Tires village

The village on the way to the Costalunga Pass and Nigra Pass is the starting point for beautiful hikes into the Catinaccio massif

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Tires village is the main village of the municipality of Tires al Catinaccio - it stretches along the road to the Passo Costalunga and Passo Nigra.
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The majestic Catinaccio Group with its Sciliar-Catinaccio Nature Park, the oldest in all of South Tyrol, serves as the backdrop.
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The village centre of Tires: Here you are at about 1,000 m a.s.l., further into the valley are San Cipriano and Bagni di Lavina Bianca.
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The first traces of settlement date back to the Bronze Age, while the St. George Parish Church dates partly from the 14th century.
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The interior of the church was redesigned in the second half of the 19th century and today presents itself in a neo-Romanesque style.
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Easy hikes and challenging climbing tours in the surrounding mountains, e.g. to the Vajolet Towers, start from Tires village.
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When snow falls on Tires and the Catinaccio, sledge runs, such as the Malga Costa sledge run, cross-country ski tracks and ski areas open.
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Snowshoe tours and winter hiking trails show you the landscape at the foot of the Sciliar and Catinaccio above Tires.
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The Carezza Dolomites Ski Area, known as the sunniest ski area in South Tyrol, awaits you in winter with 40 km of slopes on the Catinaccio.
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In addition, there is the Alpe di Siusi Skiing Area with its 60 km of perfectly groomed slopes, which are connected to those of the Val Gardena.
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video : Snowshoe hiking in Tires

On the way from the Isarco Valley towards the Alpe di Siusi, after the hamlets of Aica di Sopra and Aica di Fiè, the main locality of Tires comes into view. Tires village stretches in the Upper Tires Valley in front of the impressive mountain backdrop of Sciliar and Catinaccio. The area seems to have been popular here for a long time: First traces of settlement date back to the Bronze Age, and the Thalerbühel with its Contemplation Path was a burnt offering site in the Middle Iron Age.

Today, Tires village (Tiers Dorf) can also be reached via the Costalunga Pass and the Nigra Pass, two popular routes for motorcyclists, mountain bikers and racing cyclists. The roads finally lead into the Val d'Ega valley and into the neighbouring Trentino. Directly on the main road of Tires is the St. George Parish Church, which attracts attention with its red spire with onion dome: Inside, it shows three ceiling paintings by the artist Karl Henrici from 1772 that are well worth seeing.

Tires is an active village with the many hiking trails and cycle routes all around. They take you to destinations such as the Messnerjoch Hut below the Catinaccio, and the Costa Hut and Plafötsch Hut near the Vajolet Towers. The area is protected as the Sciliar-Catinaccio Nature Park and is home to woodpeckers and owls, chamois and deer. In winter, the paths are transformed into beautiful snowshoe tours, while the Carezza Skiing Area opens its gates on the Costalunga Pass, and the Alpe di Siusi Skiing Area on the Siusi Alp, which is connected to the one in the Val Gardena.

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