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3 slow days: Trento, without a car

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A 3-day slow trip across 4 towns based out of Trento, reachable without a car, drawn from the 1,000 Italian communes most travelers skip.

3 days · May · food & wine-first · moderate walking

Trento

Trento, 3 days

Base yourself in Trento and make these your day trips.

4 towns · qualifying pool of 4 from 9 candidates

Plain towns in the provinces of Trento and Verona. wine territory.

Getting around

Trento, your base, is on the rail network. 4 of the 4 towns in this corner have a railway station, so a car-free version of this corner is realistic. Check Trenitalia timetables before you commit a day: rural frequencies run thin, especially on Sundays.

Your timing

May sits in this corner's best window: open, temperate, and short of the crowd months.

While you're there

  • BardolinoPalio del Chiaretto, MaySpring festival celebrating local Chiaretto rosé wine with tastings, music and lakefront events

Day 1 · Arrive in Trento

Settle in. Trento is your base for the next 3 days. Take the afternoon to walk the centro, find your bearings, eat something local.

Trento

Province: Trento

Trento

The Alpine capital on the Adige at 194 metres, where the Council that reshaped the Catholic Church met in a castle still standing above the city.

Picked for:food and wine · plain

Day 2 · Day trip to Levico Terme

First outing. Head to Levico Terme for the day. Take the slow road, leave time to wander, be back in Trento for dinner.

Levico Terme

Province: Trento

Levico Terme

A Habsburg spa town in the Valsugana at 520 metres, built on arsenic-iron thermal waters.

Picked for:nature and walking · hill town

Day 3 · Day trip to Bardolino

Last day trip in this corner, to Bardolino. Make a day of it, then back to Trento.

Bardolino

Province: Verona

Bardolino

Lake Garda's east-shore wine town at 65 meters, where Corvina and Rondinella grapes have made Bardolino and Chiaretto since the Roman period.

Picked for:food and wine · lakeside · Palio del Chiaretto, May

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