Bolzano Travel Forum

Can this be done by train or bus, or do you need a car. We want to do hiking in the Domolites while there.

You can go by train from Zurich to Bolzano (Bolzano/Bozen) then on to Venice.

http://www.sbb.ch/en/

will give you train times, details and fares Zurich>Bolzano in English. Journey time is around 6 hours, with changes.

http://www.ferroviedellostato.it/homepage_en.html

will give you train times, details and fares Bolzano>Venice in English. Around 4 hours, with a change at Verona.

If you want to use public transport, train is better. You go Zurich Innbruck Bolzano Verona Venice:
http://www.oebb.at/en/index.jsp
http://www.ferroviedellostato.it/homepage_en.html
For lokal transport (only italian or german, english link is not working):
http://www.sad.it/intro.php
But with a car you have much more possibilities, if you rent it in Bolzano, you donīt have extra bordercrossing fees.