Where to begin in Trentino-Alto Adige
The towns and cities to start with.
Trento
The capitalThe regional capital on the Adige, an elegant city of frescoed Renaissance facades where the Catholic Church convened the Council of Trent.
Bolzano
The capital of South Tyrol, Bozen in German, a city of arcaded streets and Tyrolean gables where Italian and Alpine worlds meet.
Merano
A genteel spa town, Meran in German, set in a sheltered basin where palms grow beside Alpine peaks.
Rovereto
A town on the Adige south of Trento, long a centre of the silk trade, now best known for its art.
Bressanone
South Tyrol's oldest town, known in German as Brixen, set where two valleys meet beneath the vineyards of the Isarco.
Arco
A town in the Sarca valley just north of Lake Garda, its old centre curved around a crag topped by a medieval castle.
Riva del Garda
A lakeside town at the northern tip of Lake Garda, hemmed by mountains where the lake narrows like a fjord.
Brunico
The market town of the Val Pusteria, Bruneck in German, gathered beneath a medieval bishop's castle in eastern South Tyrol.
A to Z
From the capital to the smallest borghi.
