FROM LAKE GARDA TO LAKE TENNO - HIKING THROUGH BEAUTIFUL HAMLETS!
THE TRAIL 401 STARTS IN VARONE, A DISTRICT OF RIVA DEL GARDA, IN THE UPPER LAKE GARDA. IT’S A BEAUTIFUL LOOP TRAIL OF ABOUT 7.5 MILES AND 1600 FEET OF DIFFERENCE IN HEIGHT, SO NOT VERY DIFFICULT. THE TRAIL REACH THE BEAUTIFUL HAMLET OF CANALE DI TENNO, THAT RECENTLY HAS BEEN AWARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HAMLETS IN ITALY, AND FROM THERE IT GOES UP TO LAKE TENNO, ONE OF THE CLEAREST LAKES IN TRENTINO!
THE TRAIL STARTS IN VARONE, AT THE BEGINNING OF GIACOMO BOZZONI STREET AND IMMEDIATELY IT GOES UP AND CROSSES THE MAIN ROAD TO GET TO THE “CAPITAL OF THE PLAGUE”, WHERE THE TRAIL 401 IS WELL MARKED. FROM HERE I ENJOY A SPLENDID VIEW OF THE NORTHERN PART OF LAKE GARDA. I AM ALREADY IN THE MIDDLE OF NATURE. THE PATH CLIMBS THE STEEP SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AMONG OLIVE TREES AND SHADY WOODS, AND IN ABOUT 25 MINUTES GETS TO THE CASTLE OF TENNO
ONE OF THE PERKS OF THIS PATH IS THAT YOU CAN FIND FOUNTAINS AND MANY SPOTS WHERE TO BUY SOMETHING TO DRINK. YOU’RE GOING TO PASS BY TENNO, HERE IN THE MAIN SQUARE IS ONE OF THE MANY FOUNTAINS YOU CAN FIND ALONG THE WAY. THE SAME IN CALVOLA, IN CANALE DI TENNO, AND AT LAKE TENNO THERE’S A LITTLE KIOSK WHERE YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO DRINK. THIS MEANS THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO CARRY GALLONS AND GALLONS OF WATER THAT WOULD BE HEAVY, AND BY THE WAY WOULD WARM UP IN THE SUN!
RIGHT AFTER THE MAIN SQUARE WITH THE FOUNTAIN WHERE I FILLED MY CANTEEN IF YOU GO STRAIGHT ON YOU’LL GET TO LAKE TENNO, BUT YOU WILL FOLLOW THE TRAIL 406B. BUT WE TURN RIGHT AND KEEP ON THE 401, UP TO CANALE DI TENNO AND FROM THERE TO LAKE TENNO.
THE PATH CLIMBS THE SLOPE OF THE MOUNTAIN AMONG BEAUTIFUL VINEYARDS AND COLOURED LAVENDER FIELDS! 30 MINUTES MORE AND I AM IN CALVOLA! I WALK THROUGH THIS TYPICAL VILLAGE FOLLOWING THE CLEAR WHITE AND RED SIGNS ON THE WALLS OF THE HOUSES
ONCE YOU HAVE CROSSED CALVOLA BE CAREFUL: IF YOU FOLLOW THE PATH 401 THAT GOES UP YOU’LL GET TO SAN PIETRO LODGE. BUT NOW WE TURN LEFT, NEXT STOP THE MEDIEVAL HAMLET OF CANALE DI TENNO, AND FROM THERE UP TO LAKE TENNO.
ON THE TOP OF A HILL, AT 1900 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, STANDS CANALE DI TENNO, A MEDIEVAL VILLAGE UNCHANGED THROUGH THE CENTURIES. ANCIENT WALLS, STONE HOUSES BACKED AGAINST EACH OTHER, NARROW COBBLED ALLEYS LEADING TO BEAUTIFUL HIDDEN COURTYARDS, AMONG ARCHES, PORCHES AND ANCIENT INNS MAKE TENNO ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HAMLETS IN ITALY! ABANDONED DURING WARTIME AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE VILLAGE HAS BECOME A DESTINATION FOR ARTISTS. THE PAINTER GIACOMO VITTONE CHOSE CANALE DI TENNO AS THE SUBJECT FOR MANY OF HIS WORKS. THIS IS WHY “THE HOUSE OF THE ARTISTS” IS NAMED AFTER HIM. IT ORGANIZES COURSES, EXHIBITS, CONCERTS, BUT IT’S ALSO A RESIDENCE FOR ARTISTS FROM ALL OVER EUROPE ENLIVING CANALE DI TENNO AND GIVING THE HAMLET A NEW TOURIST CALLING. A SCULPTURE CALLED "THE NEIGHBOURS” REPRESENTS FOUR MEN CHATTING AND SHOWS THE EXACT PLACE WHERE LOCALS WERE USED TO MEET TO DECIDE HOW TO MANAGE THE FIELDS, THE VEGETABLE GARDENS AND THE PASTURES THEY HAD IN COMMON.
BACK ON THE ROAD! ABOUT 15 MINUTES WALKING AMONG CORN FIELDS AND PASTURES AND I GET TO LAKE TENNO!
LAKE TENNO IS ONE OF THE CLEAREST LAKES IN TRENTINO! ITS BLUE WATERS, THE EVOCATIVE ISLET AND THE ALPINE LANDSCAPE AROUND MAKE IT A NATURAL JEWEL, KNOWN AS THE "BLUE LAKE", OR "THE NEVERLAND LAKE" BECAUSE WHEN THE LAKE LEVEL IS LOW A SECOND ISLAND EMERGE. IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES YOU CAN HIKE AROUND THE LAKE, OR IF YOU PREFER YOU CAN SWIM IN ITS REALLY FRESH WATER!
FROM THE ONLY EMISSARY OF THE LAKE PUORS THE VARONE WATERFALL, FALLING DOWN FOR 300 FEET INTO THE HEART OF THE MOUNTAIN! THE VARONE WATERFALL PARK IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE ATTRACTIONS IN THIS AREA!
TO GET BACK WE TAKE ANOTHER DIRECTION. WE POINT THE CHURCH OF SAINT ANTHONY AND ONCE WE GET THERE WE FOLLOW THE PATH OF “PRÀ” TOWARDS THE DISTRICT OF “PRANZO”, THAT LEADS TO THE LOWER AREA OF TENNO
THE TRAIL CONTINUES DOWNHILL, IT’S NOT ALWAYS WELL MARKED, BUT IN THIS VIDEO YOU CAN SEE WHICH DIRECTION I TAKE AT EACH FORK. IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES YOU FIND THE MAIN ROAD AGAIN. JUST FOLLOW IT DOWNHILL, ON THE SIDEWALK, AND IN FEW MINUTES YOU ARE BACK TO THE CASTLE OF TENNO AND FROM THERE BACK TO THE STARTING POINT FOLLOWING THE SAME TRAIL YOU DID IN THE MORNING
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