An Alpine flavour

Grappa is a fragrant grape-based pomace brandy of between 37.5% and 60% alcohol by volume of italian origin. Literally "grape stalk", most grappa is made by distilling pomace, grape residue (mainly the skins, but also stems and seeds) left over from winemaking after pressing. It was originally made to prevent waste by using leftovers at the end of the wine season. It quickly became commercialised, mass-produced, and sold worldwide. Some grappa, known as prima uva, is made with the whole grapes. The flavour of grappa, like that of wine, depends on the type and quality of the grape used as well as the specifics of the distillation process.

Grappa was originally made in the northern Italian town of Bassano del Grappa, and some contend that this is the origin of the name, rather than from the Latin graspa.

In Italy, grappa is primarily served as a "digestivo" or after-dinner drink. Its main purpose was to aid in the digestion of heavy meals. Most grappa is clear, indicating that it is an un-aged distillate, though some may retain very faint pigments from their original fruit pomace. Lately, aged grappas have become more common, and these take on a yellow, or red-brown hue from the barrels in which they are stored.

Swinging...

Golf at the feet of the mountain Sciliar: a more beautiful scenery is almost impossible. The 18-hole golf course Kastelruth-Seiser Alm is open since summer 2006 and the Hotel Turm is a partner hotel: Tasteof.it can offer to Clients and their Accompanions reduced green fees and guaranteed tee times. To learn how to play the game you can get in contact with Golf-Pro Rudi Knapp and arrange a lesson. Enjoy a golf game and come then back to the Hotel Turm to relax: the golf course Kastelruth-Seiser Alm is only 5 minutes from Fiè allo Sciliar away.

Wellness in the fortress

Discover wellness in South Tyrol and according to the South Tyrolean way, in the Wellness and Romantik Hotel Turm: in the Turm the individual flair and unique environment make the wellness area the perfect place for relaxing, letting go, escaping the tiring day-to-day routine and recharging empty batteries.

The Hotel

the swimming pool

Regenerate while indulging in the greatest of pleasures. Sauna, swimming pool, fitness and a unique salt-grotto await the guests in the wellness area. Under the treatments you'll find the traditional haybaths from Völs, romantic baths in the emperor tub, which you can experience alone or with your partner, the highly appreciated vinotherapy on the hot stone, that you will never forget, classical massages and the special massagen in the waterbed, with apples, fruit bunches or hot stones, the right thing the feel good and relax.

And after the treatments, luxury rooms, in pure tyrolean style, are waiting for you...

Aeolian beauty

Salina is the greenest of the seven Aeolian Islands. Un unforgettable experience is here waiting for you. You will learn the secrets of Sicilian cuisine; you will swim in the crystal blue sea and explore the rich and wilde nature of the island. You will be surprised by Salina's people warm and kind hospitality, the same way you will be from the taste, the quality and the freshness of its sea and land products.

The ingredients of this magic and dreamlike holiday are: the sun and the sea, the vulcans, the capers, the tomatoes, the wilde fennel and malvasia...

Boat shelters near Pollara beach

Rocks and clear sea

Rinella gulf

Fishermen's wooden boats

Walking up to Monte Fossa delle Felci

The sight from the top of Monte Fossa delle Felci looking at Lipari and Vulcano islands

Caper's flowers

Salina is the second largest of the seven Aeolian Islands, after Lipari. The island is formed by six inactive volcanoes, the two youngest and tallest of which are named Fossa delle Felci ("Fern Hollow") (962 m) and Monte dei Porri (860 m). In the Hellenic Age, the island was named "Didyme" (Δίδυμη), a Greek name which refers to the two mountains as "twins". The modern name comes from the production of sea salt which was performed at the southern tip of the island. Salina is the most fertile of the Aeolian isles, and grapes grown on Salina are used to make Malvasia wine. The island also exports capers and caperberries internationally. The island was inhabited as far back as the Bronze Age and has been developed and then abandoned many times over the subsequent millennia.
Areas on the island, including the two mountain peaks, were designated as a natural reserve in 1981. There are currently approximately 2300 residents living in Salina. Michael Radford's film Il Postino was partly shot on Salina.

Our guests will stay in a real aeolian style hotel very close to "casa del vento", a XIX century house base of our social meetings