Andalo & Paganella

Andalo lies on the Paganella plateau between the Brenta Dolomites and Lake Garda and is a popular family ski and hiking area. From the summit of the Paganella at 2,125 m the view reaches far over the Brenta to Lake Garda. In summer, bike trails and the nearby Lago di Molveno beckon.

Highlights

• Paganella viewpoint summit (2,125 m)
• View from the Brenta to Lake Garda
• Family-friendly ski and hiking area
• Bike trails and proximity to the Lago di Molveno

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Background & History

Andalo lies on a sunny high plateau between the Brenta group and the long mountain ridge of the Paganella, where the Trentino gives way to a wide karst landscape. For a long time this plateau, the so-called Altopiano della Paganella, was a secluded habitat of mountain farmers and woodcutters, who kept cattle, made hay and felled timber in the spare heights. Only in the course of the 20th century did the place gradually transform from a quiet alpine village into a holiday resort, which knew how to make use of its proximity to the Dolomites and to the nearby, deep-green Lago di Molveno and drew summer and winter guests alike.

The local mountain Paganella rises as a striking rock massif above the Adige valley and drops away to the west in steep walls, from whose summit the view stretches far across Trentino to the mountains around Lake Garda. Geologically the region belongs to the limestone massifs of the Southern Alps, whose pale rock formed over millions of years from the deposits of a primeval sea before it was thrust upwards during the folding of the Alps. The nearby Brenta Dolomites, with their bizarre rock spires, are today part of the UNESCO World Heritage and lend the quiet high valley a magnificent, unmistakable backdrop that draws hikers and climbers alike.