The Chestnut Festival to welcome autumn
Woodland walks, tastings and artisan workshops
The fragrant smell of roasted chestnuts is simply inimitable. Hot, charcoaled and aromatic, a whiff of these delicious golden nuggets in a pod is synonymous of the beginning of the colder season. Autumn is the best time to enjoy roasted chestnuts, best paired with a glass of young wine or must, after a stroll through the centuries-old chestnut woods or at the local markets, where you can find all sort of chestnut-based products. Town squares and galleries come to life with artisans’ stalls and restaurants create autumn-inspired menus with one big protagonist on the table: the chestnut.
In Parco Naturale del Monte Baldo, you can take a hike among the chestnut trees that produce the Marroni di Castione, a top-quality produce with inimitable flavour.
Discover where and when!
Castione Chestnut Festival
In Castione di Brentonico, the last weekend of October is not to be missed for all lovers of the season of colours. Chestnuts are the symbol of Monte Baldo and of this Alpine village in the heart of the centuries-old chestnut trees of its Natural Park. Two days of games, music, culture, cuisine and lots of steaming roasted chestnuts.
Roncegno Terme Chestnut Festival
The last weekend of October in Roncegno, in Valsugana, a festive event that has now reached its 44rd edition. Walks among chestnut trees and in the Parco delle Terme, music, parades, games, theater and themed menus in farmhouses and restaurants.
The Recovery of Chiese Chestnuts
In October, Storo inaugurates the first edition of the festival dedicated to the Chiese chestnuts, a very sweet and prized variety that grows without any fertilisers and synthetic pesticides. Its flour is used to make a very nutritious bread that is typically found in mountain settings. The event is a unique opportunity to taste and celebrate chestnuts!
Chestnut Week
From 11 to 19 October in Albiano, in the Altipiano di Piné, an entire week dedicated to locally grown chestnuts. Chestnuts here have been the protagonists of the local cuisine for generations. Indeed, the event brings to mind the distant times when the women of Albiano weaved long garlands, skewering chestnuts with the help of a string and then going down to Trento to sell them on special occasions.
Chestnut galore in Castel Nanno
The first two Saturdays of October, Castel Nanno, in Val di Non, hosts an exceptional celebration of chestnuts in its gardens. After a guided tour inside one of the most evocative manors in the valley for the austerity and grandeur of its forms, but, above all, for the legends it holds, you will have the opportunity to taste delicious Trentino chestnuts cooked directly on the grill.
