No other Italian region packs this much in. The lagoon holds Venice and its islands; inland, Verona has the Arena and a Roman street plan, Padua has Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel and Europe's oldest botanical garden, Vicenza has Palladio, and the Prosecco hills of Conegliano-Valdobbiadene were made a UNESCO landscape in 2019. In the far north the region climbs into the Dolomites at Cortina d'Ampezzo, co-host of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
- Venice, Murano and Burano
- Verona's Arena and Roman centre
- Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel, Padua
- Palladian villas and Vicenza
- Prosecco hills of Valdobbiadene
- Cortina d'Ampezzo and the Dolomites
- Best time to go
- April–June and September–October. Venice is quietest in November–February (and at its most atmospheric in fog); Cortina runs a December–March and July–August season.
- Getting there
- Venice Marco Polo and Treviso; Verona for the west of the region. High-speed rail: Venezia Santa Lucia 2h25 from Milan, 3h45 from Rome.
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Headline places
What italia.it leads with in Veneto.
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St Mark's Basilica Eight thousand square metres of gold mosaic, over a stolen apostle -
Doge's Palace The seat of the Venetian Republic, and the Bridge of Sighs -
Rialto Bridge & Market The Grand Canal's oldest crossing, with the city's fish market beside it -
Murano & Burano Glass furnaces on one lagoon island, painted fishermen's houses on the next -
Verona Arena A first-century amphitheatre that stages a full opera season every summer -
Scrovegni Chapel Giotto's complete fresco cycle of 1305 — the start of Western painting -
Villa La Rotonda Palladio's most copied building — the model for a thousand porticoes -
Prosecco Hills of Conegliano & Valdobbiadene Vertiginous vine terraces, a UNESCO landscape since 2019
Cities & bases
Where to sleep, and what each place is good for.
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Venice A city on 118 islands, with no roads and no equal -
Verona A Roman arena that still stages opera every summer -
Padua Giotto's chapel, Europe's oldest botanical garden and a student city - Vicenza Palladio's home town — an architectural textbook you can walk
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Cortina d'Ampezzo The Queen of the Dolomites — and a 2026 Olympic host
Our guides
Full destination guides we already publish in this region.
Veneto by experience
The themes this region delivers on.
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Art & culture More UNESCO World Heritage sites than any other country on earth -
Food & wine Regional to the point of parochial — and all the better for it -
Coast & islands 7,900 km of coastline and around eighty inhabited islands -
Mountains & the Dolomites The Dolomites, the western Alps and the wild Apennines -
UNESCO Italy Sixty World Heritage sites — the largest tally of any country -
Spirituality & pilgrimage Rome, Assisi, and the pilgrim roads that connect them -
Sport & the outdoors Dolomiti Superski, the Giro's climbs and Garda's windsurfing -
Shopping & markets Milan's Quadrilatero, Florence's leather and the weekly market habit -
Events & festivals The Palio, Carnevale, the Biennale and an opera season in a Roman arena -
Luxury Italy Portofino, the Costa Smeralda, Capri and the great lake villas
More of The North
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Aosta Valley Italy's smallest region, under the four highest mountains in the Alps -
Piedmont Barolo, white truffles, royal Turin and the Alps at the foot of the plain -
Liguria The Italian Riviera — Cinque Terre, Portofino and pesto's home port -
Lombardy Milan, the great lakes and the Alps of Valtellina -
South Tyrol German-speaking Italy under the Dolomites -
Trentino Dolomite valleys, Lake Garda's northern tip and Italy's alpine lakes -
Friuli Venezia Giulia Habsburg Trieste, Roman Aquileia and Italy's finest white wines -
Emilia-Romagna Parmigiano, prosciutto, Ferrari and Ravenna's mosaics