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What to do on the Alpe Cimbra in September: events from the lake
September is the month the Alpe Cimbra breathes out. Summer closes, autumn has not quite arrived, and the calendar is unusually good.
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Experiences, trails, flavours and seasons: what to do on Lake Lavarone and the Alpe Cimbra, told by those who live here all year round.
September is the month the Alpe Cimbra breathes out. Summer closes, autumn has not quite arrived, and the calendar is unusually good.
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October is when the woods do the thing you waited all year for. And in the villages the chestnut fires are lit.
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The lake freezes, the woods go quiet and the snow makes everything simpler. Winter here is not a second-choice season.
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The mountain dairies close and the forest opens. In autumn the Trentino table changes register: less fresh, more depth.
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In summer the lake is a party. In autumn it is a more private thing: the same water, at a lower volume.
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In October the woods change colour and the paths belong to whoever is walking them. And there is a wooden dragon with a story worth hearing.
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There is no traffic to cross between the bed and the water. There are thirty metres, and no serious reason to hurry.
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Here the phrase zero kilometres is not a sticker on a menu. The dairies are directly above you and you can see them from the road.
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An e-bike changes the scale of this plateau. The high pastures become an afternoon, the forts a morning. And you always end up back at the lake.
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A century ago this was the front line. The fortresses are still in the woods, and Forte Belvedere is the best preserved on the whole alpine front.
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The lake is not a day trip here. It is where the walking starts, from the easy loop with a pushchair to the climb that earns you lunch.
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One or two nights on the lake in autumn: km0 breakfast, e-bike rental for €35 per person per overnight stay, the colour within pedalling distance.
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Wake up whenever. Five rules for ruining your alarm clock — in the good sense — in the rooms that look out over Lake Lavarone.
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Cool water, the jetty, the light changing. When to take the best swim on the Alpe Cimbra — and why a lake without waves is a different proposition from the sea.
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Five things to do on foot, starting from the lake: an art trail through the woods, a fortress hanging over a valley, a dragon made of fallen timber and a garden built for bees.
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An alpine board, tortel di patate and a spritz to open with your feet in the water: what goes into the guests' basket, and the three places to take it.
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Dogs yes, stress no. How the dog-friendly beach on Lake Lavarone works: what's there, the very few rules, and where to walk together when the sun gets serious.
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No alarm, breakfast wherever you land, the lake while it's still a mirror and golden hour on the beach. How to spend a summer day well on Lake Lavarone.
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