Theme Week Veneto

8 July 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks Reading Time:  6 minutes

Venice, the primary tourist destination and the capital of Veneto © Brianski/cc-by-sa-3.0

Venice, the primary tourist destination and the capital of Veneto © Brianski/cc-by-sa-3.0

Veneto is one of the twenty regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fifth in Italy. The region’s capital and largest city is Venice. Besides Venice, other popular tourist towns are the opera city of Verona, the university city of Padua, the Dolomites town of Cortina d’Ampezzo, the municipalities around Lake Garda, the hot springs town of Abano Terme, and the seaside resorts Jesolo and Caorle.   read more…

Lazise on Lake Garda

22 January 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Alessandro Vecchi

© Alessandro Vecchi

Lazise is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 120 km west of Venice and about 20 km northwest of Verona. It is situated on the eastern shore of Lake Garda. It has a population of 6,300 and an area of 65.0 km².   read more…

Malcesine on Lake Garda

6 October 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Malcesine and the castle on Lake Garda © Ciccius 88

Malcesine and the castle on Lake Garda © Ciccius 88

Malcesine is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 120 km northwest of Venice and about 40 km northwest of Verona. Malcesine lies on the shores of Lake Garda.   read more…

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