Gais

Gais is the name of the first municipality along the Aurina river, in the Vedrette di Ries-Aurina Nature Park on the way into the valley.

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Villa Ottone awaits you in winter with the 1.2 km Bauhof sledge run, an illuminated track and therefore ideal for moonlight sledging.
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The farms of Lana di Gais, already mentioned in 1418 in a song by Oswald von Wolkenstein, are enthroned on the mountain slope above Gais.
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View on the valley from Acereto: After Campo Tures with its castle, more precisely from Lutago, the Valle di Tures merges into the Valle Aurina.
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The Plan de Corones near Brunico is a skiing area of the superlative with 119 km of pistes and 32 lifts with several entry points.
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On the other side of the valley, so to speak near Lutago, is the Speikboden Skiing Area, which is connected to the SkiWorld Valle Aurina.
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The Speikboden offers an exceptional overnight stay in the Mountain Igloo with sauna, heated winter pools and mountain views.
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video : Aurino Floodplain Forest Biotope
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Gais is the gateway to the Valli di Tures and Aurina: The Val Pusteria Cycle Path passes by the village, a highly recommended cycle route.
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The Aurino Floodplain Forest Biotope with the Aurino Adventure Trail, one of the most intact river landscapes in South Tyrol, also extend here.
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The municipal area includes Gais and Villa Ottone, the Rio Molino Valley, and the mountain hamlets of Lana di Gais and Montassilone.
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The village of Gais - here the parish church - is the main village of the municipality and is located 5 km from Brunico near the Rio Molino Valley.
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During a visit to the Gais Fireman’s Helmet Museum, you can immerse yourself in a very special collection from all over the world.
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There are generous sports and leisure facilities in Gais, including several tennis courts, three sledge runs and a natural swimming pond.
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The pond is known as the “Baggalocke” (dredge pond) because it is the result of excavation work: Today, the lake offers a sunbathing lawn and bar.
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The Gais Cultural Hiking Trail is a 2 km long theme path that takes you past beautiful artistic works that invite you to linger and reflect.
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One stop on the culture trail is Casanova Castle where the minnesinger Oswald von Wolkenstein created one of his most beautiful love songs.
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Spring in Villa Ottone with the enchanting St. Margaret Parish Church, which houses an altar by the “Master of Villa Ottone” inside.
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Rio Molino lies above the Valle di Rio Molino in the Vedrette di Ries-Aurina Nature Park: The valley is a popular hiking destination with several huts.
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The idyllic Rio Molino Bath in autumn, the highest located spa in the Val Pusteria, which has been known as healing resort for over a century.
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Another district of Gais is Montassilone, which should be well-known among cyclists: The Montassilone Round Tour is named after it.
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The three-thousand-metre peaks of the Rieserferner Group and the Zillertal Alps tower above the valley, here the view from Montassilone.
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From Brunico, the Aurina with the valuable Aurino Floodplain Forest Biotope on its banks makes its way into the Valle Aurina. The first municipality on the way towards Casere at the head of the valley is Gais. It stretches from the main village via Villa Ottone to the hamlets of Lana di Gais, Rio Molino - actually a whole valley with beautiful alpine pastures - and Montassilone. The farms cling to the slopes above the valley basin of Brunico, in the middle of the Vedrette di Ries-Aurina Nature Park.

Several old castles here tell of the valley's long history. One of them is Castle Chela, which is now almost overgrown, another is Casanova Castle, to which the Gais Cultural Hiking Trail leads. Villa Ottone Castle also has a lot to tell, because the border between Tures in Tyrol and Villa Ottone-Neuhaus (Gorizia) once ran near the village. If museums interest you more, then the Fireman's Helmet Museum is a special experience: 700 helmets and rare uniforms can be admired.

The municipality is the gateway to the mountain world of the Valli di Tures and Aurina with 80 three-thousand-metre peaks. Near Gais and Villa Ottone, both the Aurina Adventure Trail and the Valle Aurina Cycle Route pass by. In summer, the popular "Baggalocke", a small bathing lake with shady trees, offers some cooling. In winter, Gais is located between the Plan de Corones Skiing Area and the SkiWorld Valle Aurina, which combines the Klausberg and Speikboden Ski Areas. There are three sledge runs in the village itself, including the 4 km long Valle Rio Molino sledge run.

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