Municipality of Castel Condino
ROMANTERRA ALPINE HUT
Altitude: 1715 m
Property: Municipality of Borgo Chiese
Management: Daniela Maccarinelli
Cheesemaker: Daniela Maccarinelli
Animals present: cows, hens, goats, sheep, horses and pigs
Alpine pasture period: June – September
Direct sale in the mountain pasture: butter and cheese
Road surface: asphalt and gravel
At Romanterra alpine hut, milk products are sold, made with passion by the dairywoman Daniela. In addition to the premises for the malgarians’ residence and the sales room, the structure houses a bivouac that is always open and available for visitors and hikers to stop off in.
Romanterra alpine hut can be reached starting from Condino, taking the road to Brione. Once you arrive in the mountain village, take the road for Val Aperta, and at a fork in the road, turn left and continue as far as the locality of ‘Coldom’. At the fork, follow the road on the right to Serolo alpine hut. From Serolo alpine hut, the road continues unpaved, for a stretch uphill and then downhill, to Romanterra alpine hut.
THE ANCIENT ART OF CHEESE-MAKING
EVERY TUESDAY and SATURDAY
9.30 A.M.
You will witness cheese-making at first hand and all the various stages of milk processing, aimed at producing malga cheese, cottage cheese and butter. In addition to the demonstration, you will have the opportunity to visit the cowshed, where milking of the cows takes place, and the premises where the cheese is produced and stored. And if you want to go home with something special and genuine, the herdsman will be on hand to let you taste the cheese products prepared on site, which you can of course buy.
Locality Romanterra
38083 Borgo Chiese (TN)