Brunico owes its origin to the bishop of Bressanone who, around 1250, decided to build a manor on the nearby hill. Over the centuries, it gave birth to important artists including Michael Pacher. Charles V also stayed there as a guest of Maximilian I.
Brunico can be visited in summer and winter. It has no particular season. The Via Centrale shows its medieval beauties. To see: the Church of St. Catherine on the castle hill, in Baroque style; the Church of the Ursulines, in Gothic style, the Museum of Customs and Traditions, and the Church of the Holy Spirit, in Baroque style.
To the urban attractions of Brunico are added those of the surrounding mountains, and particularly Plan de Corones. In the winter period, many ski slopes operate, thirteen modern cable cars, nine chairlifts, and ten ski lifts.
Given the large number of lifts with a substantial capacity, the wait to go back up to the top, after skiing down to the valley with skis on, is almost always very short. In this area, over 85 kilometers of pistes are skiable, three of which reach the valley covering over six kilometers each.
On the slopes of Plan de Corones, in addition to alpine skiing, it is possible to practice snowboarding and carving.
