From the ancient road on the valley bottom to the cultivated and reinforced reliefs. A classic mountain landscape with 2 different souls: the farming-rural soul, perched up in the heights, and the commercial one at the bottom of the valley, close to the highway crossing through Trento, heir of the Imperial road which connected Italy and Central Europe. You get off the bus in the town of Ronchi, go up the “Strada ai Palazzi” (wooden boards) continue and then turn left (board) towards the Fauna Alpina di Casteller, an interesting wildlife recovery centre, managed by the Associazione Cacciatori Trentini (Hunter’s Association of Trento) (guided tours only) 0039.0461.825834. Next to the parking area you go into the woods on the Fauna Alpina Path. You continue up going along the wildlife area fence up to a clearing with a park bench on the right and a closed gate to the left. Climb up to the right to reach the county road in the town of Novaline: splendid vineyard landscape featuring 3 aristocratic mansions dating back to the sixteen hundreds (Saracini, Sardagna, Gentilotti) and ancient mountain farmhouses dominated by the massive Vigolana group. Go down 250m, go back up to the left (boards and capital) to Valli and then start down on the opposite slope, at first on a narrow path, then on a more comfortable track up to Laste.

Going along he left bank of Rio Valsorda you will encounter many old windmills, a round-about, and then will reach Via della Decima in the centre, the name of this road refers to the old tax that was paid there; the tall houses and large portals leading to the inner spaces are quite characteristic. To the right you can see the long walls of the Torre Franca, which was once an important Medieval castle, now in ruins.

As soon as you leave via della Decima, turn left into via Salita ai Dossi and after just a hundred meters left again, for the steep climb that skirting the vineyards and then entering the woods, leads to the two hills with a wide panorama, occupied by the cyclopean ruins. of the Mattarello forts of the late 19th century. The return can be done along the same path, which takes us back to the right of the Rio Valsorda. From there, the downhill road soon leads to Via Nazionale, near the bus stop.

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