Slow Food Tours
The best way to taste the flavours of the Land of Venice is to do it right on the spot, while visiting the most remarkable cities and countryside of this region. This is according to a key rule of the Slow Food movement. The Slow Food movement was born in Italy in the ’80s. It has now become a widespread international movement in 130 countries that emphasizes the pleasure of food and slowness, educates people about the authentic taste of food, and safeguards traditional products and biodiversity. Slow Food counters agribusiness’s efforts to standardize the taste of food, defending the need to inform and educate the consumer and protecting the cultural identities linked to traditional food and wine productions. In particular, Slow Food is active in preserving foods and the traditional techniques used to prepare foods. It also defends the biodiversity of cultivated and wild species.Slow Food is also committed to protecting places that, because of their historical, artistic, or social value are part of a culture’s gastronomic heritage. Slow Food is dedicated to educating younger generations about the need to establish a correct relationship with food and to fostering careful tourism that respects the environment.
Veneto Slow Travel shares this mindset, offering authentic experiences of tastes and scents of Veneto cuisine and the richness of its ingredients, right in the luxurious country side, where they are produced. We will guide you through the most authentic experiences and we will make you appreciate the flavours of Veneto in the restaurants selected by the Slow Food Movement and by us.We will drive you to stunning locations of this region, which offers visitors the marvellous charm of its history, art, nature and tastes.
ITINERARY OF VENETO SLOW FOOD TOUR
1. day: arrival
Arrival: pick-up service at the airport of Venice/Treviso and transfer to your accommodation. In case of arrival at Verona airport, the tour will be adapted accordingly.
2. day: Prosecco hills Unesco World Heritage Site
San Pietro di Barbozza, wine-tasting, lunch at a slow food restaurant, Molinetto della Croda, Cison di Valmarino.
The prosecco hills between Asolo, Valdobbiadene and Conegliano are listed among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites and a must-see in any visit of Veneto. Here you can enjoy the Dolce Vita and taste the fantastic flavors of our protected products, combined with the Prosecco Superiore and other wine and food protected labels. In this area you can visit three of the most beautiful villages in Italy, walk through an unforgettable landscape, made of hills covered by Prosecco vineyards, which builds up a unique embroidery, enriched by Ville palladiane and the works of art of the neoclassic sculpture Antonio Canova.
3. day: Palladium tour
Check-out in Treviso, Villa Maser, Asolo, Bassano del Grappa, Slow food lunch in Marostica, check-in in Vicenza
On our way to discover where the palladium style originates, where its father, the renaissance architect Andrea Palladio was born, in beautiful Vicenza, we are going to visit some of the most beautiful small towns of Italy, located at the foothills of the Alps: Asolo, Bassano del Grappa and Marostica. We are going to experience another slow food restaurant and taste famous cheeses, such as the Asiago IGP and much more.
4. day: Verona and Garda lake
Check-out in Vicenza, check-in Verona, Guided visit of Verona, where we can book a Slow food lunch for you, Lazise and the Garda lake Verona is not only the stage set of an immortal romance, Romeo and Juliet, it is also a magnificent historic town with delightful narrow streets and beautiful palaces. The city has a remarkable number of important Roman remains, the most impressive being the Roman arena, where you can enjoy the opera summer festival. Its piazzas, museums and churches offer a wide variety of works of art. Verona’s location on the foothills of the alps, its closeness to the lake Garda, and the beautiful river Adige flowing through the old town, makes it a compulsory travel destination in every visit to Veneto.
5. day: Optional day tour: Valpolicella
Madonna della Corona, San Giorgio di Valpolicella, Slow food lunch in Fumane including cheese-tasting of Monte Veronese slow food presidium, wine-tasting at Valpolicella, including the famous Amarone wine.
On this day trip, we are going to discover a enchanting area, its charming villages and castles with a view on stunning green hills, the Garda lake and the breath-taking peaks of the Alps, which make its flavours, its wines and dairy products even more intensely tasty.
6 day: Padova and the hills
Check-out in Verona, Montagnana, Visit of Praglia Abbey, Slow food lunch in Saonara, check-in in Padova.
On the way to Padua, we are going to visit medieval fortified city and one of the most important medieval abbeys in Northern Italy. Padua hosts one of the oldest universities of the world and a large population of young students, which provides for a lively night life and laidback atmosphere. The old town is a charming place, full of narrow historic streets and delightful architecture you can enjoy with a famous local Spriz aperitif.
7 day: Optional day tour
Either Burchiello boat trip on the Brenta Riviera and its Villas, from Padova to Venice or Off-the-beaten track Venice
8. day: departure
Check-out in Padova, pick-up service and transfer to the airport of Venice of Treviso
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE SLOW FOOD TOUR OF VENETO
- Transportation to the places we visit
- Transfer service from/to the airports of Venice, Treviso or Verona
- … lunches and … dinners in Slow Food restaurants
- Double room in a ….-star-Hotel
- Guided tours and transportation every place we visit
WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SLOW FOOD TOUR OF VENETO
- Optional day tours
- Travel and health insurance
- Single room supplement
- Tips, souvenirs, city tax