About the city
Tirano is a town in the province of Sondrio, in Lombardy, located in the Valtellina, an Alpine valley of the Rhaetian Alps, near the border with Switzerland. With just over 8,000 inhabitants, it is famous for being the Italian terminus of the Bernina Railway, the line of the Trenino Rosso (Little Red Train) that crosses the Alps to St. Moritz and which, together with the Albula line, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its high-mountain Alpine setting favours skiing, hiking and mountain sports. Tirano was recognised by ACES Europe as European Town of Sport 2017, a title reserved for municipalities of fewer than 25,000 inhabitants, which places it within the broad Italian representation of the ACES network.
Key facts
Tirano is a town in the province of Sondrio, in Lombardy, in the Valtellina, near the Swiss border.
It is the Italian terminus of the Bernina Railway, the Trenino Rosso, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Its Alpine setting favours skiing, hiking and mountain sports.
Tirano is European Town of Sport 2017, within the broad Italian representation in the ACES network.
ACES Participation
Participation statistics coming soon.