Bandiera Arancione
Bandiera Arancione in Trentino-South Tyrol
4 towns
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol carries 4 of the Bandiera Arancione towns we cover. They cluster in the Trento and Bolzano/Bozen provinces.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are Tenno, Levico Terme, and Sterzing. 1 more town carries the mark alongside them.
Tenno
Province: Trento · 428 m
A hillside commune at 428 metres above Lake Garda, with a medieval stone hamlet, a turquoise lake, and the northernmost olive groves in Europe.
Levico Terme
Province: Trento · 520 m
A Habsburg spa town in the Valsugana at 520 metres, with arsenic-iron thermal waters, an English park and a Blue Flag lake at the edge of the centre.
Sterzing
Province: Bolzano · 948 m
A bilingual mining town at 948 metres on the Brenner road, where a 46-metre tower built in 1472 still divides the old town from the new.
Molveno
Province: Trento · 864 m
The village at the north end of a deep blue alpine lake, with the Brenta Dolomites rising straight out of the water.
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