Is the journey the destination, as they say — or is the best destination really just a good meal? If you’re more for the latter, the rifugio-hopping tradition of mountain-goers in Trentino-Alto Adige is the life for you. If a tree falls in the Dolomites and no one is around to hear it, it might still make a sound. But if one takes a hike without a stop at one of this area's quaint, high-altitude restaurants, well, it's almost as if that hike didn't happen.

We’ve compiled some great places to hike to if you’re in Trentino-Alto Adige, the spotlighted region in the latest issue of Bellissimo, Italy Magazine’s quarterly, subscribers-only digital magazine. The mountains are waiting and so are the steaming plates of polenta and pasta.