Along the river Fersina, from the city to Povo

Passed Cornicchio Bridge, rebuilt at the end of the 18th century, go up the first cliff, walking on the characteristic Manci ascent and reach the plateau between Mesiano and Panté, where you will find a vineyard landscape. Here, particularly important is the historic aspect with the presence of monuments and the "villa landscape", typical of this hilly region. In this area you will find Villa Penner, Villa Gherta, Villa Garbari and Villa Saracini. 

The way up to the Valoni street, squeezed between high stone walls and surrounded by orchards and vineyards, gives the impression of a strong rurality that had to be felt until the middle of the 20th century, when the building expansion had not yet transformed these areas. 

From Panté di Sotto, crossing the square that was the politics and religion heart of the hill of Povo, suburb divided into Villa Bassa and Villa Alta. Around the square there was the town hall, the fountain, the mulberry tree under which the assemblies usually met and further on there is the Pieve complex. 

Heading eastwards go up to the old route connecting Pantè, Sprè and Oltrecastello; on the side flows the river of Salè that is one of the main streams that collects the waters of the whole moraine terrace of Povo-Villazzano. Here there are a lot of patrician villas, that witness the representative social value of the hill of Trento from the 15th century. In those years the noble and urban bourgeois families settled their summer residences. In the following centuries the villas were adorned with parks of different dimensions, rich with exotic plants and monumental trees (Villa ex-Thun, Villa Cavagna, Villa Ceschi), whose remains are still well recognisable. 

Before reaching the square of Oltrecastello, you can do a little detour to Doss S. Agata (575 m), one of the three hills from which Trento takes its name. The relief, morphologically suited for hillfort (in Italian "castelliere"), has been attended since prehistory while in medieval ages (13th century) was home to a community castle. The 16th century church of S. Agata, that rises on the top, carries on the tradition. 

The steep eastern side of the relief is covered with a thick broadleaf forest, while the southern slope is topped with a dense plot of terraces, many of which are abandoned. These are the "frate", lands of common property that were rented to the members of the community.