Cirlano

Separated from Naturno by the Adige River, Cirlano lies on the Via Claudia Augusta, once a Roman road and today a cycling route

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The village of Cirlano (Tschirland), which belongs to the municipality of Naturno, lies at the top end of the Merano region between Stava and Tablà.
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All around stretch the orchards for which the Naturno area is known: Currently, apples dominate the production.
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Around 1900, the first farmers started growing fruit here, and a third of the agricultural land is now at an altitude of more than 750 m a.s.l.
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In the centre is the Church of St. Oswald: The interior design dates back to the Baroque period, the ceiling fresco is by Simon Ybertracher.
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The high altar with St. Oswald of Northumbria between Magdalena and Margarethe inside was made in 1668 by Oswald Krad from Naturno.
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View from the main village of Naturno on Cirlano on the other side of the Adige River: It takes four minutes by public bus, half an hour on foot.
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Vice versa, you can also see the main village of Naturno from Cirlano: Between the villages, the Val Venosta Cycle Path runs along the Adige River.
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The cycle path starts at the Resia Pass and joins the Adige Cycle Path in Merano, which leads all the way to the provincial capital of Bolzano - from there it continues in all directions.
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Above Cirlano, the Gsindboden Nature Path (Naturlehrpfad Gsindboden) offers beautiful views on the valley and a newly built viewing platform.
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Also from the Monte Sole and the Merano High Route there, you can see Cirlano and the valleys of the Rio Farmazon and the Rio Nadul streams.
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Cirlano (Tschirland) is situated in a quiet, sunny position amidst orchards. From here you can look over to the main village of Naturno, which is on the other side of the Adige River and within easy reach. The charming little holiday resort is dominated by the St. Oswald Church, whose slender Gothic steeple towers over the village. The interior is decorated with an elaborate ceiling fresco by Simon Ybertracher (1694-1772), the high altar shows St. Oswald.

From Cirlano you can make leisurely bike tours. One of them runs from Rablà to Naturno and shows you all four districts that make up this municipality. It is best to plan in-between stops for a coffee in the sun or a stay at one of the beautiful spots in the middle of it all. This cycle tour - like so many - follows the old Roman road Via Claudia Augusta, which today is a crossing of the Alps on two wheels: One variant leads 700 km from Donauwörth on the Bavarian Danube across the Alps to Venice, another variant, slightly shorter, ends in Ostiglia on the Po river.

The section of the Via Claudia Augusta between the Resia Pass and Merano is called the Val Venosta Cycle Path here. For those who prefer a hike, there is a special circular tour: The three-hour Gsindboden Nature Path starts at the church in Cirlano and leads through the orchards to an inn in the woods. Then the trail continues to the viewpoint at Gsindboden with its new viewing platform and then downhill to the Cirlano Heath (Tschirlander Heide), where numerous extraordinary plants and flowers grow. Especially beautiful in spring when everything is blooming!

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