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Veneto
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Cities:
The regional capital is Venice. Other important cities are: Verona, Padua, Vicenza, Treviso, Rovigo, Belluno.
Must Sees:
The Venetian islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello; Chioggia; the canals of the Brenta and the Veneto villas. Visitors can admire the enchanting and unique lagoon and the majestic reddish spires of the Dolomites.
Cultural Events & Festivals
Venice
CARNIVAL in VENICE
February/March
Celebrations in costumes and masks, entertainment in streets and squares. Music, mimes and fireworks.
IL REDENTORE (The Feast of the Redeemer)
Third Sunday in July
Procession of gondolas commemorating the end of the epidemic of 1575.
HISTORICAL REGATTA
First Sunday in September
Traditional competition between two-oar racing gondolas and procession of ceremonial boat.
Marostica( Vicenza)
PARTITA a SCACCHI con PERSONAGGI VIVENTI
(Living Chess Game)
Second weekend of September in even-numbered years
Chess game is played in the town square by living pawns in period costume.
Food Specialties of Veneto
pasta e fasoi - noodles of any type and beans in a thick minestra, often flavored with onion, carrot, celery, pork rind, though recipes vary around the region
pasticcio di polenta - layers of fried polenta and stew of wood pigeon with mushrooms baked in pie crust
baccalà alla vicentina - dried cod stewed in milk
granseola alla veneziana - meat of boiled spider crab pounded in a mortar and served in the hollowed shell with olive oil, pepper, lemon, parsley
fegato alla veneziana - calf's liver with onions
Wine Regions of Veneto
Whites: Arcole, Bagnoli di Sopra or Bagnoli, Bianco di Custoza, Breganze, Colli Berici, Colli di Conegliano, Colli Euganei, Gambellara, Garda, Garda and Garda Classico, Lessini Durello, Lison- Pramaggiore, Lugana, Merlana, Montello e Colli Asolani, Prosecco di Conegliano Valdobbiadene, Recioto di Soave, San Martino della Battaglia, Soave, Vicenza, Vini del Piave
Reds: Arcole, Bagnoli di Sopra or Bagnoli, Bardolino, Breganze, Colli Berici, Colli di Conegliano, Colli Euganei, Garda, Garda and Garda Classico, Lison-Pramaggiore, Merlana, Montello e Colli Asolani, Valpolicella, Vicenza, Vini del Piave
Custom Trip Planning
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