Molveno Lake is the largest natural Alpine lake situated above 800 metres in Italy. It originated in the post-glacial era (about 3,000 - 4,000 years ago) through a barricade created in the valley by an enormous landslide.
The lake has an area of about 3.3 km2 and reaches a maximum length of 4.4 km and a width of 1.5 km. The average depth is 49.3 metres, but it reaches a maximum of 123 metres. The lake is surrounded by the Brenta Group in the west and by Paganella-Gazza in the south-east. North of it we find the village of Molveno, whereas extensive forests reach from the very border of the lake up to a height of 2,000 metres.
If you follow up the course of the lake's affluents, you come to the marvellous valleys of southern Brenta at the centre of the Natural Park Adamello-Brenta. Moreover, there are some beautiful beaches surrounding Lake Molveno: a sandy beach in the north; rocks, cliffs, fields and forests elsewhere.Therefore, you may walk around it, or ride on your bike or horse. In the south we find the state road 421 of Lake Molveno and Tenno, connecting Non Valley and Piana Rotaliana to the Garda area and Rendena Valley.