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Road (pp220–21), as it twists
and turns from Cortina
d’Ampezzo to Passo Pordoi
(4-hour return journey).
Factor in plenty of time for
admiring the stunning
scenery, and take breaks at
Pieve di Livinallongo or Andraz,
which have restaurants and
cafés. Stay overnight in Pieve
di Cadore (p221).

Day 13: Treviso and the
Euganean Hills
The medieval Rocca Scaligera castle in Sirmione Descend down to Treviso
(p178), second only to Venice
Porti (p172) and his awesome of Canova, containg the plaster for the number of its canals.
Basilica in the Piazza dei casts and models for many Take a pleasant ramble through
Signori (p172), then continue of his sculptures. streets full of frescoed houses
to the Teatro Olimpico (pp174– and look out for radicchio (red
75); the clever pers pective of Day 11: Belluno to Pieve di chicory) and pasta e fagioli
the stage set is the work of his Cadore and Cortina (pasta and bean soup) on
pupil Scomozzi. Visit Palladio’s d’Ampezzo restaurant menus. In the after-
villas, Villa Valmarana and Villa Drive to Belluno (p224) and noon explore the picturesque
Rotonda (p173), just outside the climb the campanile of the countryside of the Euganean
city centre, if you have time. Duomo for the extensive vista Hills (p188), where spas, mud
over the Veneto plain. The baths and sulphur treatments
Day 10: Bassano del Grappa scenic drive along the Piave abound, and where the lovely
and Asolo river brings you to the Alpine village of Arquà Petrarca
Head north to the Dolomites chalets of Pieve di Cadore (p188), home of the poet
via Bassano del Grappa (p221) and the birthplace of Petrarch, is located.
(p176), where the key sight the painter Titian, Casa di
is the Ponte degli Alpini, Tiziano (p221). The scenery Day 14: Polesine and
another of Palladio’s designs. becomes more dramatic on the Chioggia
You can sample the grappa way to the resort of Cortina Bypassing Venice, make for
that’s made here, visit the Museo d’Ampezzo (p220), full of skiers the waterways and mud flats
degli Alpini and the Palazzo in winter, its meadows ablaze of Polesine (p189) in the Po
Sturm, where majolica ware with flowers in summer. You’ll Delta, a national park and prime
is on display. Then continue find plenty of bars, restaurants site for birdwatchers and nature
to the foothills of the Dolomites and boutiques here. lovers. You could take a canoe
to the picture-perfect town ride before continuing north to
of Asolo (p177). Take in Villa Day 12: The Dolomite Road the colourful fishing port of
Barbaro to the east of Asolo Allow a full day for driving Chioggia (p189) for a meal
or Possagno to the north, for along the most spectacular of freshly caught seafood, then
the family home and Gypsoteca of Alpine roads, the Dolomite make your way back to Venice.

The winding Dolomite Road with spectacular mountain scenery

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