The Best Hiking Trails in Trentino-Alto Adige

The Tappeinerweg or Tappeiner Promonade is probably the most popular walk in Merano. It's more of a tourist walk than a hike but is popular with local runners. The path crosses a couple of hundred metres above the city and goes from one end of it to the other....

This hike is about as easy as they come but the rewards for your minimal effort in doing it are extremely high. Being circular the route can be started and finished anywhere you choose, but it's drawn here starting from Molina because that is the first point you reach when driving up from Lake Garda, the place from where most people arrive at Lago di Ledro....

The Sulzenauhütte is spectacularly perched high above the Stubai Valley and visiting it is a popular day hike. However, the hut is also the launchpad for a huge 3 day adventure across the highest peaks of the Stubai region - the crossing of the Wilder Freiger, the Wild Pfaff and finally the Zuckerhütl....

Hikes don't come with a much better effort:reward ratio than this! The hike up to Madonna di Besta is not well signposted and seems relatively unknown despite its ease and proximity to civilisation....

If you only have a couple of hours and want to see what the fuss around the Tremalzo Pass is all about, this little hike will clear things up. Park at the pass and follow the clear, bumpy jeep track north-east underneath Monte Tremalzo....

In a strong field, this is likely the best multi hour hike that can be done from the Tremalzo Pass. The views throughout are spectacular and even in the height of summer the trail is generally quiet and peaceful....

The Dolomites are well known for their beauty on a sunny summer day as well as dressed up in white. This small portion of the Dolomites is located in Trentino - known as Brenta Dolomites - and will keep your eyes busy for a while....

The impressive Wildspitze (3772m) is the highest peak in Tirol, and the second highest in Austria, second only to the mighty Großglockner, so a great tick on any mountaineer’s list. The recommended and most enjoyable route up, as described here, is easily achieved in 2 days, with an extra 3000m peak en route, and an overnight stop at the Breslauer Hütte....

Cross the Adamello Nature Park in the heart of the Rhaetian Alps on this high alpine trail. From start to finish you barely brush past signs of modern civilisation, hopping from remote mountain hut to remote mountain hut where you can enjoy traditional hearty Italian alpine cuisine at the end of each day’s long hike....

This is a classic hike to a summit which feels wild and remote despite being climbable in one (big) day. It is accessed from the Schlegeisspeicher lake which can be reached by bike, bus or car (via a €14 toll road) and is incredibly beautiful....

Ever so slightly detached from the various other massifs that make up the Dolomites, the Peitlerkofel/Sass de Putia (like most mountains in the Dolomites it has a German and an Italian name) is a wonderful peak which can be climbed and circumnavigated in one day, and what a day it is! Park up on the Würzjoch/Passo della Erbe col, next to the Ütia de Börz hotel....

Starting Location: Rifugio Treviso Ending Location: Passo Cereda Optional Routes: (A) To avoid the massive traverse to Passo Cereda Regional Map: Tabacco Map 022 Path Numbers: 718 Places to eat/drink on route: None After the night at Rifugio Treviso, the path enters some wild terrain for the day....

Start your day at the parking lot next to the Schlegeisspeicher and follow the road southwestwards along the reservoir lake crossing the Riepenbach stream. You will encounter a pathway directing you northwesterly through the forest and then in switchbacks through mountain pine fields upwards near the stream....

Starting Location: Rifugio Viel dal Pan Ending Location: Rifugio Contrin Optional Routes: (A) Take path 602A to avoid via ferrata and follow signs for Rif. Contrin Regional Map: Tabacco Map 07 Path Numbers: 601, 605, Alba – Ciampac Gondola, 646, 602 Places to eat/drink on route: Rifugio Castiglioni, Penia Another big day on the AV2 and another via ferrata that gets the arms pumping....