The hiking village of Aldino in the south of South Tyrol is notable for its mills and the Bletterbach Gorge
From Ora in the valley, a road leads first to Montagna and then continues uphill to Aldino. The three hamlets of the municipality are scattered throughout the forest and meadow landscape of the Monte Regolo: Aldino village, Olmi and, further uphill, Redagno. A little further east is the Passo Oclini, a mountain saddle with a skiing area for the winter.
From this pass, you can reach the Corno Nero, a panoramic mountain in the Fiemme Dolomites. It provides magnificent views of the Dolomites and the Val di Fiemme. Its twin peak, the Corno Bianco, sits enthroned on the other side of the pass.
In between, a network of hiking trails extends as part of the Dolomites World Heritage site. It leads to the Aldino mountain pastures, the mills on the Rio Thal, and the well-known Bletterbach Gorge. This "Grand Canyon of South Tyrol" is a treasure trove of dinosaur tracks and rock samples. The Dinosaur Trail, created a few years ago and suitable for a short walk with children, complements the experience of hiking through the gorge with a guide and a helmet.
Aldino is the birthplace of several notable figures. Cardinal Johannes Baptist Franzelin, one of the initiators of the First Vatican Council, was born here in 1814. Baron Andreas Alois Dipauli von Treuheim, president of the Austrian Supreme Court of Justice during the time of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna, also grew up here. The Aldino Local Museum tells of these and many other facts, while Redagno has its own GEO Museum dedicated to South Tyrol's geological history.
The area surrounding Aldino is also worth a visit. For example, the 18-hole course of the Monte San Pietro Golf Club is about four kilometres away. Not far from there is Pietralba, South Tyrol's most important place of pilgrimage.
