VALLE SAN GIORGIO

Valle San Giorgio is set deep in the greenery in the heart of the Regional Park of the Euganean Hills between Cinto Euganeo and Arquà Petrarca.

It is easy to reach by car from the motorway A4-A13 Padova-Bologna, Terme Euganee exit if you come from Venice and Monselice exit if you come from Bologna.

REGIONAL PARK OF THE EUGANEAN HILLS

The Regional Park of the Euganean Hills  covers 200.000 hectares and includes 15 small towns.

The sequence of 81 hills of varying heights and shapes creates a particular landscape that immediately catches the traveller's eye. The geomorphological characteristics of the Park derive from the volcanic activity during the Tertiary Era. Here you can find numerous types of vegetations: from the typical Mediterranean shrublands to chestnut groves and mixed oak woods. Among the protected fauna you can admire a wide variety of birds: from the small, lively robin to the more imposing species such as the sparrow hawk and barn owl.

The small towns in the Euganean Hills, starting from Arquà Petrarca, very near to Valle San Giorgio, are full of historical and artistic witnesses.

All of them are easily reached  over  accessible  roadways by car or charming pathways to walk or cycle  enjoying the tranquillity of the surrounding area.


The Regional Park of the Euganean Hills started in 1989 and was called a "permanent laboratory"  for environmental protection where even agricultural activities are protected: olive oil, the various types of cheese, D.O.C. wines (including the well known red wines Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon, whites as Chardonnay and sparkling wines such as Serprino or Moscato Fiori d'Arancio) and honey.

SURROUNDINGS

The nearest place to Valle San Giorgio is Cinto Euganeo, wellknown because of the ancient Roman underground aqueducts that have a network of canals under Monte Vendevolo.

The aqueducts supplied the area all the way to Este with water capturing the flow of the Faedo and San Giorgio valley springs channelled to small natural grottoes.

Then there is the Cava Bomba pit complex, now transformed from an extraction site into a Geopaleontological Museum presenting artefacts from the Euganean Hill area.

From the other side of  Valle San Girorgio there is the wonderful Arquà that was chosen as home by Petrarca, the greatest poet of '300, where he died and now you can see Petrarca's tomb on the church yard of the Chiesa di S. Maria Assunta. Arquà became Arquà Petrarca in his honour.

Here time seems to stand still, keeping all the magic of the Middle Ages intact. Arquà develops at the foot of the Castello and Ventolone mountains and you can admire the same buildings that were already there at the dawn of the year 1000. The town is intact with the small roads and ancient buildings. Petrarca's house has been recently restored and holds an exhibition dedicated to the poet. Then there are two religious sites: the Oratorio della S.S. Trinità and the Chiesa di S. Maria Assunta. Arquà owes its great fortune to the presence of Petrarca and the magnificence of the Carraresi, the aristocracy of Paodova and patrons.

We cannot forget Teolo in a beautiful position among the loveliest hills of Monte Venda, Monte della Madonna and Monte Grande and Torreglia chosen by the Camaldolensian monks to build their Hermitage on the Monte Rua.

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