There are numerous walks in Trentino Alto Adige to be done even in stages: not real high mountain treks, often demanding from a technical point of view and physically tiring, but real slow walks, ideal for a multi-day walking holiday or to do a little at a time to slowly discover the area.
If in general the paths – from that of Santiago downwards – are a great trend of the moment, there are regions such as Trentino Alto Adige which more than others have represented over the centuries a important communication route between Italy and northern Europe: people, goods and cultures plowed the Adige valley and the surrounding onesbuilding a network of travel routes and stories that has recently been rediscovered in historical religious paths.
7 walks in Trentino Alto Adige to do even in stages
In the entire Trentino Alto Adige region there are at least 7 walks that are worth takingmostly on foot but sometimes also by bike, varying in length from a few dozen to over one hundred km, often in natural and mountain settings but sometimes which also involve crossing cities or villages with a strong historical or religious significance. Dedicating a few days to this type of holiday, to discover the historical, religious and naturalistic paths, is undoubtedly the ideal way to get to know this part of ours in depth beautiful region.
Via Vigilius, the mountain path in the footsteps of the Bishop of Trento
The Via Vigilius is a long alpine path between Alto Adige and Trentinowhich begins in the woods around the mountain station of the San Vigilio cable car and ends in Trento, in the Vela area, after ideally 8 days of walking, and as many stages. The adventure is to travel the entire 110 km journey, stopping to sleep at the end of each stage among guesthouses, refuges and huts, but obviously nothing prevents you from doing it a little at a time, keeping in mind that there are stages that are more manageable and others that are longer considerable and also with challenging height differences. In short, it is not exactly an alpine trek but it is still there a mountain path, with some passages that require attention particular and in any case a good physical condition and aptitude for mountain walking. The Via Vigilius, which it essentially winds along the Val di Nonfollows in the footsteps of Bishop Vigilio of Trento, who lived between the 4th and 5th centuries AD: numerous churches in the region are owed to him, and his remains are still buried in the cathedral of Trento.
For more detailed information on this path: www.viavigilius.com
Walk of San Vili, the Patron Saint of Trentino Alto Adige
It’s still San Vigilio, but these are other routes traveled by the Patron Saint of Trentino Alto Adige in his work of evangelization. The Cammino di San Vili was conceived by the Mountain Environment Protection Commission of the Sat (Tridentine Mountaineers Society) and there are two versions: the one at the bottom of the valley, called Saint VIII Bassusand the mountain one, the San Vili Alto, more demanding and with some passages that are more than simply hiking. The Camino di San Vili is long 106 km, ideally divided into 5 stagesand runs along the Brenta Dolomites, from Madonna di Campiglio to Trento.
For more detailed information on this path: www.camminosanvili.it
The two versions of the Cammino Jacopeo d’Anaunia
The Camino Jacopeo d’Anaunia is a beloved spiritual journey that unravels between sacred places, ancient hermitages and small parish churches of mountain, There are two versions: the original one of 170 km, from Sanzeno to San Romeo, to be divided into 7 easy stages, accessible to anyone, but in any case quite long and requiring habit of walking; the alternative is64 km ring around Sanzeno, place of martyrdom of the missionaries who brought Christianity to the Noce valleys. Substantially the path follows the Val di Non and partly the Val di Sole. For more detailed information on this path: www.ilovevaldinon.it/cammino-jacopeo-val-di-non
The Camino di San Romedio, from Tyrol to Trento
The Camino di San Romedio is a long cross-border itinerary, which goes from Tyrol to Trento for a total of 180 kmdecidedly demanding from a physical point of view and, in some sections, also from a technical point of view: in practice it follows the path of the saint who started from Thaur and stopped in what is now his sanctuary crossing the Alps. For this reason that of San Romedio it’s a purely summer walking, from June to Octoberbecause it passes high altitude passes where snow can otherwise be found and where the refuges are only operational in the summer season.
For more detailed information on this path: www.europaregion.info/romediusweg
The Camino di San Giacomo, the Tyrolean variant of the Camino de Santiago
The Way of St. James, or Jacobswegin Trentino, is a long journey that is not difficult from a technical point of view which constitutes the Tyrolean variant of the Camino de Santiago. Its 130 kilometers start from Winnebach / Prato alla Drava in the municipality of San Candido and in 16 stages it reaches the Convent of S. Giovanni in Müstair, in Val Monastero in the Canton of Grisons, just over the border with Val Venosta. From here, if you want, you can continue along the Austrian section up to the Cathedral of San Giacomo in Innsbruck.
For more detailed information on this path: jakobswegsuedtirol.it
The Dürer Path
Then, there is the Dürer Traila walk in the woods and valleys of Bolzano and Trento that retraces the wanderings of the German painter Albrecht Dürer during his first journey to Venice, in 1494. The shortest route would have been along the Adige, which however had no embankments and was subject to frequent flooding, which is why the painter followed a different path of 39 km, from the Klösterle of San Floriano to the Pyramids of Segonzanowhich can now be retraced in 8 stages.
For more detailed information on this path: durerweg.it
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Alpiedi – Ledro Alps Trek
Alpiedi – Ledro Alps Trek is a easy nature walk, accessible all year round, 101 km long within the network of reserves of the Ledro Alps. Ideally you start and arrive in Storo, and the ring can be covered in 5 days, but obviously nothing prevents you from doing it in stages, to discover the wild nature of this area. The overall altitude difference is 5600 metres, which spread over the 101 km route and 5 days makes it not so demanding from a physical point of view and therefore also suitable for those approaching multi-day mountain tours for the first time.
For more detailed information on this path: www.caisatstoro.it/trekking-ledro
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