Trentino

The southernmost tip of the Alps, where German place names appear on Italian road signs and the wine list at the local restaurant moves between Gewürztraminer and Teroldego without finding anything odd about the transition. Trentino-Alto Adige sits at the intersection of three cultures — Italian, Austrian, Ladin — and the result is a region with its own food, its own architecture, and its own pace that is unlike anywhere else in the peninsula. The Dolomites here are UNESCO-listed and justifiably so; the val di Fassa and val Gardena valleys are among the most dramatic landscapes in Europe.Our Trentino coverage covers both the mountains and the vineyards of the Adige valley, the spa towns of the south and the high passes of the north.