The Italian-speaking half of the old Trentino-Alto Adige. Trento itself is a compact Renaissance city that hosted the Council of Trent; north and east of it open the Val di Fassa, Val di Fiemme and the Brenta Dolomites, with Madonna di Campiglio at their centre. To the south, the Sarca valley drops to the top of Lake Garda at Riva del Garda — which is why Trentino manages to offer high alpine walking and lake sailing an hour apart.
- Madonna di Campiglio and the Brenta Dolomites
- Val di Fassa and the Marmolada
- Lake Molveno and Lake Tovel
- Riva del Garda and Arco
- Trento's Castello del Buonconsiglio
- MUSE science museum
- Best time to go
- June–September for the mountains and the lakes; December–March for skiing. Riva del Garda has a long spring and autumn season for climbing and windsurfing.
- Getting there
- Verona airport (1h to Trento) and Bergamo. The Brenner railway serves Trento and Rovereto directly.
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Headline places
What italia.it leads with in Trentino.
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Lago di Tovel A glacial lake in the Brenta group that once turned red each summer -
Brenta Dolomites The Dolomites' western outpost, and the birthplace of the via ferrata -
MUSE Science Museum Renzo Piano's museum of the alpine world, built as a mountain in section -
Val di Fassa & the Marmolada The Ladin valley under the Dolomites' highest peak and only glacier
Cities & bases
Where to sleep, and what each place is good for.
Trentino by experience
The themes this region delivers on.
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Art & culture More UNESCO World Heritage sites than any other country on earth -
Food & wine Regional to the point of parochial — and all the better for it -
Italian lakes Como, Garda, Maggiore — the Grand Tour's original destination -
Mountains & the Dolomites The Dolomites, the western Alps and the wild Apennines -
UNESCO Italy Sixty World Heritage sites — the largest tally of any country -
Nature & national parks 25 national parks, from alpine glaciers to volcanic islands -
Sport & the outdoors Dolomiti Superski, the Giro's climbs and Garda's windsurfing -
Luxury Italy Portofino, the Costa Smeralda, Capri and the great lake villas
More of The North
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Aosta Valley Italy's smallest region, under the four highest mountains in the Alps -
Piedmont Barolo, white truffles, royal Turin and the Alps at the foot of the plain -
Liguria The Italian Riviera — Cinque Terre, Portofino and pesto's home port -
Lombardy Milan, the great lakes and the Alps of Valtellina -
South Tyrol German-speaking Italy under the Dolomites -
Veneto Venice, Verona, Palladio's villas and the Dolomites of Cortina -
Friuli Venezia Giulia Habsburg Trieste, Roman Aquileia and Italy's finest white wines -
Emilia-Romagna Parmigiano, prosciutto, Ferrari and Ravenna's mosaics