Holiday apartment in Petschied – church, trails and mountain destinations

Petschied between church, trails and mountain destinations

Petschied offers several clearly distinct points of interest for individual days of your holiday: sacred art, traditional customs, walking trails, a cycling route, as well as summer and winter mountain destinations. When choosing a holiday apartment in Petschied, it is therefore particularly interesting to consider whether you would like to focus on culture, outdoor activities or a combination of both. The various options can be combined into varied daily itineraries without every excursion having to have the same character.

Historical traces at St. Nicholas Church

St. Nicholas Church in Petschied was first mentioned in documents in 1446. A large 16th-century fresco of St. Christopher is located on its exterior façade. For days focused on culture, this places both a specific historical date and a striking work of art at the centre.

The history of the church site is particularly distinctive: St. Nicholas Church was probably built on the site of an older sacred spring. A spring rises beside the altar; its water flows through the altar area to a fountain outdoors. Fragments of pottery found on the Gschlierer (Faller) Bühel above the church have been dated to the Bronze Age, from 2300 to 1000 BC. The Petschied church festival is traditionally celebrated at the end of June with Holy Mass, a procession and a blessing of the stream.

Walk and cycling route around Petschied

A two-hour walk along the Stations of the Cross leads from Pezzè (Petschied) along the Rio Lasanca to the sports zone and onwards to the centre of Lüsen. The Rio Lasanca is also called Rio di Luson.

For a cycling tour, the route leads from Lüsen village to the little Church of St. Nicholas in Petschied and back via the Stations of the Cross, the Old Crafts Zone and the bathing pond. The walk and the cycling route have different focuses in terms of means of transport, route and intermediate destinations. This gives you a concrete basis for planning your holiday days with varying levels of activity.

Summer and winter destinations

In summer, a hiking trail leads to the Rifugio Monte Muro mountain hut and to Monte Muro (2,332 m), which is regarded as a panoramic viewpoint offering expansive views. A ski tour starts in Petschied/Laseider at an altitude of 1,430 m and leads via the Gschlierer Alm and the Lüsner Joch to Maurerberg. A 5 km circular cross-country ski trail is located near the sports zone in Hinterlüsen. Another route starts at Petschied/Hinterlüsen and follows the valley to Halslhütte. This provides a range of mountain and winter sports destinations for trip planning, each with its own route.

Landscape and choosing a holiday apartment

In Pezzè, some farms are located along the road, surrounded by green slopes and dense spruce forests. The road to Pezzè climbs towards Passo delle Erbe; this pass connects Lüsen with the Ladin Antermoia Valley. When choosing a holiday apartment in Petschied, you can compare these characteristics of the area with your personal priorities: the landscape of farms, slopes and spruce forests in Pezzè, or the orientation towards the rising road and its connection to the Antermoia Valley. Culture, walking, cycling, and summer and winter destinations offer different ideas for shaping your stay.

Other places for planning your trip

Other destinations: Saltaus, Pfelders, Rina, Ahornach, Longega, Anterselva Di Sotto, Margreid an der Weinstraße, Wipptal

For the overarching travel overview: Bolzano.