A genteel spa town, Meran in German, set in a sheltered basin where palms grow beside Alpine peaks.
Its thermal baths and riverside promenades drew Habsburg high society, and the Trauttmansdorff Castle Gardens, where Empress Sissi once wintered, terrace eighty garden worlds up the slope.
When to visit Merano
Average highs and lows across the year.
What to see first
Trauttmansdorff Castle Gardens
Merano's eighty terraced garden worlds around Sissi's neo-Gothic castle, with palms thriving beneath the Alps.
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What to eat, and drink
The year in Merano
The rituals, races, and processions the city still keeps.
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