Trentino Alto Adige is located in the north-east of Italy, at the southern border of the Austrian Tirol. Trentino Alto Adige is an autonomous region whose main city is Trento.
The region is divided into two provinces— Trento, the Italian-speaking part and Bolzano (also called Bozen), the German-speaking part.
Trentino Alto Adige has a population of 940,000 inhabitants with a population density of 69 inhabitants / km2.
Trentino Alto Adige is an extremely mountainous region characterized by the presence of huge valleys such as the Adige and Isarco.
The region is crisscrossed by numerous rivers including the Adige, the second longest Italian river after the Po, which has its origins in the nearby Passo Resia in the high Venosta Valley. This region features almost 300 lakes, including the Careza, Braies, Dobbiaco (Bolzano province), Levico, Caldonazzo and Molveno (trento provice) lakes.
Trentino Alto Adige is the perfect destination for those who love nature and the mountains. It offers incredible and untouched landscapes. The region is traversed by The Dolomites which are “the most beautiful natural architecture of the world” according to Le Corbusier which named them one of the world’s unique beauties.
You can get to Trentino Alto Adige in a number of ways:
- By plane: The Brennero Motorway and the rail network provide very fast connections to the principal airports: Trento is 90km from Verona’s Catullo Airport, 195 km from the Marco Polo Airport in Venice and about 60 km from the new airport at Bolzano.
- By train: There are two main rail connections; Brenner that arrives at Trento or Rovereto station. Or the Valsugana connection which departs from Venice and arrives at Bolzano station.
- By car: you can reach Trento via the Brennero or Abetone national road, via Brenner motorway (A22), via the Valsugana national road, which leads to Venice, or, for those coming from Brescia, via the West Gardesana (45 bis) road.
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