Renon Plateau (Ritten Cable Car & Rittner Bahn)
Ritten / Renon
Take a 12-minute cable car from the city up to a 1,200 m plateau, then transfer to a century-old narrow-gauge tram. Enjoy views of the Dolomites across meadows and villages.
Renon (German: Ritten) is a summer retreat plateau northeast of Bolzano. From the city’s cable car station, the Renon cable car takes about 12 minutes to reach Oberbozen. There you transfer to the Renon narrow-gauge tram (Rittner Bahn), which opened in 1907. It runs through meadows and larch forests to Klobenstein, with views of the Schlern and Rosengarten mountains along the way. The plateau has many gentle trails, such as the Freud Trail, and in winter you can ski and ice skate. The cable car and tram accept the RittenCard or the South Tyrol Guest Pass.
Opening hours
Cable car approx. 6:30 am–10:45 pm; trams roughly every 30 minutes
Nearby sights
- Earth Pyramids of Ritten
- Kohlern Cableway
- Runkelstein Castle
- Oswald Promenade
- Franciscan Friary
- Bolzano Christmas Market
- Piazza Walther / Waltherplatz
- Via dei Portici / Laubengasse