Venetian Hills Walk
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Highlights The wonderfully unspoilt Venetian countryside is only an hour or so from the great city of Venice, but couldn't be more different! Here is a landscape of rolling hills, shady forests, vineyards and fields ablaze with colourful flowers. 
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Holiday introduction
- Untouched green walking country: rolling hills, shady forests, vineyards and olive groves
- Hotels full of character; lovely friendly people; superb value-for-money holiday
- Amazing array of colourful wild flowers: heather, poppies, wild orchids and Mediterranean maquis
- Venetian villas, churches and monasteries
- Splendours of Venice, Vicenza, Padua and Este - jewel in the Venetian crown
This walking holiday is based in the wonderfully unspoilt Euganean hills, tucked in a quiet corner below the beautiful mediaeval city of Padua, west across the plain from Venice.
Once volcanic islands, these hills have a striking conical appearance and are cloaked in an astonishing variety of plantlife - holm oak, almond, maple, heather, orchids and poppies are just a few that you'll see on the way. The lower slopes give way to colourful meadows and immaculately groomed vineyards - little wonder the region produces such a fine range and variety of wines!
The peacefulness of the region holds an eternal appeal as a haven for locals to escape the punishing summer heat of Venice. Venetian nobles built sumptuous villas here - you'll pass by many on the way, and even stay in one. More recently, the hills have become a National Park, with clearly way-marked footpaths.
We're probably a little biased, so here's what our customers say...
"Good quality of service and accommodation. Good value for money."
Mr Munro, Worthing
"Activity and relaxation are well balanced. Walk one day, rest the next. Seeing everyday life and ordinary people at close quarters."
Mr Lang, Witham
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