Taufers Castle

Burg-Taufers-Weg / Via Castello di Tures 4
39032 Sand in Taufers / Campo Tures
taufers@burgeninstitut.com
www.burgeninstitut.com
+39 0474 678053
Group tours available on request: +39 0474 678 053 or taufers@burgeninstitut.com

The particular homey character of the feudal Taufers Castle astonishes around 70,000 visitors every year.

As early as 1136 a noble-free family is named Taufers. In the 1220's the family built a new, generously arranged lord house, whose donjon with an attached living tower is constructed against the mountainside, as this was thought to be the possible attacking side. The powerful Taufers Castle is a dynastic seat of the Barons of Taufers with impressive and interesting fortified grounds.

Another great hall (later used as grain storage room) is located at a secured area in the western part of the castle. The naturally given construction space is delimited by a surrounding curtain wall, where there are different living complexes, attached to it.

In the 15th and 16th centuries the grounds were renovated into an expansive castle residence, most of them built in the early 16th century. The impressive weir system, although, dates back to the 15th century.

Taufers Castle has been in the possession of the Südtiroler Burgeninstitut since 1977. The entire furnished and well preserved castle numbers among the greatest and most beautiful castles of the entire Tyrolean region.

Prices:
Adults:
10€
13€ (29.03.2024 - 03.11.2024 including the exhibition)

Students/Pensioners (over 65 years old):
7€
9€/Person (29.03.2024 - 03.11.2024 including the exhibition)

Children (6-16 years old):
5€
6€ (29.03.2024 - 03.11.2024 including the exhibition)

Special exhibition: “German Peasants' War - the pursuit of freedom 500 years ago"
18.04. - 02.11.2025

Knights' festival at the castle: 29.06.2025

By train:
Nearest train station in Bruneck/Brunico - Regional connections Pustertal Valley

from Franzensfeste/Fortezza line 400 – Bruneck/Brunico
from Lienz line 400 – Bruneck/Brunico

By bus:
Bus stop: Sand in Taufers Busbhf./Campo Tures Autostaz.

Line 450 from Bruneck/Brunico
Line 450 from Kasern/Casere

Online timetable search on Südtirol Mobil.

By car:
Destination: Sand in Taufers/Campo Tures
Coming from the north:
Munich - Rosenheim - Kufstein - Innsbruck - Brenner freeway A22 - exit Brixen/Bressanone – Pustertal state road to Bruneck/Brunico - drive left into the Ahrntal valley.
Coming from the west:
Reschenpass - Bolzano - Bressanone exit - Pustertal state road to Bruneck/Brunico - drive left into the Ahrntal valley
Coming from the east:
Tauern freeway or Felbertauern tunnel to Lienz and on to Innichen/San Candido – Toblach/Dobbiaco – Bruneck/Brunico - drive right into the Ahrntal valley
Coming from the south:
Verona - Trento - Bolzano - Brenner freeway A22 - exit Brixen/Bressanone - Pustertal state road to Bruneck/Brunico - drive left into the Ahrntal valley.

Parking: parking lot directly in front of the castle
Geographical position: https://maps.app.goo.gl/r4zdN9XrvXxtgYfd7

We recommend to park your car in the centre of the village - from the center is about 20 minutes to the castle.

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