Gilf Promenade

The Gilf Promenade leads from the Gilf gorge at the Passirio river to Castel San Zeno and the Torre delle Polveri tower.

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Welcome at the Gilf Promenade, one of several promenades of the spa town of Merano -
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At the Roman Bridge the Winter Promenade transitions into the Gilf Promenade -
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This oldest bridge of Merano from 1617 is better known as “Steinerner Steg” what means “Stony Plank” -
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Out of the Gilf gorge - along the Passer river -
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The Gilf Promenade was founded in 1880 by the doctor Hans Prünster from Merano -
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… partly at the sunny and rocky hillside of the Mount San Zeno -
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The promenade winds up until the Castle San Zeno and the Torre delle Polveri (Powder Tower) -
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At the level of the Powder Tower the promenade passes into the Tappeiner Promenade -
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In 1880 the physician Hans Prünster started establishing the Gilf Promenade (Gilfpromenade), which bears the name of the Gilf gorge, the canyon of the Passirio river between Monte San Zeno and Maia Alta. It is the sunny location at the rocky hillside of Monte San Zeno enabling sub tropic plants to grow at the foot of the Gruppo di Tessa, a mountain range which belongs to the Oetztal Alps.

The establishment of the 1 km long Gilf Promenade required several blasting operations, and high walls had to be constructed. The promenade snakes up to Castel San Zeno and further on to the Torre delle Polveri tower (Pulverturm, lit. translated Powder Tower), a great course with a view on the centre of Merano, on Maia Alta and the savage floods of the Passirio river. At the end you reach the tower, where you can continue your walk along the Tappeiner Promenade.

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