Originally Posted by
Giggleswick
One caution about Bolzano in mid-August: it lies in a valley that's kind of a bowl, and it gets notoriously hot and humid in summer.
Not true. In Venice it is hot and mosquito filled and I wouldn't go there in August. Bolzano is 1,800 meters above sea level. It peaks at about 25C. It is the place where Venetians go to escape the heat. It you can't deal with 80F in August, then you can't visit anywhere in Italy, or anywhere in the USA except perhaps Alaska