Cycling the Valsugana: From Trento to Bassano del Grappa Through Lakes and Orchards
The Valsugana cycleway links Trento to Bassano del Grappa across 80 flat kilometres through Lake Caldonazzo, neat orchards and sleepy rural borghi.
Jul 5, 2026Beyond the crowded resorts, Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol guards silent valleys and little-known villages. Among mountain farmsteads, hidden alpine lakes, trails away from the busiest Dolomites and ancient Ladin-speaking villages, here you can breathe in an authentic mountain world. Discover slow itineraries immersed in nature, far from mass tourism.
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The Valsugana cycleway links Trento to Bassano del Grappa across 80 flat kilometres through Lake Caldonazzo, neat orchards and sleepy rural borghi.
Jul 5, 2026
The Adige cycle path links the Italian Tyrol to the Veneto: 300 km mostly downhill, through blossoming apple orchards, castles and vineyards.
Jul 5, 2026
In south-eastern Trentino, the Cima d'Asta chain is the southernmost granite massif in the Alps: lakes, mountain huts and stern ridges at the heart of the Lagorai, the range that stayed wild while everyone heads for the nearby Dolomites.
Jun 30, 2026
In Trentino, the Val Rendena at the foot of the Adamello-Presanella and the Brenta Dolomites remains a snug Alpine valley: the Sarca cycle path runs along the valley floor among mountain farmsteads and waterfalls, far from the traffic of the better-known Lake Garda or Valsugana routes.
Jun 30, 2026
In the Val di Fiemme, Trentino, a cycle path follows the Avisio stream through the spruce forests that supply the wood for violins. It's the quiet alternative to the far more crowded cycle paths of the Val di Fassa and the Val Pusteria: the same Alpine quality, but without the crush.
Jun 30, 2026
In western Trentino, the stretch of the Path of Peace along the Adamello-Presanella group crosses the high-altitude front of the White War: trenches, glaciers and bivouacs in a harsh, little-frequented setting, reserved for experienced hikers in search of authentic mountains.
Jun 30, 2026
A side valley of the Val di Sole, in Trentino, the Val di Rabbi is protected by the Stelvio National Park: waterfalls, mountain dairies, larches and a Tibetan bridge in a wild setting. A few kilometres from the crowded ski resorts of the Val di Sole, here you walk in silence.
Jun 30, 2026
In eastern Trentino, the Lagorai range offers a multi-day traverse along porphyry ridges with no equipped refuges and no lifts. It's the anti-Dolomites: no cable cars, no crowds, just silence, alpine lakes, and bivouacs for those seeking the mountains as they truly are.
Jun 30, 2026
Above Merano, Castel Tirolo guards a double chapel and Romanesque marble portals, reachable only on foot by leaving the car down in the valley.
Jun 23, 2026