Enotrek CAI Calco 9km

<p>Miscellaneous route from Lavis to San Michele all&#039;Adige, through vineyards and forests, partly on dirt and partly on paved secondary roads.</p>

<p>The route touches sequentially on a number of points of interest and special places. It begins in Lavis at the highly original Giardino dei Ciucioi: it is a late 19th-century hanging garden, which can be partially visited freely at a cost of €2 (check opening hours). From there, take the path that climbs the hill above, Dos Paion, arriving immediately at the large terrace with a view built on an old aqueduct cistern. A short extension/detour leads through the vegetation to the impressive Zambèl viewing platform, overlooking a large austiraca dam and the Cembra Valley. Continuing on, you return to the Adige Valley and reach one after the other some of the characteristic small villages that dot these hills: first Maso Clinga and Maso Spon and then Maso Toldin and Maso Spiazzol with their respective vineyards, even centuries old, and views of the valley.</p> <p>From here, continue north on a very low-traffic road at Maso Giaz until you reach SP 131. Continue along the road for about 1km to the loc. Maso San Valentino, characterized by a jewel-church.</p> <p>100m further on you enter a path that enters the forest on the left, towards the valley, and crosses it until almost reaching San Michele all&#039;Adige: you approach the village from above, being able to appreciate the extent of the large buildings of the Fondazione E. Mach, an international agronomic research center, and the former Augustinian Convent, now home to METS, one of Italy&#039;s largest and most beautiful ethnographic museums.</p>