Tour near Venice Hotel
Our hotel is 40km far from Venice, whis is easily reacheble by car, bus and train. Venice and its isles is one of the Italian most visited places and our Hotel Forte del 48 would be pleased to give you infomation to organize you visit very well.
Here you are some places nearby San Donà di Piave and useful information about typical food that you can find around the Piave area.
San Donà di Piave
San Donà di Piave was very well-known durino the First World War because of its battles against the Austrian army. Its centre is full of life, you can visit a well-made cathedral and Museo della Bonifica, where many historical information about the town are gathered and they mostly concerned first world war events.
Venice and its lagoon
Venice is obviously the city that most people fall for it. Here you can visit several cultural things like: Teatro la Fenice, Guggenheim Museum, or Mostra del Cinema, very popular event all over the world. The lagoon is surrounded by some hundreds of big and small isles, like Torcello, Burano, and Murano, a popular isle known for its production of blown glass.
Treviso
You should start visiting Treviso from Piazza dei Signori, surrounded by the most important monuments of the city such as Palazzo del Trecento(in which there are beautiful frescos and decorations) Torre Civica and Palazzo della prefettura.
Padua
In padua you can find one of the oldest Italian universities. Cultural life has affected architecture and city customs. Among the many attractive that there are in Padua the most relevant are the Basilica di Sant’Antonio, Cappella degli Scrovegni situated in the north of the city characterized by wonderful Giotto’s frescos.
Portogruaro
Portogruaro is one of the best example of medieval city. It lays between the inferior course of the rivers Tagliamento and Livenza. It is crossed by Lemene, that once was called Romantino. We recommend to visit Museo della Città, opened in 1999, that contains various kind of documents from Middle Ages till our days and Museo Paleontologico.
Concordia Sagittaria
It was an important roman settlement (Iulia Concordia), founded in 42 a. C. on the cross between via Postumia and via Annia. It was particularly flourishing during the first two century of the Roman Empire becoming the seat of an arrow factory posthumously. (sagittae in Latin means arrow from which it took its name after last year’s excavations)it was also a bulwark like Aquileia was, in east boundary. To be visited: Museo Civico Concordiese, where you can see what archaeologists have found.
Oderzo, Opitergium Sagittaria
Between the rivers Piave and Livenza, there is a coloured, a fit to be sown flat land, crossed by a third river: Monticano. Here in this rainy flat land there id Oderzo who lays on the right shore of Monticano. Its origins come from ancient Veneto, it was an important centre during the Roman period.
Piave’s wine road
This road includes Strada dei Castelli, Strada di Pievi, Strada di Ville and Piave’s that is chiefly situated on its left shore. This “Strada” starts from Castello di Conegliano, it passes through the town centre which is full of art, culture and Medieval traces and continues till San Vendemiano (to be seen Villa Lippodamo, projected by Baldassarre Longhena). It reaches Mareno di Piave, Raboso wine home town, where you may visit Villa Donà delle Rose, then we go to Vazzola, town known for its winws.
Jesolo seaside
During the second century a. C. Jesolo was a lagoon divided by the sea. In the heart of the town centre stood Equilio that took its name from the people who arrived there from Troy at the end of the war.
Caorle seaside
Its origins are likely linked to Roman Age , when it was “Portus Reatinum” for those ships which pass through Livenza and Lemente to get to important cities like Opitergium (Oderzo) and Julia Concodia (Concordia Sagittaria)
Asolo
Asolo has always been a populated area since prehistoric Age thanks to its climate and ita good position, and then it became a relevant settlement of Venetians. Acelum, the ancient Asolo, had a period of a great growth. It also became a “municipium” and it developed between the first and second century a.C. because all the founding (part of the theatre, a forum, and an aqueduct) Asolo can be considered a strong roman settlement.
