St Valentin is a village at 1,472 metres between the Haidersee and Reschensee lakes in South Tyrol, close to the Reschen Pass. Homes mostly sleep around six and nearly all have a sauna, but none has a pool. The Austrian border is a short drive away.
St Valentin auf der Haide, to give the village its German name, sits at 1,472 metres on a scree slope of the Mals Heath, between the Haidersee and the Reschensee. Residents rely on summer and winter tourism, and the Haideralm ski area is part of the Skiparadies Reschenpass. Peaks above include the Elferspitze at 2,926 metres. The village belongs to the municipality of Graun im Vinschgau, where the bell tower of a flooded 14th-century church still rises from the Reschensee. The homes sit in one spot, mostly with three bedrooms, and none has a pool.
The belfry of Graun's 14th-century church still stands in the lake, which flooded the old village after the dam was completed in July 1950.
Across the Austrian border, about 14 minutes by car or by bus line 273.
The route of the Roman Via Claudia Augusta over the Alps, close to the village.
From Innsbruck, Reschen is around 1 hour 20 minutes by car. By public transport, a train to Landeck-Zams and a bus on to Graun, Reschen Zentrum takes about 2 hours 35 minutes. Nauders in Austria is only 14 minutes from St Valentin.
Yes. The Haideralm ski area is part of the Skiparadies Reschenpass, and the village depends on both winter and summer tourism.
About 14 minutes by car or bus line 273, roughly 15 km. That puts the Austrian village of Nauders close enough for an easy hop across the border.
Yes, both belong to the municipality of Graun im Vinschgau. The 14th-century belfry survived when the old village was flooded after the dam was completed in July 1950, and the village ruins show when water levels fall in spring.
Written by the TrustedVillas team. Last reviewed October 2026.
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