Arquà Petrarca, part of the club 'Most Beautiful Villages in Italy', is where poet Petrarch lived the last four years of his life. The town has preserved a medieval aspect.
The famous Ponte degli Alpini in Bassano del Grappa, hometown of grappa.
Hilltop town Asolo, described by poet Carducci as 'the city of 100 horizons', for its views over the mountains.
Malcesine, on the eastern shore of Lake Garda, is dominated by the 13th-century Castello Scaligero.
Founded by the Romans, Caorle resembles Venice with its colorful houses, 'calli' (alleys) and 'campielli (squares).
Romantic Borghetto is an ancient village by the river, complete with quaint restored water mills.
The medieval town of Marostica, famous for its imposing fortified castle and a giant chessboard permanently laid out in the town square.
Surrounded by vineyards, idyllic Soave is in a famous wine region producing the wine of the same name in the hills near Verona.
"Monselice is the most picturesque town I have seen in Italy. It has an old ruin of a castle upon the hill and thence commands a beautiful and extraordinary view." Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1833.
Home to Asiago cheese, Asiago stands on a plateau of the same name near the border between Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige in the foothills of the Alps.
Veneto is our featured region of the month this February and today we're taking you on a tour of some of its most charming small towns to discover a side of Veneto many visitors miss, too often solely focused on the region's star, Venice.
