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Entrants can choose between two PHWHUVIRUDWDVWLQJDFFRPSDQLHGE\6SHFN$OWR with a banner at full gallop, negotiating hurdles and distances, 113 and 60 kilo-metres. $GLJHEUHDGDQGFKHHVHDOOFDUU\LQJWKHWUDGH slalom-like gates. www.dolomitisuperbike.com PDUNo4XDOLW\6ØGWLUROp www.alpedisiusi.info/en www.altabadia.org Gustav Mahler Music Weeks, Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige Dobbiaco/Toblach Giro d‘Italia, Val Venosta 26th of June to 6th of July 2014 12th to 27th of July 2014 27th of May 2014 One of the most important music festivals Europe- &RQFHUWVSOD\HGE\WRSPXVLFLDQVOHFWXUHVE\ Rub shoulders with the stars of the international ZLGHLVWDNLQJSODFHRYHUHLJKWGD\VZLWKWKHÞQHVW famous academics, award presentation of the Inter- QDWLRQDO5HFRUG3UL]HQHZFRQWDFWVDQGPHHWLQJV steeplechase generates enormous enthusiasm and South Tyrol’s Original Christmas markets UHDFKLQJEH\RQGERUGHUVtWKHVHDUHVRPHRIWKH LVHVSHFLDOO\GHDUO\KHOGDPRQJRZQHUVWUDLQHUVDQG from 28th November 2014 features which encapsulate the Gustav Mahler Mu- MRFNH\V 'LVFRYHUDQGUHOLVKWKHVHDVRQDOPDJLFRIGLYHUVLW\ VLF:HHNVWDNLQJSODFHLQWKHXSSHU9DO3XVWHULD www.meranomaia.it DWWKH6RXWK7\UROHDQ&KULVWPDVPDUNHWVLQWKH 3XVWHUWDOYDOOH\0DKOHUpVIDYRXULWHVXPPHUUHWUHDW towns of Bolzano/Bozen, Bressanone/Brixen, www.gustav-mahler.it Transart - festival for contemporary culture, Brunico/Bruneck, Merano/Meran, Vipiteno/Ster- South Tyrol ]LQJ&UDIWPDQVKLSIURP6RXWK7\UROGHOLFLRXV Marble & apricots, Lasa 10th to 27th of September 2014 FRQIHFWLRQHU\DQGDWPRVSKHULF&KULVWPDVPXVLF 02nd to 03rd of August 2014 7KLVWUDQVERUGHUIHVWLYDOIRUFRQWHPSRUDU\FXOWXUH makes this a must-see event. /DVD/DDVLQ6RXWK7\UROpVZHVWHUQPRVWYDOOH\ once again features an inimitable programme of www.suedtirol.info/christmasmarkets V\VWHPWKH9DO9HQRVWD9LQVFKJDXLVIDPRXVIRU music, dance, theatre, art and the latest technol- its marble and also for its delicious apricots. 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International New Year’s Eve Boclassic Run, 25th of August to 22nd of September 2014 www.ims.bz Bolzano/Bozen The Merano Music Weeks now rate among Europe’s 31st December 2014 most important classical music festivals, inaugurat- Merano International WineFestival The best-known runners meet in the regional capi- HGLQWRFHOHEUDWHWKHVSDWRZQpVWKMXELOHH & Culinaria tal of Bolzano to partici-pate in the best-attended DQQLYHUVDU\6LQFHLWVLQFHSWLRQWKHIHVWLYDOKDV 8th to 10th of November 2014 New Year’s Eve run in the world. The route winds maintained its commitment to the highest artistic The annual event has become one of the most PHWUHVWKURXJKWKHROGTXDUWHUÞQLVKLQJDW demands. Top orchestras and superb interpreters prestigious of its kind world-wide, providing an op- 3LD]]D:DOWKHU ensure the most memorable artistic highlights. 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