The Plattner farm house in Costalovara is more than 600 years old. The Gramm Family, a mercantile family from Bolzano, has carried out an exemplary restoration of it liaising closely with the provincial historic preservation agency and so, also because of its unique location, it is one of the most picturesque farmsteads in the region. Today it accommodates a bee-keeping museum that illustrates in a lively and vivid way the sweet art of making honey. The magnificent Plattnerhof is the largest private collection of South Tyrol’s beekeeping and it is also a monument of rural architecture and savoir vivre. A nature trail on the picturesque hill near to the house explains the world of bees to visitors. Open daily from 10 to 18 o’clock between Easter and 31st October. 

Rittner Christbahnl im historischen Plattner Bienenhof an den Wochenenden von 28. November 2025 bis 4. Januar 2026.

Wolfsgruben Parkplatz, 10 Gehminuten zum Plattner Bienenhof

By Car: Bolzano - Renon ca. 18 km. By Cablecar: In Bolzano starts every 4 minutes a cable and in only 12 minutes you arrive to Soprabolzano. There starts every halb hour the Renon Train and arrive in 5 minuts to Costalovara. 10 minuts to walk to the Plattnerhof farm house.

Der Ausgangspunkt der Tour ist mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln einfach und bequem erreichbar. Bequeme Anfahrt ab Bozen von der Talstation Rittner Seilbahn 161 wo alle vier Minuten eine Gondel die Station verlässt nach Oberbozen und dann im Halbstundentakt mit der Rittner Schmalspurbahn 160 weiter nach Wolfsgruben, Fahrplan