Every city in Veneto | Italia Magnifica

Every city in Veneto

From the capital to the smallest borghi.

VeniceThe capitalA city built on water across 118 islands, where the Grand Canal sweeps past Gothic palaces and St. Mark's Basilica glows with Byzantine gold. From the marble Rialto Bridge to Tintoretto's canvases at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice is a masterpiece you navigate by vaporetto and on foot.
Abano TermeOne of Europe's oldest thermal resorts, set among the Euganean Hills near Padua. Abano's hotels draw on hot springs and mineral-rich mud known since antiquity for their healing warmth, a long tradition of spa cures.
AsoloA hill town in the Treviso foothills long called the City of a Hundred Horizons for the views from its arcaded streets. Loved by poets and a one-time refuge of the deposed Queen of Cyprus, Asolo keeps a refined, slow charm above the plain.
BardolinoA lakeside town on Garda's eastern shore that gives its name to a light, cherry-bright red wine. Vineyards and olive groves run down to a palm-lined waterfront, and the gentle Bardolino hills draw cyclists and wine lovers.
Bassano del GrappaA town on the Brenta where Palladio's covered wooden bridge, the Ponte degli Alpini, spans the river beneath Monte Grappa. Bassano gave its name to grappa, the fiery spirit distilled here, and pairs it with a heritage of fine ceramics.
BellunoThe gateway to the Dolomites, perched above the Piave river beneath jagged peaks in northern Veneto. An elegant Renaissance centre of arcaded squares opens onto some of the finest mountain country in the Alps.
CaorleA historic fishing town on the Adriatic, its old centre a maze of brightly painted houses around a cylindrical Romanesque bell tower. Caorle pairs its lagoon heritage with sandy beaches and a seafront of weathered rock sculptures.
Castelfranco VenetoA brick-walled town on the Treviso plain, its medieval ramparts still complete around the old centre. Castelfranco is the birthplace of Giorgione, and its cathedral holds the painter's luminous Madonna enthroned between two saints.
ChioggiaA fishing town at the southern edge of the Venetian lagoon, often called Little Venice for its canals and bridges. Brightly painted boats line the quays, and one of Italy's liveliest fish markets sets the rhythm of the day.
CittadellaA rare medieval town still ringed by its complete elliptical walls, built in the thirteenth century by Padua against rival Treviso. A walkway runs the full circuit of the ramparts, overlooking the moat and the four fortified gates.
ConeglianoThe gateway to the Prosecco hills, where the UNESCO-listed vineyard ridges of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene roll toward the Prealps. Birthplace of the painter Cima da Conegliano, the town anchors a celebrated wine route through terraced slopes.
Cortina d'AmpezzoThe Queen of the Dolomites, cradled in a high valley beneath the three Tofane peaks. Cortina pairs glamorous Alpine living with Olympic ski slopes and via ferrata routes, and hosts the 2026 Winter Games with the Freccia nel Cielo cable car rising from town.
EsteA town at the foot of the Euganean Hills, once the seat of the Este dynasty before they rose to power in Ferrara. Long renowned for its fine majolica ceramics, Este shelters a moated castle and a notable archaeological collection of the ancient Veneti.
Fumane
GardaThe lakeside town that gives Lake Garda its name, set in a sheltered bay on the eastern shore. A waterfront promenade and old fishermen's lanes look out over Italy's largest lake toward the cypress-dark Punta San Vigilio.
JesoloA long sandy beach resort on the Adriatic just north of the Venetian lagoon. Jesolo's broad shore and pedestrian seafront make it one of the busiest summer destinations on the upper Adriatic coast.
LaziseA walled lakeside town on Garda's eastern shore, its small harbour guarded by a Scaliger castle and medieval ramparts. Lazise keeps a Romanesque church by the water and a string of beaches along the lake.
MalcesineA romantic town on Lake Garda's eastern shore beneath the slopes of Monte Baldo. A Scaliger castle rises from the rock above the harbour, while a cable car climbs to the ridge for sweeping views over the lake.
MiranoA quiet town on the Venetian mainland west of the lagoon, set among the canals and country villas of the Riviera del Brenta. Mirano offers an unhurried inland Veneto within easy reach of Venice.
MonseliceA town at the foot of the Euganean Hills south of Padua, gathered beneath a fortified hill once guarded by a Carrarese castle. A processional walk of seven votive chapels, the Via del Santuario, climbs the slope above the medieval centre.
MontagnanaOne of Italy's finest walled towns, encircled by nearly two kilometres of brick ramparts studded with two dozen towers. Montagnana is also famed for its sweet Prosciutto Veneto Berico-Euganeo, cured in the air of the surrounding plain.
Montegrotto TermeA thermal spa town in the volcanic Euganean Hills south of Padua, where hot mineral springs have fed bathing pools since Roman times. Montegrotto's resorts draw visitors for therapeutic mud and steaming open-air waters.
OderzoA town on the Treviso plain built over the Roman city of Opitergium, whose excavated forum and mosaics surface among the streets. Oderzo pairs its ancient roots with a graceful centre of arcades and frescoed facades.
PaduaA city of learning since the thirteenth century, home to Italy's oldest university garden and Giotto's revolutionary frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel. Pilgrims fill the Basilica of Saint Anthony, and Prato della Valle ranks among Italy's largest squares.
Peschiera del GardaA fortified town at the southern tip of Lake Garda, where the Mincio river flows out of the lake. Its star-shaped Venetian walls, listed by UNESCO, encircle a centre threaded with canals at the meeting of lake and plain.
Piazzola sul Brenta
PortogruaroAn elegant town on the Lemene river in eastern Veneto, its porticoed streets and old water mills recalling Venetian rule. Portogruaro lies near the Roman ruins of Concordia Sagittaria on the road toward Friuli.
Quarto d'Altino
RovigoThe quiet capital of the Polesine, the low farmland between the Adige and Po rivers in southern Veneto. Two leaning medieval towers mark the old centre, and the wetlands of the Po Delta spread to the south.
San Donà di PiaveA market town on the Piave river in the eastern Venetian plain, largely rebuilt after the front lines of the First World War passed through. San Donà serves the reclaimed farmland between Venice and the Adriatic beaches.
San Michele al Tagliamento
SoaveA walled village east of Verona crowned by a Scaliger castle and surrounded by the vineyards that give its name to Soave, the region's crisp white wine. Towers and crenellated ramparts climb the hill above the medieval streets.
TrevisoA walled city laced with canals fed by the Sile river, its old centre lined with frescoed houses and porticoes. Treviso is the home of radicchio rosso and the birthplace of tiramisu, set within reach of the Prosecco hills to the north.
ValdobbiadeneThe heart of Prosecco Superiore, where hogback ridges of vines climb in narrow ciglioni terraces across the UNESCO-listed hills. The prized Cartizze cru grows on the steepest slopes, and tasting roads wind among the wineries.
VicenzaAndrea Palladio's city, where the architect's harmony shapes the streets and crowns the surrounding hills with villas. The Teatro Olimpico, his last work and the oldest surviving indoor theatre, still holds its 1585 stage of false-perspective streets.
Vittorio VenetoA Treviso town at the foot of the Prealps, formed in 1866 from the twin centres of Ceneda and Serravalle and named for the king. It gave its name to the decisive Italian victory of the First World War, fought across these hills in 1918.
VeronaThe city of Romeo and Juliet on a bend of the Adige, where a first-century Roman arena still hosts its summer opera festival under the stars. Piazza delle Erbe marks the old forum, and Castelvecchio guards its fortified bridge across the river.