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Trento's main square and its Duomo
Trento (ca 100.000 inhabitants), placed in the Trentino-Alto
Adige Region (NW of Italy), is located on the flat Adige river valley on
the Verona-Brennero-Innsbruck-Munich motorway and railway.
The town has many houses painted with frescoes on the facades, giving to the city the name of "painted city".
Trento is surrounded by beautiful mountains (the southern part of the Alps and the UNESCO's Dolomites) and lakes.
Trento was a roman town (called "Tridentum") and after Goth, Lombard
and Carolingian rule it passed in year 1027 to the Germanic Empire. The
famous Council of Trento was held here from the year 1545 to year 1563
by the Catholic Church in an attempt to curb the rapid progress of
Martin Luther's Reformation.
The city and its surrounding mountains
The city is easily reachable by train (www.ferroviedellostato.it) or by car on the Brennero A13 highway.
The closest international airport is located in Verona,
ca 45 min by train from Trento. Milan "Linate" (LIN) and "Malpensa"
(MPX) airports are connected to Milan Centrale railway station with a
bus; from Milano Centrale railway station it takes ca 2 hours and a half
to get to Trento (via Verona). Venice airport is linked to
Venezia-Mestre railway station with a bus and then the train to Trento
via Verona takes ca 2 hours.
For the accomodation, we suggest the following hotels:
- Hotel America
- Hotel Buonconsiglio
- Grand Hotel Trento
- Youth hostel
The Buonconsiglio castle with the frescoed Romanino's Loggia
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