Rovereto

Rovereto is the second-largest city in Trentino, with almost 40,000 inhabitants in 2018, a robust economy, picturesque location between tall Alpine mountain ranges and heritage paying testament to its role as the fortress guarding the border between Veneto and Trentino.

A view of Rovereto.

Understand

The city's name stems from rovere, which means in Italian means an oak tree, prominently displayed in the city's coat of arms.

Get in

By train

• 1 Stazione di Rovereto, Piazzale Paolo Orsi. Rovereto is easily reachable by train from Trento and Verona. (updated May 2016)

Get around

Rovereto is small enough to comfortably be traversed on foot, but public transportation options are available. For those wanting to explore Trentino further without a car, the local government prepared the Trentino Guest Card, affording free travel on buses and trains across the province, as well as free or discounted entry to many museums and attractions. The Trentino Guest Card is provided free of charge to all guests for the duration of their stay by most accommodation providers within the province.

By bus

There are 14 local bus lines within Rovereto - numbered ones from 1 to 7 plus further seven denoted by letters. A locally-developed mobile application, called OpenMove, is fairly easy to use and conveniently provides information on timetables and available connections from selected waypoints or stations, as well as allows the purchase of tickets.

Additionally, a number of "extraurban" bus routes within cross Rovereto, connecting it to other localities within Trentino and providing additional connections within Rovereto, since they can be used as local buses as well, with frequent fixed and on-demand stops.

See

• 1 MART (Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto), Corso Bettini 43, ☏ +39 0445 230315, toll-free: 800 397760. Tu-Su 10:00-18:00, F 10:00-21:00, M closed. A fascinating Contemporary and Modern Art Museum designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta, hosting a permanent collection of 15,000 Avant-gardist works of arts, including canvases of Giorgio de Chirico, Carlo Carrà and Futurist painter native of Rovereto, Fortunato Depero. (updated Feb 2016)
• 2 Ruina Dantesca. An accumulation of rocks, known for being mentioned in Dante's Inferno, Canto XII. In Longfellow's translation, "Such as that ruin is which in the flank // Smote, on this side of Trent, the Adige, // Either by earthquake or by failing stay, // For from the mountain's top, from which it moved, // Unto the plain the cliff is shattered so, // Some path 'twould give to him who was above." 
• 3 Castello di Rovereto (Castel Veneto). Built in the 1400s and then subsequently expanded, rebuilt and fortified, the castle has been actively guarding the passage between Veneto and Trentino, playing an active role in warfare all the way through the First World War, changing hands back and forth from Venetian, and later Italian, to Austrian. Today, it has been restored and now houses the Italian War History Museum, which stores a large collection of armaments and memorabilia, which it had been gathering since the 1920s, focusing on the First World War period. (updated Sep 2020)

Sleep

• 1 Hotel Rovereto, Corso Antonio Rosmini, 82 (approximately 300 m from the train station, on the main street through Rovereto), ☏ +39 0464 435222, info@hotelrovereto.it. A well-kept hotel with a comfortable atmosphere in the centre of the city. Some rooms feature views of the surrounding mountains. Room rates from €62. (updated Sep 2022)
• 2 Mercure Rovereto Nerocubo, Via per Marco 16 (from the roundabout in front of the Mori station, walk south along the road and the bike path), ☏ +39 0464 02 20 22, H8089@ACCOR.COM. An out-of-town location that is close to the Mori FS station and several bus stops, including those that serve the Northern Garda Lake area. Solidly soundproofed windows provide nice views of the surrounding mountains on either side of the building. Room rates from €60. (updated Sep 2020)

Go next

Trento

Lake Garda

Arco Trentino