Find a pharmacy in Trento
Trento's pharmacy network serves around 120,000 residents in the city proper and roughly 230,000 across the wider valley, with 18 verified pharmacies in PillsCard's directory covering the historic centre, the hillside quarters of Povo and Villazzano, and the southern industrial belt toward Mattarello. The customer base blends long-standing Trentino families, a sizable university population drawn by the Università degli Studi di Trento, and a steady flow of cross-border patients from South Tyrol and nearby Austria seeking Italian SSN-priced medication. Concentration is heaviest around Piazza Duomo and the Via Belenzani axis, where foot traffic from tourists and commuters sustains extended hours, while suburban pharmacies in Gardolo and Cristo Re anchor neighbourhood prescription care for working-age residents and retirees.
The market is fragmented rather than chain-dominated, dotted with independent and municipal counters that often pass through generations of pharmacist-owners. Farmacia Lamberto Gallo and Farmacia dall'Armi sit in the central grid near the cathedral and handle high prescription volume alongside dermocosmetic counters, while Farmacia "Bolghera" and Farmacia Santa Chiara serve the residential belt south of the railway with paediatric and geriatric specialisation. Farmacia Comunale San Giuseppe, part of the municipal Farmacie Comunali Trento network, offers regulated pricing and night-rota participation, and Farmacia San Lorenzo anchors the eastern approach near the bus terminal. Galenic compounding, homeopathic preparations, and veterinary dispensing are common secondary services across the independents.
Pricing & coverage
Under the Servizio Sanitario Nazionale, prescription medicines in Class A are dispensed free or with a regional ticket of €-€ per pack in Trentino, one of Italy's most generous autonomous-province regimes. A typical antibiotic course runs €-€ out of pocket if non-reimbursed, a blood-pressure cuff €-€, and over-the-counter analgesics €-€ per box. Generic substitution is offered by default unless the prescriber blocks it. Exemption codes (esenzione) for chronic conditions, pregnancy, or low income reduce the ticket to zero. Pricing and reimbursement classes are published by the regulator