Parco delle Cascate di Molina: Tickets, Season and Getting There

Molina waterfalls tickets and prices

Individual tickets are sold at the park's ticket office on the day of the visit or in advance through the online shop on the park's website, parcodellecascate.it. Booking is compulsory only for groups of at least 20 people. The ticket office and the park entrance are about 15 minutes on foot from the car and coach park, so allow for that walk when you plan your arrival (Parco delle Cascate, 2026).

The full ticket costs 8.00 EUR and applies from age 13. A discounted full ticket of 7.00 EUR is open to students, university students, visitors over 65 and holders of a list of cards and memberships that includes the Lake Garda camping card and a ticket for the VejAdventure Park at the Ponte di Veja. The reduced ticket of 5.00 EUR covers ages 6 to 12 and the companion of a disabled visitor. Children up to 5 and disabled visitors enter free.

The free Valpolicella Card, which visitors staying in the area can request through the official tourism portal, gives 12% off the full ticket (Valpolicella, portale turistico ufficiale, 2026). An annual pass costs 15.00 EUR (10.00 EUR reduced), is sold only at the ticket office, and in 2026 is valid on every opening day until 22 November. Keep your ticket for the whole visit: the rules say anyone found without one during a check pays the full price again (Parco delle Cascate, 2026).

When the park is open: the 2026 and 2027 calendar

The park works to a seasonal calendar and closes completely in winter. From 2 to 22 November 2026 it opens on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 10.00 to 16.00, with last entry at 14.00. From 23 November 2026 to the end of February 2027 it is closed (Parco delle Cascate, 2026).

The published 2027 season runs as follows. From 1 to 27 March 2027 the park opens on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 10.00 to 18.00 (last entry 16.00). From 28 March to 11 June it opens every day: 9.00 to 18.00 on weekdays (last entry 16.00) and 9.00 to 19.30 at weekends and on public holidays (last entry 17.30). From 12 June to 12 September it opens every day from 9.00 to 19.30 (last entry 17.30), and from 13 September to 1 November every day from 10.00 to 18.00 (last entry 16.00). From 2 to 21 November 2027 it returns to weekend and holiday opening from 10.00 to 16.00.

The park may close in bad weather, and in the cold months opening depends on the state of the paths, so the park asks visitors to check from the Friday before. Its answerphone on 045 7720185 is kept up to date with the day's opening, and the park also answers on Facebook Messenger. No booking is needed for individual visitors.

The three trails: Verde, Rosso and Nero

Inside the park there are three marked loop trails, each walked in one direction only, following arrows; a map is handed out at the ticket office (Parco delle Cascate, 2026).

The Percorso Verde is 1.2 km long, graded easy, takes about 30 minutes and climbs 50 metres from the entrance. The Percorso Rosso is 2.5 km, graded medium, takes about an hour, climbs 100 metres and, in the park's words, passes the finest waterfalls. The Percorso Nero is 3.6 km, graded demanding, takes about two hours and climbs 250 metres, covering the whole park.

Before any of them comes the path from the car park down to the entrance: 700 metres with a drop of 100 metres, walked downhill on the way in and uphill on the way back, and passable only on foot. The park is visited only on foot, and the trails cannot be used with pushchairs or wheelchairs of any kind.

The zip line at the Cascata del Tombolo and the Percorso Nero both close at the same time as the ticket office, so to walk the Nero or try the zip line you need to enter at least an hour and a half before the ticket office closes. The park recommends at least three hours, half a day, for a good visit.

Rules and what to bring

The park is a protected natural area visited along mountain paths with natural climbs, and its rules ask for sports clothing in layers and comfortable shoes with a firm sole. Sandals, flip-flops and smooth-soled shoes should be left behind, and when it rains trekking boots are needed (Parco delle Cascate, 2026).

Entering the water is strictly forbidden. Dogs are welcome on a lead for the whole route, but they may not go into the water either, because of the protected aquatic fauna. Free camping is not allowed, nor is lighting fires or using barbecues, and drones need an authorisation. Visitors may not pick or damage flowers, plants and fungi, or take away minerals and fossils. Smokers are asked to use the designated areas.

Picnic areas near the entrance and along the trails can be used freely, and a bar at the entrance sells sandwiches, ice creams and coffee. SOS points are placed along the paths, and any damage or danger should be reported to the park on 045 7720185.

The protection is formal: the park lies within the Site of Community Importance IT3210002, Monti Lessini: Cascate di Molina, part of the Natura 2000 network, which counts 128 sites in Veneto (Parco delle Cascate, 2026). Species recorded there include the eagle owl, the peregrine falcon and the white-clawed crayfish.

How to get to the Molina waterfalls

By car, the park gives the route as the A22 motorway exit Verona Nord, then the whole of the expressway to San Pietro in Cariano, then the signs for Molina. Its GPS position is 45°36'42" N, 10°54'34" E. The car and coach park is free and lies along the road into Molina, outside the village; campervans may use the car park too, overnight included (Parco delle Cascate, 2026). The wine road association puts Fumane, the comune that includes Molina, about 20 km from Verona (Strada del Vino Valpolicella, 2026).

By bus, Molina is on ATV line 105 (Fosse, Molina, Breonio, Fumane, Verona), the only line ATV's locality index lists for the village (ATV Azienda Trasporti Verona, 2026). Its winter timetable, valid from 9 November 2026, has Monday to Saturday sheets only, with no Sunday or holiday service, and many runs are marked as school days only (ATV Azienda Trasporti Verona, 2026). Since the park opens only at weekends until 22 November and in March, and the bus does not run on Sundays, check the PDF carefully before relying on it.

For most visitors a car, a taxi or a tour with transport is the practical choice. Our pages on getting to Valpolicella from Verona and Valpolicella from Lake Garda give the fares and connections.

Molina village, its mills and the Grotta di Fumane

The walk from the car park to the entrance crosses Molina itself. The park dates the earliest record of the settlement to 6 September 910, when a diploma of King Berengar I granted its fields, vines, woods, waters and mills to one of his followers. The village, built in courtyards of local Scaglia Rossa stone, takes its name from its water mills: 17 were working until 1930 (Parco delle Cascate, 2026). Two have been restored, the Mulin de Lorenzo and the Mulino dei Veraghi, which the park describes as the only mill still working in Valpolicella. The mills and the malga turnaria, a shared dairy of 1879, open to groups by booking.

The park opened on 8 July 1973, after the people of Molina gave their land and spent two years of free time building its paths (Parco delle Cascate, 2026). By the park's own figure it covers about 80,000 m², while the wine road association gives about 150 hectares (Strada del Vino Valpolicella, 2026); the park's figure is used here.

The Grotta di Fumane, a Neanderthal and Homo sapiens site 4 km from the park, is visited with an archaeologist at weekends and on public holidays. A combined ticket with the park costs 14.00 EUR (12.00 EUR for students and over 65s, 9.00 EUR for ages 6 to 12), sold at the ticket office or online (Parco delle Cascate, 2026). Fumane also has Villa Della Torre; see our page on the villas of Valpolicella.