Val di Gresta, in Trentino, is the ideal destination for once-in-a-lifetime active holidays in the mountains. The valley’s southern exposure creates the perfect conditions for a whole range of activities, from extreme sports to hikes suitable for all. Val di Gresta has a peaceful atmosphere, making it the perfect place to recharge as part of an active mountain holiday. There are numerous activities to enjoy, including mountain biking, climbing, horseback riding, paragliding, ski mountaineering, and many more. The valley’s strategic location allows you to sunbath by Lake Garda and hike through the mountains… all on the same day! Enjoy an active holiday in the mountains filled with sport and fun and embrace the endless possibilities Trentino has to offer. You can also relax at Garda Thermae (our wellness partner) in Arco.
Active lifestyle in Val di Gresta
Exploring Garda Trentino
Garda Trentino Bike Tours
Tour della Valle dei Laghi
Variante Caset Rinalt – Trail
Ciclabile Adige – Garda cycle path
Variante San Siro
Stenico – Tour
Along the Sarca cycle path: from Arco to Fies
Anello Garda Sarca
Durone – Valle del Chiese – Valle di Ledro
Vespana – Tour
Variante Leano
Variante Maso Naranch Trail
Lago Bagattoli Family Tour
1. Garda Trentino Discover: from the lake shore to Sarche
Monte Brione Trail-Tour
Monte Brione Family Tour
Tour del Monte Baldo
Shortcut Pietramurata
Monte Velo – Passo Santa Barbara – Monte Bondone
Tour del Monte Bondone
Dolomiti-Garda Alpine Cycling / Male – Riva del Garda
Open Air Gallery – Tour
Tour del Lago di Tenno
Monte Velo – Passo Santa Barbara – Bordala – Mori
Monte Biaena Trail-Tour
Tour del Lago di Cavedine
Pratosaiano Family Tour
Limone – Tignale – Tremosine
Passo Bordala Trail-Tour
Valle dei Laghi Trail-Tour
2024 Bike Marathon Garda Trentino Ronda Extrema
Shortcut Arco
Passo S. Uldarico (Cross Country)
Lago di Ledro – Tour
Variante Dromaé
In the heart of Garda Trentino: the “Giro della Busa” loop
Malga Campo – Tour
Lago di Ledro – Lago di Idro
Variante Santa Barbara Trail
Variante Caset Pubregn – Trail
4.2 North on the Sarca cycle path: from Arco to Sarche
Ronda Grande (All Mountain)
Palafitte Bike Tour
5. From Riva del Garda to Torbole: around Monte Brione
Monte dei Pini Trail – Tour
Ronda Piccola (All Mountain)
Garda Dolomiti Tour
Laghel Family – Tour
Tremalzo Big – Tour
Variante per Elisa – Trail
Monte Velo – Tour
Lago di Ledro – Pregasina
Lomaso Explorer – Tour
Lago di Tenno – Tour
San Giovanni al Monte
Mori – Avio – San Valentino
Monte Guarda – Tour
Tenno – Ballino – Comano
Kids Tour
Variante San Giovanni
Ciclabile dei Laghi cycle path: Vezzano – Terlago
Ciclabile dei Laghi cycle path : Torbole – Sarche
Tenno – Comano – Lago di Molveno – Paganella
Ampola Storo Trail – Tour
From Lake Garda to Lake Ledro via Ponale
Comano Banale Trail-Tour
Variante Dos de Preghent – Trail
Altissimo – Tour
Passo della Morte Trail-Tour
Bike Festival Test Trail – Easy
Along three lakes: from Lake Garda to Valle di Ledro
Tour di Affi
Drena – Malga Campo
Tremalzo Garda XXL – Tour
2024 Bike Marathon Garda Trentino Ronda Piccola
Monte Gazza – Tour
Dro Family Tour
Via Panoramica di Malcesine
Tour della Valle di Cavedine
2024 Bike Marathon Garda Trentino Ronda Grande
Bocca Fortini – Tour
Variante Terlago
Monte Corno Trail-Tour
Tour del Lago di Garda (clockwise)
Monte Velo Trail-Tour
Strada della Forra di Tremosine
Cavedine – Tour
Val di Gresta Trail-Tour
Duvredo Shortcut
Val Marcia Trail-Tour
Monte Misone
San Giovanni Trail-Tour
Malga Grassi Trail-Tour
Carobbi – Tour
Tour della Valle di Ledro
Shortcut Campi
Ciclabile del Limarò cycle path
Bocca Giumella Trail – Tour
Baby Family Bike Somator
San Martino Family Tour
Bocca di Tovo Trail-Tour
Ballino – Durone – Stenico
Rifugio Pernici Trail-Tour
Monte Velo – Santa Barbara – Loppio
Variante Rancion – Trail
4.The Sarca Valley and Lake Cavedine: from Arco to Sarche
Laghel Trail-Tour
Cavedine Shortcut
From Lake Tenno to San Martino archeological site in Campi
Biking round Lake Ledro
Monte Casale Trail-Tour
Val Concei – Tour
Dolomiti Movlina – Tour
Bohemia in Valle di Ledro
Ciclabile della Valle di Ledro cycling path
Variante Piazzole – Trail
Garda Trentino Trekking Tours
Giro del Monte Mezzana
On the summit of Monte Misone
Bezzecca – Val Molini – Santa Lucia
GardaTrek – Medium Loop 3: from Ceniga to Bolognano
Garda Trek – LowLoop 2: from Arco to Riva del Garda
View from Tremalzo
Monte Tomeabrù
Dromaé – Cima d’Oro
WWI: Monte Corno and Busa dei Capitani
GardaTrek – Top Loop 2: descent to Lake Tenno
Campo Lomaso, the Roman Bridge and Castel Spine
Ledro Trek Low
WWI: from S. Giovanni to Cima Rocca
Monte Casale
The path through the chestnut grove of Drena
Monte Cocca
Giro delle cime – Half tour
From Dro to Braila along the Teacher’s Trail
Cammino San Vili – low itinerary
“Once upon a time there was a castle” path
Monte Creino
Sentiero archeologico di Cavedine
From Cornelle through the surrounding woods
Sass de Santa Cros
“Il Pifferaio magico e le palafitte” path
Sentiero del Ponale (from Riva del Garda)
GardaTrek – Top Loop 5: Across the former Austrian Front
Hidden Treasures: The Heart of Dro, in the Sarca valley
Malga Giù – San Martino
Madonna delle ferle
Monte Colodri – Colt
Cima Avez
Val Algone: discovery trail in Parco Naturale Adamello Brenta
The Dürer Promenade in Arco
Punta Larici, the most spectacular lookout point on Lake Garda
Path of the Defensionmauer
Tour of the malghe of Molina
Garda Trek – Top Loop: The crown of Garda Trentino
Val Marcia: The Witches Trail
Sentiero della Pace 11: from Torbole – Nago to Rifugio Damiano Chiesa
Sentiero dell’Acqua
Monte Cadria
On Monte Valandro
GardaTrek – Top Loop 7: Back to the water
Cima Rocca
Laghel, echoes of literature and religious devotion
Giro delle cime
GardaTrek – Top Loop 6: In the Garden of Europe
From waterfall to waterfall
Monte S. Martino
The meadows of Legos
19. Marmitte, Castel Penede and Strada Santa Lucia
Colle di Santo Stefano
GardaTrek – TopLoop 2: descent to Lake Tenno (Alternative route)
GardaTrek Medium Loop 1: from Riva del Garda to Rifugio San Pietro
Gorg d’Abiss
Treasures of Sacral Art in Arco
Sentiero del Ponale (from Ledro)
Le Tre Sorelle: the Three Sisters
Passo Nota
Bocca Caset. Flying over the Alps
Rilke Promenade
Giro della Madonnina di Besta
Hidden Treasures: Pranzo, a village and its crafts
Ledro Alps Trek Alpiedi – Leg 3: from Bivacco Arcioni to Rifugio Pernici
Open Air Gallery: art in the open air in Drena
Exploring Ledro Land Art
Church of San Giovanni – Bivacco Arcioni
Val Concei
Malga Movlina and Rifugio XII Apostoli
The Potato Trail
Malga Plaz
From Lake Tenno to Canale, a stroll through the countryside
GardaTrek – Medium Loop 2: from the Rifugio San Pietro hut to Ceniga
23. The Great War: along the Segrom ridge to Malga Zures
Castel Restor and surroundings
“La strada delle streghe” path
Walking around Lake Ledro
Rango, Balbido and Passo Durone
13. Monte Gaggio e Gaggiolo
“Il lago d’erba della Val Lomasona” path
Monte Gazza: view of the 4 lakes
Sentiero della Pace 9: From Rifugio Pernici to Riva del Garda
Pieve – Memories on show
The Old Pinza Road
Loop around Pregasina: Punta Larici and Malga Palaer
Sentiero Busatte Tempesta
Credata Fort
Garda Trek – Low Loop: in the heart of Garda Trentino
From the church of San Lorenzo to Bussè hill
Punta Larici
Bastione – S. Maria Maddalena – Foci San Giacomo
Sentiero del Troc – Lago d’Ampola
Malga Stabio e Cima Sèra
A hike around Monte Calino, the mountain of Tenno
Bocca Trat – Cima Parì
Sentiero Frassati – Leg 2
Arca di Fraporte
The “Blue Line” of Garda Trentino
Marocche Nature Reserve
Sentiero della Pace 10: from Riva del Garda to Torbole-Nago
Cooperation trail 1
Ledro Trek Medium – Stage 2
Sentiero Frassati – Leg 1
La Roggia di Calavino
Passo della Morte: a path through nature and legend
Trekking to Cima Bal and Cima Nara
Nosiola Trail 2
Walking tour of the mountain huts of Val di Concei
Tour of the four hamlets
S. Croce church: at the foot of Monte Casale
Sentiero della Fede
2 days in the mountains of Garda Trentino and 1 night in Rifugio Pernici
Nosiola Trail 1
Monte Stivo
Ledro Trek Medium – Stage 1
Ledro Alps Trek Alpiedi – Leg 1: from Storo to Tremalzo
The forts of Monte Brione
Great War: from Malga Grassi to Rifugio Pernici
Walk to Malga Somator with kids
Galleria Riccabona
Grotta Camerona e Lago di Tenno
GardaTrek – Low Loop 1: from Riva del Garda to Arco
On Monte Misonet
The Archaeological Area San Martino in Campi
Nosiola Trail 3
Sentiero della Maestra- “Teacher’s Trail” in Val del Sarca
Coste di Baone
From Malga Campo to Monte Stivo
Ascent to Monte Stivo
From Passo Bordala to Monte Biaena
From Malga Campo to Rifugio Altissimo above Lake Garda
Around Monte Tremalzo
Hike to Rifugio San Pietro
Madonnina di Bezzecca
Walking up to the Castle of Arco
WWI: Monte Corno
Belvedere of Bezzecca
Bosco Caproni and Trenches of Vastrè
Ledro Alps Trek Alpiedi – Leg 5: from Bivacco Campel to Storo
Monte Carone
Monte San Martino nel Lomaso (da Lundo)
From Nago to the summit of Monte Altissimo
22. Great War: Doss Casina and Dosso Alto
Giro del Lago di Terlago
GardaTrek – Top Loop 4: to the balcony over Lake Garda
Ledro Alps Trek Alpiedi – Leg 2: from Tremalzo to Bivacco Arcioni
Defensionsmauer
Stigolo
Cammino di San Vili – High itinerary
Along the equipped trail “del Berghem” to San Martino and Malga Grassi
Prati di Prada and the Lakes of Lamar
Antonio Stoppani Geological Trail
GardaTrek – Medium Loop: 4 stages around Garda Trentino
Bastione and Santa Barbara, the lords of Riva del Garda
“BoscoArteStenico” path
18. From the Marmitte to Perlone between nature and geology
Garda Trek – Top Loop 1: from Riva del Garda to Rifugio Pernici
GardaTrek – Top Loop 3: a long descent to the River Sarca
Malga Nardis
Monte San Martino nel Lomaso (da S. Giovanni)
Mount Terlago – Paganella summit
Blossom in Dromaè
Hiking to the mountain hut San Pietro on Monte Calino
Sentiero del Latte
Great War: Cima Nodice and the “Scala Santa” or Holy Stairs
Monte Biaina
Ledro Alps Trek Alpiedi – Leg 4: from Rifugio Pernici to Bivacco Campel
The walnut trail
10. To the Hermitage Eremo di San Giacomo
The Way of Saint Rocco
The summit of Monte Brento
Monte Corno: the balcony above Lake Ledro
Garda Trek – Medium Loop 4: From Bolognano to Riva del Garda
Bocca de l’Ussol
The S. Vili’s path: through Deggia, Moline & Ranzo
Rio Bianco waterfalls & Botanic Garden
Cima Bal and Cima Nara
Climbing
Climbing in Trentino involves reaching out to touch the mountains with your own hands and embracing the allure of the rock faces. Close to Hotel Martinelli in Upper Garda, you’ll find the town of Arco, famous worldwide for sport climbing. Each year, it hosts events that attract top climbing champions.
Between natural and artificial gyms, climbing in Trentino is one of a kind. You’ll find Pannone natural gymnasium in the heart of Ronzo-Chienis. This outdoor facility boasts a specific type of slab rock and micro-holding techniques, with 50 routes of medium difficulty. The gym, which is easily accessible from Hotel Martinelli, lends itself to climbs requiring precise movements, techniques, and finger strength. Due to its eastern exposure, we recommend practising the sport in spring and summer using 60-metre ropes. Hotel Martinelli provides helmets, harnesses, and carabiners for climbing in Trentino. Local guides are also available to accompany you when trying your hand at this exciting sport.
Paragliding
Next to Hotel Martinelli, you have the opportunity to embark on an exhilarating paragliding adventure and explore the stunning natural landscape of Trentino from up high. Val di Gresta is the perfect place to try your hand at this sport. In addition to paragliding in Trentino, you can also try hang-gliding, parachuting, base jumping and glider flights – air sports enthusiasts will find plenty to enjoy! At least a dozen places around Lake Garda provide these services, too. Many schools organise paragliding courses on the lake, where you can also watch various acrobatic events! Beginners can practice near Baita Pizzeria in Bordala, while paragliding enthusiasts can fly over Trentino, taking off from Somator and landing in Mori.
Ski mountaineering in Trentino
Explore the forests, valleys, and peaks of Trentino while ski mountaineering, one of the region’s primary and most beloved winter pursuits. Climb the snow-covered peaks of Mount Stivo before experiencing the pleasure of a descent through wilderness or soak up the magical silence of fairy-tale forests and enchanted valleys. Explore the beauty of ski mountaineering in the beautiful setting of Trentino. Hotel Martinelli will provide you with alpine equipment for free and is always happy to help guests plan their perfect ski mountaineering trip in Trentino.