la Baselga di Pine'

La Baselga di Pine is about 20 mins away by car from Trento. 
This nice and quiet little town is located at 970m above the sea level and it has a lake called Serraia. The lake is a popular destination for families in all the seasons and the walk around the lake is very easy and it's accessible for buggies as well.

In the immediate vicinity to the lake you'll find various bars, restaurants and a playground. What you could do as well is from the car park follow the signs for the ice stadium (stadio di ghiaccio) where you'll find a bigger and nicer playground. It takes about 10-15 mins to get there and it's a little road with hardly any cars. In winter the ice stadium is a good place for indoor and outdoor ice-skating.



Here you'll find a link to the website with a map of the walk around the lake. The walk takes about 1 hour on foot, 25 mins by bike and it is 4.0 km long. http://www.altopianodipine.com/utility/passeggiata_num.asp?cod=girolagoserraia 

You could go as well for a walk around the  two lakes: Lake of Serraia and the Lake of Piazze. This one is a longer walk, 9.4km and it takes 2 hours 20 mins on foot and 1 hour by bike. There are plenty of places to rest and have a picnic on the way. Here's the website: http://www.altopianodipine.com/utility/passeggiata_num.asp?cod=girolaghi

And here's the website with some information about Baselga di Pine and the surroundings.

http://www.tr3ntino.it/it/zone-del-trentino/altipiano-di-pine-cembra/baselga-di-pine.html

If you are around here in winter we recommend a visit  to Miola di Pine', a little village neighbouring Baselga where every year there is an exhibition of various nativity scenes. It's always around Christmas and it is called El Paes dei Presepi. Apart from lots of lovely nativity scenes to admire you'll find there traditional dishes and sweets to try, live music and farm animals on display. There is a little competition in which you can win  one free entry ticket to the ice stadium. The way it works is at the beginning of your walk around Miola you get the booklet with the snippets of some of the figures from the nativity scenes. During your walk you must spot the figures and put the correct stamp next to the picture in your book. My kids loved collecting all the stamps in their booklet and it added an interesting twist and some thrill to going and seeing the nativity scenes.

Opening times: 

4-5-6-7-8-11-12-18-19 December 2010 and from 26 December 2010 to 6 January 2011. If you go there between 2pm and 6pm you should be able to see something.

How to get there: from take the SS47 towards Pergine/Padova, then turn right into SP71  towards Baselga di Pine'. Follow the road that will take you up until you arrive in Baselga di Pine'. You can park your car in the car park near the lake.