Cuisine

The traditional Vanoi cuisine has not only been influenced by its geographic position between Trentino and Veneto, but also by the influx of Tyrolese that has enriched the variety of local dishes. There is a vast choice from refined restaurants to pizza houses, alpine dairy farms (malga) to home grown farm restaurants, small restaurants and places for a quick snack.

The most renowned midday dish is the maize flour polenta, whilst barley soup, potato gnocchi and local dumplings (canederli) are an alternative choice for the evenings.

Local dairy products are worth a try: fresh full fat “tosèla” cheese, tasty mature cheese from the Primiero dairy (recently nationally recognized) and lastly an interesting range of goat cheeses produced locally in the village of Zortea.

The local butchers are well known for their fresh and smoked sausages (lucaniche). We must not of course forget that in “The green heart of Trentino” there is the local game on offer too and wild mushrooms, which are celebrated in September with the “Festa delle Brise”- the mushroom fair. In this occasion people interested in hunting and mushroom picking come to the valley.

The rushing waters of the Vanoi river host magnificent trout, so delicious mountain fish dishes can be tried in local restaurants.

In the greenhouses of Prade, Cicona and Zortea vegetables are successfully cultivated (cabbage, chicory, potatoes, beans…) and small fruits (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, bilberries) that garnished with cream are wickedly appetizing.

Strudel or fruit pies are an excellent way to finished off any meal, accompanied by a good wine or Trentino grappa.

Yes, one certainly eats well in Vanoi!

Eating well in the Vanoi Valley

Canal San Bovo

Albergo Lagorai Ristorante
Loc. Lausen - tel. 0439.719016

Trattoria "da Marina"
Loc. Lausen, 14/O - tel. 0439.718816

Bar Paninoteca Trattoria "La Fornace"
Loc. Lausen, 51 - tel. 0439.719261

Rosticceria Gastronomia Pizzeria da asporto "Alle Pertiche"
P.zza Vittorio Emanuele III, 2 - tel. 348.8606558 - 8606618

Ronco

Bar Tavola Calda "Vecchia Scuola"
Loc. Ronco Chiesa, tel. 0439.719540

Agritur "Maso Paradisi"
Loc. Giaroni di Ronco, tel. 0439.719071

Prade

Albergo Ristorante Vanoi
P.zza G. Marconi, tel. 0439.719012

Pizzeria "alla Piazza"
P.zza G. Marconi, tel. 0439.719035

Cicona

Albergo "Cima d'Asta" Ristorante
Loc. Cicona, tel. 0439.719054

Zortea

Bar Ristorante Albergo "Serenella"
Loc. Zortea, tel. 0439.7190000

Ristorante tipico "Lozen"
Loc. Lozen, tel. 0439.719066

Albergo Ristorante "Miralago"
Loc. Calaita, tel. 0439.719395

Agritur "Santa Romina"
Loc. Pianazzi di Zortea, tel. 0439.719459

Passo Gobbera

Pizzeria Albergo "Passo Gobbera"
Loc. Passo Gobbera, tel. 0439.719065

Caoria

Rifugio "Refavaie"
Loc. Refavaie, tel. 0439.710009

Albergo Ristorante "Al Pin"
Loc. Caoria, tel. 0439.710265

Ricette e Piatti Tipici
della Valle del Vanoi

Prenotazione obbligatoria

Agritur Santa Romina
Loc. Pianazzi Zortea
Tel. 0439 719459

Canederli alla ricotta
Luganega col tonco
polenta +caffè

Rifugio Refavaie
Loc. Refavaie - Caoria
Tel. 0439 710009

Piatto unico: alimento principale il formaggio cotto, grigliata mista e polenta, strudel + caffè

Agritur Maso Paradisi
Loc. Giaroni di Ronco
Tel. 0439 719071

Coniglio con polenta verdure cotte e crude del maso + caffè

Rifugio Lozen
Loc. Lozen Mezzano
Tel. 0439 719066

Trota con funghi e polenta
o patate + caffè