Formerly part of Austria-Hungary, South Tyrol was annexed by Italy after World War I. The region “was pretty brutally Italianized in the early 1920s,” said Diana Garvin, an assistant professor ...

South Tyrol, Italy's northernmost region, lies between Austria and Switzerland in the sunny Alps, where German, Italian, and Ladin speakers have coexisted for generations.

4. Soak in Bolzano’s hay and mineral baths. Around the capital of South Tyrol, you’ll find mineral-rich natural springs — 32 to be exact. The water is funnelled into historical bathhouses ...