Villnöß is a beautiful Dolomite valley in the heart of the Puez Geisler Nature Park.
It is the green heart of the nature park, an oasis of tranquillity between the ski carousels of Gröden and Plose. Villnöß promotes "green tourism". The rural cultural landscape flows seamlessly into untouched forests and alpine meadows in full bloom at the foot of the majestic Geislerspitzen, remarkable rock towers and mountain peaks which are also known as the pale mountains because of their limestone content.

Villnöss is the name of the whole valley. The community of Villnöß comprises six municipal districts and various hamlets: Teis, St. Valentin, St. Peter (the main village), St. Jakob, Coll and St. Magdalena.

The Villnöss valley runs from east to west , extending from Ruefen and the Geisler Group to Eisacktal, north of Klausen. It is approximately 24km long with a maximum altitude differential of 2,490m. This orientation of the valley and its special geological structure – characterised by the overlaying of geologically younger rock formations by the older quartz phyllite – have left their mark on the landscape and influenced its human settlement.

The Puez Geisler Nature Park was extended in 1999 and now boasts an area of around 10,196 hectares, which encompasses the communities of Abtei, Corvara, Villnöß, St. Martin in Thurn, St. Ulrich, St. Christina in Gröden and Wolkenstein in Gröden. The Puez Geisler Nature Park can be regarded as the "Showcase of the Dolomites" since it exhibits all the rock formations, strata and erosional forms typical of the Dolomite region.

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