting is one of the most fascinating and expressive in the city: Mareccio/ Maretsch Castle.

Almost forty of the province's best-known wineries will be present at the exhibition, as well as local well-known producers together with famous chefs, connoisseurs and sommeliers, producers of gastronomic delicacies, and much more.

Wine connoisseurs and those who aspire to be wine connoisseurs can taste more than 170 labels from the wine regions of Bolzano and the entire South Tyrol.

- A detailed programme will be online soon -

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Castelronda

10th - 11th June 2023

Experience the Middle Ages with all your senses. The castle festival lends a fairytale feel to Bolzano's summer.

The castle landscape around Bolzano invites you to stroll around and discover its treasures. Even more so on the occasion of Castelronda, when the most beautiful castles in and around Bolzano open their doors to visitors and reveal all their secrets in courtyards, dungeons and towers... Bolzano and Appiano/Eppan are the first locations involved in the initiative, with 6 castles and ruins to visit, 6 programmes and 6 unique experiences to live a dive into the past.

Runkelstein Castle, the ruins of Rafenstein Castle just above Bozen, Hocheppan Castle, Boymont Castle, Trostburg Castle and Festenstein are brought back to life by historical re-enactments with ladies and knights. Guided tours and excursions are also on the programme.

PROGRAM (Italian and German only).

ATTENTION! In the event of bad weather the events at Festenstein Castle will be cancelled.

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