Tschurtschenthaler in Sexten

Tschurtschenthalerhof farm looks down and across the valley from an altitude of 1,660 metres above sea level. It is by far the highest farm around. Just opposite it, the hands of the ‘Sextner Sundial’, as the jagged Dolomite peaks are known, reach for the sky: the ‘Neuner’, ‘Elfer’, ‘Zwölfer’, ‘Einser’ and the Rotwand peak. The Tschurtschenthalers, a farming family going back 700 years, have their roots here. The farm, one of the oldest hereditary farms in the area, contains a rare display of agricultural instruments, which the farmers have been collecting for generations. These are discreetly on show in the farm parlour and hall. The farm also takes Farm Holiday guests.

Dumpling soup, barley soup, fried cheese dumplings, dumplings with goulash, house sausage, fried eggs with roast potatoes and speck, fried spinach pancakes, 'strauben' (deep fried batter dessert), 'Kiechl' (fried pancakes). On request: ‚bauerngröstl’ (sautèd potatoes and speck), roast beef. Juices: elderflower juice, raspberry juice, blackcurrant juice, cranberry milkshake, raspberry milkshake.

Open all year round. Closed on Mondays. Advance orders required.

Starting from Sexten/Sesto, go along the Katzensteig path to the 'Panorama' Gasthof and then along the road until the 'Tschurtschenthalerhof' (about 1 hour). It is 10 miinutes' walk to the idyllic village of 'Negerdorf' with its old stables and seats.

At Sexten/Sesto, go past the church and drive about 4 km up the road in the Mitterberg direction (signposted).