South Tyrol, the ancient transit land between the Brenner Pass and Salurner Klause, is a small paradise. In the mild climate of the valleys, fruits and vines thrive, and on the vast pastures, the livestock spends its summer. In the villages and scattered farms, old traditions are still lived, and the towns offer a rich cultural program from the Middle Ages to the present day. Four specials report on the culinary delights, the mountaineering idols Luis Trenker and Reinhold Messner, the hard life of mountain farmers, as well as the freedom struggle of Andreas Hofer.