Castelrotto / Kastelruth

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

2015 Michael 2015Kastelruth mit Kirche Sankt Peter und Paul CC BY-SA 4.0
M-CarCastelrotto centro paese CC BY-SA 3.0
M-CarCastelrotto centro CC BY-SA 3.0
BramfabCastelrotto via crucis CC BY-SA 3.0
Otto DomesKastelruth 2021 CC BY-SA 4.0
BobTanGoThe Dolomites from the perspective of Kastelruth CC BY 4.0
M-CarCastelrotto dalla Bullaccia CC BY-SA 3.0
NocladorSchlern - Seiser Alm - September CC BY-SA 3.0
Moroder (Wikimedia Commons user)Untere Eisacktal aus St Oswald Kastelruth CC BY-SA 3.0
FelvalenPiscina telfen CC BY-SA 4.0

Every winter the village stages a traditional farmers' wedding, with horse-drawn sleighs, Tyrolean dress and a banquet. It stands at about 1,000 metres in the Dolomites at the foot of the Seiser Alm, and from nearby Seis a cable car lifts hikers up to the high meadows. Most people speak German, with a Ladin minority, and the bell tower of Saints Peter and Paul dominates the small centre.

Highlights

The bell tower of Santi Pietro e Paolo above the centre
Hauenstein castle ruins near Seis, once home to poet Oswald von Wolkenstein
Hiking trails and mountain huts across the Seiser Alm from Compatsch
The Marinzen chair lift to an alpine meadow in summer
Aged cheeses from the Fallhof family farm

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Castelrotto, Kastelruth), Wikivoyage (Castelrotto, Kastelruth). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 6,967

Things to see

Events through the year

Banchetti nuziali di Castelrotto Food and wine · Winter, alongside the farmers' weddingRestaurants serve dishes once eaten at farmers' weddings
Traditional farmers' wedding (Bauernhochzeit) Historical · Every winterCouples in period dress ride horse-drawn sleighs, then banquet and Tyrolean dances

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikivoyage (Castelrotto). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.