A high road with 15 hairpin bends connects Prato all'Isarco in the Valle Isarco with Collepietra (Steinegg) in the heart of the Val d'Ega. Always known and visited for its unique location, it has also become known to amateur astronomers in recent years. Here in the Val d'Ega, the first European Star Village was recently established, which mainly covers the areas of Collepietra and the village of San Valentino in Campo above it. San Valentino in Campo is home to the Astronomical Observatory Max Valier and the Planetarium South Tyrol.

Collepietra, on the other hand, takes you along the Star Trail to a Rocket Treehouse in the middle of the forest, and the accommodations are also partly themed: Here, you can stay in rooms with telescopes, images of constellations, skylights above the beds, or even in a space shuttle room.

It is with good reason that the Astronomitaly platform has already described the sky over the Val d'Ega as "one of the most beautiful night skies in Italy". Here, high above the Tires Valley, there is another special feature: the Earth Pyramids, easily accessible on the Pyramid Circular Path. The information panels along the path explain the formation and secrets of these earth pillars.

The area around Collepietra, surrounded by the Latemar and Catinaccio mountains groups, was covered by vast expanses of glaciers during the last ice age. Rural life, traditional crafts, and also painful memories of wartime are, on the other hand, the themes of the Collepietra Local Museum, one of South Tyrol's finest local heritage museums.