Exploring The Euganean Hills

Sometimes inwards Venice I crave existent nature together with desire to encounter or then idyllic province life, so a few days agone I decided to pass one-half a twenty-four hours inwards the Euganean Hills, lying a few kilometres due south of Padua. The surface area is also a regional park, together with it's dotted with agriturismi (restaurants that offering nutrient that's locally produced) together with bed & breakfasts. The Euganean Hills are also renowned for products similar wine, honey, olive oil, and brodo di giuggiole (a liquor made with jujube fruits). To explore this share I took a educate from Venice to Monselice (47 minutes) for €4,75 ane way.

Euganean Hills close Arquà Petrarca



In Monselice in that place are or then medieval fortifications, a tower together with a castle perched on a hill. Unfortunately, when I visited it was winter, together with the castle was closed, then I can't tell yous if it's worth going in. In Monselice yous receive got a magnificent sentiment over the surrounding evidently together with the hills. There are also examples of architecture from other periods: villa Nani-Mocenigo was for instance built at the halt of the 15th century, together with Villa Duodo at the halt of the 16th century. They were both owned past times aristocratic Venetian families, together with withal today they are really scenic, fifty-fifty seen from the outside. There is fifty-fifty a monumental staircase with statues to give yous an thought of the extravagance of these families. For the Duodo family, Vincenzo Scamozzi also built the Seven Churches Sanctuary, which after became a pilgrimage site.

Castle of Monselice

Statues at Villa Duodo



Staircase of Villa Nani

After having a await at Monselice, I took a long walk with the hills to achieve or then other gem of the area, the tiny hamlet of Arquà Petrarca. It takes close ane hr to achieve it on foot, but the landscape is breathtaking. On the means I met many people on their bikes, hiking, or fifty-fifty horse-riding. Apparently it is non uncommon to compass this passeggiata (walk) when the weather condition is nice. The route meanders through vineyards, farmsteads, together with olive trees. Needless to say, it is beyond pleasant.

Euganean Hills betwixt Monselice together with Arquà Petrarca

Arquà Petrarca is an enchanting village, truly included inwards "I borghi più belli d'Italia", a listing of the most beautiful Italian hamlets (I can't uncovering a meliorate discussion to interpret borgo) . The house is famous because it hosts the solid where the 14th-century poet Francesco Petrarca resided inwards the final years of his life, surrounded past times olive trees together with vineyards. Many famous people receive got visited the house, together with the area, inwards the past times centuries, including Lord Byron together with Percy Bysshe Shelley. If yous are visiting Colli Euganei, it is truly worth paying a visit. The solid itself is lovely, together with it has or then frescoes inside, equally good equally a pocket-size exhibition close the poet's life.



The solid of Petrarch

View from the balcony but before sunset

The hamlet is pleasant fifty-fifty if yous don't know much close Italian literature. Who said that yous postulate to become to Tuscany to uncovering peaceful together with picturesque medieval villages where life seems  to receive got stopped?

Historical Arquà Petrarca



Arquà Petrarca



On the means dorsum towards Monselice I saw a spectacular sunset: it encompassed all the colours from orangish to pinkish together with fifty-fifty violet. It was a brusk trip, but truly rewarding. It was almost similar travelling dorsum inwards time, when the rhythms of life were slower...

Sunset with the vineyards

Sunset again

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