“Ciao, un cap­puc­ci­no, per favore!” And then take a seat in the beau­tiful old town of Riva and soak up the sou­thern flair and rela­xed atmo­sphe­re on a bal­my sum­mer evening. This is how a hiking vaca­ti­on in Bel­la Ita­lia can begin, don’t you think? On the first stage, you will put one foot in front of the other through the viney­ards of the Sar­ca Val­ley until you final­ly hike through the “Mar­ro­che rocky desert” in Pie­t­ra­mu­ra­ta. The­re you can not only mar­vel at the hig­hest rock faces in the Gar­da moun­ta­ins, but also take a look at the Cas­tel­lo di Tob­li­no in the “Val­ley of the Lakes”. In Tren­to, not only old fort­res­ses meet anci­ent bul­warks. The Dolo­mi­tes in par­ti­cu­lar offer hiking enthu­si­asts deep views of the Adi­ge Val­ley and the old town of Tren­to. Con­ti­nue by train to the Roma­nes­que cen­ter of Per­gi­ne Valsug­a­na. His­to­ri­cal Roman roads, idyl­lic lake­si­de paths and fasci­na­ting high-alti­tu­de hikes swee­ten the walk. On day seven you reach the high­light of the trip: Venice. Cur­ved bridges, the breath­ta­king St. Mar­k’s Squa­re with hundreds of pige­ons and the impres­si­ve archi­tec­tu­re of the palaz­zi bring a bygo­ne era back to life.