brixen südtirol card - guest card with added value year-round

Available free of charge as Edelweiss-Guests for the duration of your stay. This guest card enables the following services.

  • Free use of South Tyrol’s public mobility (trains and buses) all year round including the cable car from Rio di Pusteria to Maranza, the cable cars Bolzano-Renon, Postal-Verano, Meltina-Vilpiano, the tramway on the Renon, the funicular up the Mendola.
  • Participation in the weekly programme of the ski & alpine pasture region Gitschberg Jochtal/Rio Pusteria

In addition, the following advantage with free mountain cable cars:

Summer 2026:

One uphill & downhill ride per day with the following lifts:

  • Gitschberg Jochtal: 29.05 – 10.07 & 05.09 – 07.11.2026
    • Gitschberg-Nesselbahn
    • Jochtalbahn
  • NEW Plose: 29.05 – 10.07 & 05.09 – 01.11.2026
    • Plose cable car
    • Pfannspitz cable car
    • Palmschoß chairlift

Free admission to various leisure, cultural and activity offers in the area during opening hours

(During the summer season, when the lift facilities are not included, you can choose attractive multi-day ticket options (for a fee))


This and that

  • The lower cable car station Gitschberg is only 300 m from the hotel
  • Our hotel is situated in green meadows with views of the surrounding mountains
  • Only 5 minutes’ walk to Maranza village centre
  • Free hiking pole hire
  • Hiking backpack in your room
  • Hiking library
  • Infotabelt in the room with plenty of tips
  • Free WiFi throughout the hotel
  • Lounge bar
  • sun and sunbathing terrace "La Piazza"
  • garage included (except the Alpenrose room)
  • Ideal starting point for numerous trips (Bressanone 18 km, Brunico 30 km)
  • Golf clubs nearby (Vipiteno: 7-hole short golf course, Riscone: 9-hole facility)
  • E-STATION! You can charge your electric car during your stay at our charging station in the garage (to pay 0,60 €/kwh).

Food and Drink

  • Pick-me-up breakfast buffet with show cooking, fruit juices, various mueslis, teas, cheeses, yoghurt, cold meats, ham, Speck cured ham, freshly baked rolls, homemade cakes and croissants.
  • Small lunch menu à la carte (to be paid separately)
  • afternoon buffet with cake and tyrolean snacks 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm (drinks not included)
  • Gourmet 5-course set evening menu with soups, starters, pasta dishes, main dishes, a vegetarian option and heavenly desserts. To start with there are various salads, crudités and several dressings from the buffet. We are also happy to delight our guests with vegetarian dishes.
  • 1 weekly Bavarian breakfast with Weisswurst veal sausage, Pretzel and sweet mustard
  • 1 weekly gala dinner
  • 1 weekly Tyrolean farmers’ menu
  • 1 weekly dinner all’Italiana with starters buffet
  • 1 weekly dessert buffet
  • 1 weekly various pasta dishes prepared at the show kitchen
  • Everyday Prosecco-Breakfast

Healthy and beautiful

  • indoor-outdoor pool 25m with jacuzzi
  • relax rooms
  • fitness room
  • garden and sunbathing
  • jacuzzi in the garden
  • Finnish antique wood sauna with homely flair
  • Aromatic steam bath
  • Bio sauna
  • Infrared sauna in Swiss pine
  • Salt steam bath and cold grotto
  • Tropical showers and vitality bar
  • Sauna and pool towels and towelling robes in your room
  • Nourishing wellness and body offers (massages, facials, body treatments and wellness packages to be paid separately)
  • NEW from May 2026: On the 4th floor of Hotel Edelweiss, a new Adults Only retreat is being created, featuring a panoramic terrace, outdoor whirlpool, cold-water plunge, spacious relax rooms and three new saunas with panoramic views. Construction will begin in mid-March, after the winter season.

Children in the Edelweiss