Route around Venice

For: Javier Brandoli (text and photos)
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Next to Venice, everything is an abyss of water and marble from which it is almost impossible to escape. There is no time or way to encompass so much beauty in the city that floats. Nothing, only her. But, What if something hid near its canal and its lagoon? Not, it wouldn't be comparable, but perhaps the traveler misses what is hidden beyond the wetlands. Then another Italy begins, the north, with fewer tourists and full of charm. If you have time, take this route that we recommend here.

A 40 kilometers from Venice lies Treviso. Italians say that in the past it was the city with the best quality of life on their peninsula. It may be then and now. Its old medieval wall still surrounds the city with the help of a moat in which the past floats. It was this city of all, because everyone wanted to own it. From Attila to Justinian. From the Hungarians, to the veronese, venetians, French and Austrians. Treviso seems to have no owner, because nothing seems to disturb her calm. Treviso is theirs, from no one.

Treviso seems to have no owner, because nothing seems to disturb her calm

So you stroll through the canals, still with its old mills suffocating the waters, and you get lost through streets where you can find typical fruit or fish markets. The bridge of Via Roma, over the river Sile, the Piazza dei Signori, the San Tomaso gate or Dante's bridge, appearing in the Divine Comedy, are some of the corners of this beautiful city that the traveler should not miss. Everything is beautiful in Treviso, everything has a meaning, a calm, a beauty of its own.

From Treviso the traveler can take the car and go to Asolo, a 40 km. It is a small town from which you can see the Alps in the distance. There is little to recommend about this villa other than walking. Narrow streets, cobblestone, with a bucolic touch. The most famous of its monuments is the so-called La Rocca, late 12th century castle. An hour or a lifetime, like some English post-romantic poets, famous explorers, musicians or actresses who decided to live there, is the time that can be dedicated to this place. Because Asolo is a whim, one moment, a coffee.

Small restaurants, the distilleries, the red painted beams

And from Asolo we can get lost in Bassano del Grappa, ya province of Vicenza, a 20 km. The capital of the famous Italian liquor is a wonderful place. Mount Grappa gives shelter to a place that deserves to be visited by a bridge. Not that there is anything else, that the whole is harmonious, but that bridge is magic. We talk about "The Ponte degli Alpini", named for the Italian troops, with his feather in his hat, who patrol the mountains that divide Italy with the rest of the world. Rebuilt after World War II, like much of this north that the Americans had to massacre in order to recover the freedom captivated by the Nazis, its views are beautiful. The waters of the Brenta river flow at its feet and the world makes sense on that wooden and stone walkway. Small restaurants, the distilleries, red painted beams and Italian flags hanging from the caged sky make a picture, an almost perfect framing.

But if you prefer to lose your way to the east and discover the most central European Italy then you must go to Trieste., a 170 kilometers from Venice. The big city on the shores of the Adriatic Sea is a museum of marble and stone. This is a longer route from Venice, possibly more suitable for those who enter Slovenia and Croatia, but it shows a surprising place.

Trieste touches that central European perfection that takes you away from southern Italy

It is because of the remains of Trajan's theater, 2nd century, and by the square of the Unit of Italy, raised to work and charm of the Austro-Hungarian empire, that for something Trieste was one of its most important sea ports. The Grand Canal of Trieste, that ends with the Church of San Antonio, surrounded by small restaurants is also a must. Trieste touches that Central European perfection that takes you away from southern Italy and makes you remember the greatness of a country, that in my opinion, It is the most complete of how many I have visited. From the chaos of his heel and toe of his boot, with its taste of country and rogue sea, it is passed to the order of a north where Europe was always looked. All together, all mixed in a bacchanal of art that has made Italy the great capital of the beauty of this thing called a global village. At the end of the day, Who else can boast of having invented the world twice?

 

To sleep:

In Treviso he recommends the Guest House "Locanda San Tomaso". On the same gateway to the city of the same name.

In Trieste: The Tritone hotel is recommendable, just outside the city. Superb value for money (Trieste is expensive).

To eat:

Osteria alla Caneva. In the center of Bassano del Grappa, it's an old cheap restaurant full of locals and delicious food.

Odeon To The Column: It has a lunch menu and is next to an old stone bridge and a Treviso canal. Charming place.

He habitually Treviso. Also in the historic center, in the beautiful square of San Parisio, it is the ideal place to have a drink in a relaxed atmosphere. You can also have something to eat or have dinner.

Agri-food: In Trieste, a small shop with local and organic products where you can have a coffee or eat something in a charming little square. Real food in real place.

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  • Laura B

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    I love, Brandoli! With gastronomic suggestions and everything, fantastic.
    And the photos are amazing.
    🙂

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  • javier Brandoli

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    Restaurants are highly recommended, especially Grappa. And then a liqueur from the land and absolute happiness A kiss Laura!!! 🙂

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