Lonely PlanetSep 20
A Guide to Veneto, Italy
Inland from Venice, the Veneto blends Renaissance cities, vine-growing villages and the rugged mountains of the Dolomites. Here
explore the town's rich history
19 things in this story
- Castello Carrarese di EsteSightrobust walls remain of a formidable castle raised in 1050
- Museo Nazionale AtestinoMuseumexplore the town's rich history
- Elsewhere
- Cappella degli ScrovegniMuseumPadua, Italyfresco-covered interior rivals the Vatican's Sistine Chapel
- DolomitesSightCortina d'Ampezzo, Italyjagged peaks offering world-class wine regions and hiking
- ValpolicellaNeighborhoodVerona, ItalyThe hilly agricultural and marble-quarrying region of small holdings north of the Adige is famous for wine production.
- veneto.euPlaceVeneto, ItalyVeneto's own tourism site for trip inspiration
- TrenitaliaPlaceVeneto, Italytrain services run from across Italy to Veneto cities
- Orto BotanicoGardenPadua, Italyworld's first formal botanical garden, planted in 1545
- Palazzo Mantua BenavidesHotelPadua, Italy16th-century oasis functioning as an elegant heritage hotel
- CRAK BreweryRestaurantPadua, Italytaproom for sampling local craft brews
- Anello dei Colli EuganeiTrailMonselice, Italy63km-long cycling route from Monselice to Lozzo Atestino
- Complesso Monumentale Rocca di MonseliceSightMonselice, Italymedieval towers and 16th-century Venetian embellishments
- Piazza dei SignoriSightTreviso, Italymain square in Treviso
- Palazzo dei TrecentoAttractionTreviso, Italybuilding behind Piazza dei Signori
- Fontana delle TetteSightTreviso, Italyfountain whose breasts once spouted wine
- Piazza San VitoSightTreviso, Italylocation of a photogenic bridge
- Prosecco CountryNeighborhoodVeneto, Italy
- Colli EuganeiNeighborhoodPadua, Italy
- Prosecco HillsNeighborhoodConegliano, Italy