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Caldes

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

Panoramio upload bot (Wikimedia Commons user)CALDES (LOC. LE CONTRE) FIUME NOCE ag. 09 - panoramio CC BY-SA 3.0
fpaolo71Ciclabile della Val di Sole - panoramio (1)CC BY 3.0
SyrioCaldes - Capitello votivo a Ponte Stori CC BY-SA 4.0
Michael ParaskevasFrozen Valley - panoramio CC BY-SA 3.0

A five-storey tower built in the 1230s to watch over trade in the Val di Sole is the core of Castel Caldes, which the Thun family later enlarged into the castle that greets arrivals at the village entrance. Legend says a young countess, locked in its tower for loving a minstrel, painted the frescoes of her cell herself. Woodworking for furniture is still a well-known local craft.

Highlights

Castel Caldes and the frescoed 'prigione di Olinda' room in its tower (IT)
A path from Samoclevo up to the ruined Rocca di Samoclevo on Monte Vesa (IT)
The Gothic cemetery church of San Rocco, with a Romanesque bell tower
Austro-Hungarian First World War trenches at Bordiana and Bozzana

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Caldes (IT), Caldes (EN)), Wikivoyage (Caldes). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 1,102

Things to see

Events through the year

Feast of Saint Bartholomew Religious · 24 August

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

Adapted from Wikipedia (Caldes). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Specialities of Trentino-South Tyrol

Typical of the region rather than of this village.

KobakoSemmelknödel CC BY-SA 2.5
CanederliDishBread dumplings with meat and cheese, served in broth or with butter and sage
Strangolapreti (IT)Bread and pasta
BenreisBaggers mit Apfelmus Fürth CC BY 3.0
Tortel di patate (IT)Dish
BenreisCarne Salada e fasoi CC BY-SA 3.0
Carne saladaCured meat
Ferruccio Zanone from Biella, ItaliaPuzzone di Moena (32843526186)CC BY-SA 2.0
Puzzone di MoenaCheese
Takeaway2015 0723 Apfelstrudel Gaislachalm Sölden CC BY-SA 4.0
StrudelSweet

Adapted from Wikipedia (Cucina trentina). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to sleep

5 places to stay within 3 km

Hotels 3
B&Bs and guest houses 1
Campsites 1

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Thermal baths nearby

Thermal spa: Terme di Rabbi · ~17 min by car
Thermal spa: Therme Meran · ~1 h 06 by car
Thermal spa: Terme di Comano (IT) · ~1 h 12 by car

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Nearby member villages

Ossana · 18 km
Egna – Neumarkt · 25 km
San Lorenzo in Banale · 32 km
Rango · 40 km
Glorenza – Glurns · 45 km

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