Tourism has been my passion and my profession since 1990. I began in La Plata, Argentina, at Euromar Turismo, the agency owned by my beloved father, Orazio Filippo Greco, before continuing in Italy with Andina Viaggi. Merlintravel grows from that experience and the desire to keep exploring and sharing the world. The journey continues…
Let’s see where it takes us.
Tourism has been my passion and my profession since 1990. I began in La Plata, Argentina, at Euromar Turismo, the agency owned by my beloved father, Orazio Filippo Greco, before continuing in Italy with Andina Viaggi. Merlintravel grows from that experience and the desire to keep exploring and sharing the world. The journey continues…
Let’s see where it takes us.
Two autonomous provinces, many languages and a shared Alpine geography of valleys and Dolomites.
One region contains two autonomous histories and more than two cultural worlds.
The Hub treats Trentino and Alto Adige/Südtirol distinctly while showing their connections. Prince-bishoprics, Habsburg rule, Ladin valleys, German- and Italian-speaking communities, border changes and modern autonomy are read within a mountain environment shaped by passes, agriculture and tourism.
The historical narrative does not flatten Trento and Bolzano into one identity. It follows Roman roads, ecclesiastical territories, Tyrolean connections, the First World War and the post-war autonomy framework.
Pre-Roman Alpine communities and Roman roads connected the Adige valley to northern and southern Europe.
Trento and Brixen/Bressanone developed ecclesiastical territories with different institutions and cultural connections.
Dynastic integration tied valleys, passes and towns to a broad Central European political space.
The sixteenth-century council made Trento a central place in the Catholic response to the Reformation.
The First World War scarred mountain fronts; the post-war frontier incorporated the territory into Italy.
The autonomy settlement developed through conflict, negotiation and protections for German, Italian and Ladin communities.
The atlas uses valleys as the organising structure: Adige, Isarco, Pusteria, Non, Sole and the Dolomite systems that cross provincial and linguistic boundaries.
Map markers identify the main places covered by the guides.
Separate circuits for Trentino and South Tyrol are joined by shared routes through passes, Dolomite communities and the Adige corridor.
Castles, council history, lake climates and mountain communities structure the Trentino circuit.
Trading towns, vineyards, spa culture and bilingual public life mark the South Tyrolean valley route.
Fassa, Gardena, Badia and surrounding valleys connect Ladin language, geological drama and changing tourism.
Brenner, Stelvio and wartime landscapes reveal the Alps as political borders and lived crossings.
Eight documented guides connect city histories, Ladin valleys, gardens, lakes and mountain landscapes. Choose a territory and plan its visits at a realistic pace.
Roman streets beneath the pavement, the city of the Council above it, and a river that connects an Alpine capital to a wider world.
Open the guide →Arcaded trade routes, Gothic painting, archaeological evidence and a contested twentieth century meet in the South Tyrolean capital.
Open the guide →Ladin institutions, village churches, water-powered work and the high Dolomites belong to one inhabited valley, but demand different kinds of visit.
Open the guide →Woodcarving, Ladin memory and inhabited villages give the Odle and Sassolungo skyline a cultural as well as a geological depth.
Open the guide →A medieval trading centre became a spa town of promenades and gardens. Its museums reveal the changes behind that apparently effortless elegance.
Open the guide →The northern shore is a meeting place of lake routes, fortification, museums and steep terrain, with separate excursions toward Arco and Ledro.
Open the guide →Archaeology, devotion, fortified residences, orchards and managed water form a valley whose apparent openness conceals deep gorges.
Open the guide →The cathedral city, the meeting of two rivers and the abbey beyond it reveal an Alpine landscape organised by worship, trade and movement.
Open the guide →Monuments matter, but so do languages, crafts, routes, rituals and working landscapes.
German, Italian, Ladin, Mòcheno and Cimbrian traditions require precise local context.
Fortified residences, masi and vineyards show different systems of land, inheritance and authority.
Fortifications, tunnels, cemeteries and museums preserve a difficult transnational memory.
Carving, sacred art, instruments and domestic architecture translate Alpine materials into local forms.
Land, water and ecological systems are read together with the communities that have learned to inhabit them.
A UNESCO serial property crosses regional and provincial borders; geology and living valleys must be read together.
Glacial environments, wildlife and historic routes meet at one of Europe’s major Alpine systems.
The river organises settlement, orchards, vineyards, transport and flood landscapes from north to south.
Garda’s northern shore, dry basins and high valleys create unusual ecological contrasts over short distances.
The regional opening image is an editorial composite. The atlas relief is illustrative, not a topographic survey. Place names and languages are handled contextually. The guides use local place names contextually and distinguish the two provinces, their histories and their living communities.
The journey continues.
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