Amblar-Don
Amblar-Don è un piccolo comune dell'Alta Val di Non, in Trentino, nato il 1° gennaio 2016 dalla fusione dei due comuni storici di...
Actualizado el 18 julio 2026
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Amblar-Don in the Alta Val di Non: Two Villages, One Municipality
Amblar-Don lies in the Alta Val di Non, in Trentino, at the foot of the Costiera della Mendola ridge. The municipality was created on 1 January 2016, following a popular referendum held on 7 June 2015, from the merger of the two neighbouring municipalities of Amblar and Don, which today survive as hamlets of the same town, each with its own identity and its own parish church: San Vigilio in Amblar, Santa Brigida in Don. The municipal territory covers around 19 square kilometres, at an average altitude of about 980 metres, and borders the municipalities of Cavareno, Romeno, Predaia and the other centres of the Alta Val di Non. Just over five hundred inhabitants live spread across the two hamlets, in the setting of a small mountain community where farming and summer holidaymaking still represent the main economic resources.
The Woods, Monte Roen and the Outdoors
The territory of Amblar-Don climbs quickly from the apple orchards of the valley floor to the woods that cover the flanks of Monte Roen, the highest peak of the Costiera della Mendola ridge at 2,116 metres, on the border between the Alpi della Val di Non and Alto Adige. The slopes are covered with beech woods, chestnut groves, fir woods, pines and larches, a forest mosaic that is home to deer, roe deer and, higher up, chamois. From Amblar starts one of the classic trails to the top of the Roen, reaching the Malga di Romeno alpine hut at 1,774 metres before the steeper final stretch to the summit; another path climbs from Don, while more experienced hikers can tackle the equipped route starting from the Rifugio Oltreadige. Alternatively, a chairlift departing from the Passo della Mendola carries visitors up in both summer and winter, when the Roen also hosts a ski-mountaineering race and snowshoeing routes.
Apple Orchards and Farming
Like much of the Alta Val di Non, Amblar-Don also relies largely on mountain farming, and in particular on apple growing: orchards spread across the terraces and sun-facing slopes around the two villages, as far as altitude and climate allow, feeding into the supply chain of the famous Val di Non apple, Europe's first PDO apple, grown throughout the valley and largely marketed through the Melinda consortium. Alongside the orchards, small plots of meadow and pasture survive, a legacy of a once more diversified rural economy that used to combine fruit growing with livestock farming and the use of the forest. Every spring the apple blossom turns the slopes of Amblar-Don and the neighbouring municipalities into a blanket of white and pink, one of the most photographed natural spectacles in the whole Val di Non, while in autumn the harvest still sets the pace of life in the two villages today.
Holidaymaking, Trails and Nature
Thanks to its altitude and its closeness to the woods of the Roen, Amblar-Don has long been a summer holiday destination for those seeking cool air and quiet away from the busier centres of the Val di Non, such as Fondo and Cavareno, reachable within a few minutes by car. A network of trails and forest roads links the meadows around the village to the high-altitude pastures, offering walks suitable for families as well as more demanding hikes toward the Passo della Mendola, the historic pass at 1,363 metres that ideally divides the Val di Non from the Adige valley and which, between the 19th and 20th centuries, was a holiday resort frequented by Central European aristocracy, including Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Sissi. The views opening up from the highest points of the municipal territory range from the Brenta Dolomites to the Roen massif, taking in the valley floor shaped by apple orchards, forming a landscape that changes colour with every season.
History and Experiences
The history of Amblar and Don is older than their recent administrative union: already in Habsburg times the two villages, together with the neighbouring municipality of Romeno, formed a single entity, the Universitas Romeni, Doni et Amblari, which stayed united until 1772. In the following centuries the three communities split and reunited more than once, first in the Napoleonic era, between 1805 and 1818, then again from 1928 to 1952, until Amblar and Don, by then autonomous municipalities separate from Romeno, chose through a 2015 referendum to merge definitively into a single town starting in 2016. This past of unions and divisions is still reflected in the landscape, in the two parish churches that remain the religious and social heart of their respective hamlets, and in the small local traditions tied to the farming calendar. Visiting Amblar-Don today means discovering a corner of the Val di Non that combines a history of borders, mountain farming life and the chance to extend a walk up to the higher altitudes of the Roen.
Not to be missed
- Hike to Monte Roen (2,116 m) from Amblar or from Don
- The Church of San Vigilio in Amblar and the Church of Santa Brigida in Don
- Apple blossom in spring on the slopes around the village
- Drive or hike up to the Passo della Mendola for views over the Adige valley
- Walks along forest trails and high-altitude alpine huts
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