Autumn

Montello is a hill having red soil in the form of a huge ellipse; it stands isolated and clearly delineated, south of the current course of the Piave River. The entire area was the theater of bloody battles in the First World War and various military monuments have remained to bear witness to the history, such as the Ossuary of the Fallen Soldiers, the Monument to Francesco Baracca, the War Museum and the English War Cemetery.
 

Fifteen kilometres of renowned and evocative hillside towns in the municipality of Valdobbiadene to discover the wine and gastronomic culture of this beautiful land. We are talking about the Anello del Prosecco Superiore (Prosecco Superiore Ring), a historical nature trail.

These hills of volcanic origin, south of Padua, form a natural oasis which emerges from the flat landscape of the Po Valley concealing ancient villages and artistic and historic monuments among its dense forests and breathtaking scenery. Abano and Montegrotto lie at the foot of the hills a short distance apart. These towns, renowned for the extraordinary healing properties of their mud and water since Roman times, together form one of the most famous spa resorts in the world.
 

Do you want to spend half a day protected by the shade of woodland packed with oak, chestnut and manna ash trees? Follow this easy and relaxing route through the gentle landscape of the Euganean Hills. The route leading to Monte Ricco is circular, marked as no. 6, with the starting point behind the railway station of Monselice.

Villa Rossi and Giardino Jacquard are works that were developed and commissioned by the industrial figure Alessandro Rossi from 1860.

The Naturalist Oasis of Mulino Cervara is a small natural reserve occupying approximately 25 ha located in the Parco Naturale Regionale del Fiume Sile, a few kilometers from Treviso. Here you will find yourself in an environment of incredible naturalistic interest, one of the last remaining examples of a humid resurgence area. This is why it is classified as a Community Site of Interest (S.I.C.) for the refuge of wild fauna and the conservation of wild flora.

This is a garden of times gone by named Pojega within the grounds of Villa Rizzardi, in Negrar di Valpolicella, in the Verona region. Indeed, time seems to have stood still from the year 1783, when Count Antonio Rizzardi designed the grounds of his villa, immersed in the Verona countryside against the backdrop of the Lessini mountains. The Gardens of Pojega cover an area of 5,4 hectares on three parallel levels.

Natural wonders capture the many tourists and scholars who visit the Coastal Botanical Gardens located in Porto Caleri, at the extreme edge of the coast of the Rosolina Sea, in the province of Rovigo.The Garden safeguards a unique environment of considerable scientific interest. Visitors can wander across the characteristic wooden pier and observe local coastal-marine vegetation.

In Galzignano Terme, province of Padua, you will find one of the most impressive period gardens in Europe: the historical Valsanzibio Gardens. Located amongst the gentle slopes of the Euganean Hills, this splendid park was built in the 17th century by the Barbarigo family and surrounds the Villa Barbarigo Pizzoni Ardemani.

If you long to discover breathtaking scenery, take the route that leads to the Oasis of Ca' Mello, a freshwater wetland of around 40 hectares, located in the southern part of the Delta of the Venetian Po. This important natural area for the conservation of biodiversity stretches out to where the basin of the mouth of an old stream of the Po, now inexistent, was once situated and has existed for just over 300 years.