Bolzano

Bolzano is on the crossroad between Northern and Southern Europe. It is well-connected, possessing a small international airport and forming a major hub of the railway system in Central Alps.

ABD Airport Bolzano Dolomites (http://www.abd-airport.it) BZO is located around 5 km outside the Bolzano city centre in the Southeast. At the moment there is not a direct connection with the city. Just the bus lines 10A and 10B stop 1 km in the North of the terminal. Now only taxi connection. Under project is the rapid transit system, which has also to connect the Airport to the City Centre.

By car

Highway A22 Autostrada del Brennero/Brennerautobahn (http://www.a22.it) from South and from North lead to Bolzano, however they get congested during the Christmas market and especially during the ski season. Highway has two exits in Bolzano, normally if you're coming from the North it's better to choose the Bolzano Nord/Bozen Nord North exit, while from South it's better the Bolzano Sud/Bozen Süd exit. Follow the direction on the signs in order to reach the city centre or your accommodation. If you're coming from Meran you the better way is taking the MeBo freeway - there are two exits in Bolzano Eppan/Appiano exit for West Bolzano and Gries, and Bozen Süd/Bolzano final exit for Bolzano South and the city centre. For day trips to Bolzano it's probably better to leave your car in the Parking "Centro BZ Mitte". Normally every hotel has its own parking.

By bus

Bolzano is very well connected by bus with Central Europe. Bus connections are frequent from/to Germany, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Romania. Traveling by bus is cheaper than by train, especially from Eastern Central Europe. Gross (http://www.gross.it) organizes up to 22 bus connections every month between Bolzano and Munich one-way ticket for € 20. Almost every important city in Poland is connected with Bolzano through international bus connections - normally arrival is in Genoa. The Polish travel agency Wikel (http://www.wikel.pl/wlochy.htm) is the most known for this cheap connections. If you are coming from Romania your reference could be the Romanian CentroTrans (http://www.cento.ro/) travel agency which has also offices in England. Coaches from Romania stops in Bolzano but also in Brixen. On the Romanian website about bus stations (http://www.autogari.ro/Au...) you can find arrivals and departures from Romania/to South Tyrol at the Bolzano bus station. Connections with Slovakia from/to Bratislava are operated by the Eurolines (http://www.slovaklines.sk...) agency in Bratislava. Connections with the Czech Republic are operated by the Tourbus (http://www.tourbus.cz/) agency web site also in English available with buses from Prague or Brno and other places. Prices are cheap - a return ticket from Brno to Bolzano costs €94. Tourist connections are also available from Germany - this connections are operated by the German travel agency Südtirol Tours (http://www.suedtiroltours.de/).

Bolzano is also the major regional bus hub and all the main regional bus routes terminate in the capital. For information about regional connections check on the regional bus company SAD (http://www.sad.it) web site.

By train

All trains from Germany and Austria and other parts of Italy stop at Bolzano Central Rail Station. There are connections with several cities. Useful websites are that of Trenitalia Italian Railway Company (http://www.trenitalia.it), Österreichische Bundesbahnen Austrian Federal Railway Company (http://www.oebb.at) and Deutsche Bahn German Railway Company (http://www.bahn.de). Once a week there is a train connection to Moscow Belorusskaya and Nice operated by the Russian Railways with stops also in Minsk, Warsaw, Katowice, Vienna, Milan and other places en route.