Veneto Italy Experiences

"There is certainly no place in the world where a man may travel with greater pleasure and advantage than in Italy....It is the great school of music and painting, and contains in it all the noblest productions...

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Land of Poets

Visiting the towns dear to Petrarch, Leopardi and other great Italian artists.

Italy, a land of literary giants and epic poets, is a country in which a holiday can easily be transformed into an intellectual and spiritual experience, visiting places where reality, poetry and literature entwine....

Art Escapes

Enigmatic Giorgione

Castelfranco celebrates its greatest artist.

Elusive and sublime, Giorgione is one of the principal figures in the history of Italian art. To commemorate the 500 years since the death of its most illustrious citizen, Castelfranco Veneto dedicates a large...

Winery Trips

The world’s oldest grappa

A trip to Bassano and the Nardini distillery, where tradition and innovation meet.

Grappa is the popular name for Italian grape pomace acquavite. For centuries, this powerful spirit has been one of the symbols of Bassano del Grappa, an ancient city of Etruscan origin which extends along the banks of...

Art Escapes

White Passion

Antonio Canova's Plaster Cast Gallery in Possagno.

Since 2007 and the celebrations staged to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of the artist, any number of exhibitions have been held in honor of the great neoclassical sculptor, Antonio Canova. Nothing, however,...

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Bruno Barbieri

In a 16th century villa close to Verona, menus to delight the senses.

In the heart of Valpolicella, Hotel Villa del Quar stands out in terms of its architectural beauty and the immense value of the art works contained within its ancient walls. The jewel in the crown of this romantic,...

Green Ideas

Parco Giardino Sigurtà

An earthly paradise just moments away from Lake Garda.

Just a few kilometers from Verona, on the Moreniche hills overlooking Lake Garda, lies the Parco Giardino Sigurtà, considered to be one of the most beautiful gardens in the world. The five great flowering seasons...