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Malga Lessinia is and remains one of the first mountain huts that began to serve food to the public, it always remains a guarantee, summer and winter

Unfortunately, you can also get there by car. We're in the Lessinia Natural Park.

Lessinia

The Malga Lessinia building was built in 1915 to provide accommodation for the financial police troops operating along the Austro-Hungarian border of the Great War, a few hundred meters away. The First World War left numerous signs that are still visible in upper Lessinia. The most obvious are the dozens of kilometers of roads that today climb up to the high pastures, built in the first months of the conflict to facilitate the deployment of the armed forces under the command of General Cantore on the Lessinia front. Another extraordinary sign is the defensive redoubt of Malga Pidocchio, military trenches built between the karst tunnels, brought to light in 2014, thanks to the extraordinary commitment of Flavio Melotti, and can be visited a few steps from here. In 1945 the military building was converted into a mountain hut for mountain grazing and in the early 2000s we began operating as an alpine refuge. In the summer months we welcome thousands of hikers and tourists who come up to Lessinia to admire its views, to take quiet walks and to enjoy the fresh mountain air.

On the top of a spur of Mount Vignola, which dominates the Val Lagarina crossed by the Adige, one of the oldest and most evocative castles in Trentino has stood for over ten centuries, having belonged almost uninterruptedly to the noble Castelbarco family who during the Middle Ages transformed the fortress into a small feudal court, a destination for artists and intellectuals. The grandeur of the complex, evident even from a distance thanks to the visual impact of the perimeter of crenellated walls and towers that today surround a lush garden of vines and cypresses, contrasts with the gracefulness of the extraordinary frescoes that decorate the interiors of the Camera dell’Amore and the Mastio from the mid-fourteenth century. While war and the military arts are celebrated in the first building by delicate decorations and interesting frescoes, capable of offering an authentic cross-section of the chivalric life of the time, in the Mastio it is courtly love that triumphs. In the famous “Chamber of Love”, between arrows that pierce the heart of an elegantly dressed lady and a passionate knight, Love rides a wild steed infusing the entire environment with a lively rhythm. The complex is reached by a path that winds through the vineyards and runs along the southern wall. The wide slope that opens up to the visitor is a succession of terraces supported by stone walls, softened by rows of vines and slender cypress trees. Avio is a place of unexpected contrasts, ideal even for the little ones who, through the involvement of play paths, can have fun learning about the stories and characters that have animated it over the centuries.

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The refuge is located in the Lessinia Regional Natural Park and is well suited as an intermediate stop and refreshment point for the many excursions that can be done in the surrounding area. In summer it can be reached by car, motorbike or on foot, while in winter with cross-country skis and snowshoes thanks to the groomed trails.