Page 12 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Venice & The Veneto

10  INTRODUCING VENICE AND THE VENE T O

DISCOVERING VENICE
(Mantua
AND THE VENETO

Cortina
The following tours have been designed for Venice, all by train or bus. Finally, the 14-day d’Ampezzo
visitors to experience Venice and the Veneto itinerary includes four days in Venice and an
to the full. First are suggestions of how to extensive 10-day driving tour through the Passo Pordoi Pieve di Andraz
make the most of Venice in either two or varied Veneto countryside across the sunny Livinallongo Pieve
three days. These are then combined with a Lake Garda shores, the peaks of the Dolomites di Cadore
seven-day tour of the historic, culturally rich and the Po Delta nature reserves.
cities of the Veneto, Padua, Verona, Vicenza Pick one tour, combine suggestions from
and Belluno, which can either be done by a the different tours, or simply dip in and out
circular journey, or by making day trips from to create your own itinerary.

Belluno

Feltre
Vittorio
Arco Veneto
Rovereto
Possagno
Bassano
del Grappa Asolo Villa Barbaro
Schio
Lago di
Basilica San Marco Garda Treviso
Regarded as one of the best examples Grotte di San Pietro VENETO
in Cariano
of Byzantine architecture in the world, Desenzano Catullo Valpolicella Vicenza Brenta
the Basilica San Marco has a magnificent del Garda Sirmione
façade and interior.
Verona Padova Mira
(Padua) Stra
Venezia (Venice)
Malcontenta
One Week in Venice and the Veneto Euganean Hills
Arquà Petrarca Golfo
• Board a vaporetto to • Wonder at the powerful di Venice
travel Venice’s entrancing frescoes by Giotto, Mantova (Mantua) Montagnana Chioggia
waterway, the Grand lining the walls of the
Canal, lined with a host Scrovegni chapel in
of stunning palazzi. the lively city of Padua. Ostiglia Adige
• See the famous
• While enjoing a coffee
Juliet’s Balcony, then Rovigo
in Venice’s Piazza San be amazed by the
Marco, marvel at the vast Roman arena Po Polesine
Basilica San Marco and in beautiful Verona.
Doge’s Palace before • Stroll the streets of
climbing the Campanile Palladio’s city, Vicenza,
for views to the Alps.
and visit the oldest
• Take a ferry from Venice theatre in Europe,
to the islands to see the Teatro Olimpico. Key
intricate lace on • In picturesque Belluno One week in Venice and the Veneto
Burano, handblown head to the bell tower Two weeks in Venice and the Veneto
glass on Murano and of the Duomo for
ornate mosaics in the spectacular views of
cathedral at Torcello. the Dolomite peaks.
Marco Polo sailing from Venice in 1271, from a late 15th-century illuminated manuscript

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Date 26th November 2012
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