Guide to the Veneto

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When to Go

The Veneto is mild most of the year; winters are damp and can be foggy. Summer, as elsewhere in Italy, is high season: expect a commensurate increase in crowds and, in some cases, prices.

How to Get There

Delta flies nonstop to Venice from Atlanta and New York/JFK; US Airways flies nonstop from May to October from Philadelphia. An almost always cheaper alternative is to fly into Milan’s Malpensa airport, then drive the roughly two hours to the Veneto. Or take a train from Milan’s Central Station to Padua or Vicenza; click on www.trenitalia.com to get schedules and purchase tickets.

What to See

Architecture by Andrea di Pietro della Gondola, known as Palladio (1508-89), himself a native of Padua. Villas not to miss are Emo, Cornaro, and Almerico Capra (also known as La Rotunda). Go to www.cisapalladio.org for maps, details, and visiting hours, or call 39-0444/323-014.

Where to Eat

Asolo

Al Bacaro 165 Via R. Browning; 39-0423/55-150; dinner for two $66.

Hosteria Ca’ Derton 11 Piazza G. d’Annunzio; 39-0423/ 529-648; dinner for two $130.

Fumane

Enoteca della Valpolicella 45 Via Osan; 39-045/683-9146; dinner for two $99.

San Giorgio Ingannapoltron

Dalla Rosa Alda 4 Via Garibaldi; 39-045/770-1018; dinner for two $86.

Verona

Antica Bottega del Vino 3 Vicolo Scudo di Francia; 39-045/ 800-4535; dinner for two $117.

Locanda Castelvecchio 21A Corso Castelvecchio; 39-045/ 803-0097; dinner for two $112.

Trattoria Rosa 21 Via Brennero; 39-045/772-5054; dinner for two $65.

Where to Shop—Asolo

Antichità Conzada Nascimbene 186 Via R. Browning; 39-0423/952-784.

Berdusco Daniele 224 Via Regina Cornaro; 39-0423/952-303.

Ernesto di Lazzari 179 Via R. Browning; 39-0423/952-073.

Marta Stradiotto 21 Via D. Alighieri; 39-0423/529-490.

Scuola Asolana Antico Ricamo di Anna Milani 333 Via A. Canova; 39-0423/952-906.

Tessoria Asolana 321 Via A. Canova; 39-0423/952-062.

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