The best small towns in Trentino — Alpine villages where German and Italian collide

Trentino-Alto Adige is where Italy meets Austria. Dual-language signs, strudel next to polenta, Gothic spires next to campanili.

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1. Ortisei (St. Ulrich)

Val Gardena's main village. Wood-carving tradition since the 17th century. Seceda cable car (€38 return) for the most photographed Dolomite ridge.

2. Chiusa (Klausen)

Albrecht Dürer painted it. Sabiona monastery above. One of Italy's most beautiful borghi. Pop: 5,200.

3. Glorenza (Glurns)

Italy's smallest city — fully walled, medieval, immaculate. Pop: 900. In the Vinschgau valley near Switzerland.

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4. Canale di Tenno — artist colony, medieval borgo above Lake Tenno (turquoise, tiny). 5. Rango — Christmas market borgo, stone porticoes, Giudicarie valley. 6. San Candido (Innichen) — Romanesque collegiate church, Tre Cime gateway.

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