Holiday apartment in Caprino Veronese: Monte Baldo, culture and wine

Caprino Veronese between Monte Baldo and history

Caprino Veronese appeals to travellers who want to combine nature experiences, historical discoveries and regional culinary delights. When choosing a holiday apartment in Caprino Veronese, you can tailor your stay to very different interests: panoramic hiking trails, challenging cycling tours, museums, historic buildings or a wine tasting. The municipality is home to the Monte Baldo Ovest Natura 2000 site IT3210039, which is designated both as an SCI and as an SPA.

Nature, waterways and activities on Monte Baldo

Caprino Veronese offers panoramic hiking trails on Monte Baldo. The “Vie dell’Acqua” provide a special cultural and historical accent: they follow old paths with fountains, washhouses and mills. The Bergola spring in the Caprino valley is also one of the area’s noteworthy landscape features; it was already channelled in Roman times.

For active days, the challenging Monte Baldo cycling tour presents a clear test. It runs mainly along minor roads and unpaved paths that climb the southern side of the mountain, and requires fitness and mountain-biking skills. A private e-bike tour for advanced riders crosses Monte Baldo via historic sites and alpine pastures, offering changing landscapes throughout the year. Depending on your travel plans, you can therefore choose between hiking, mountain biking and a guided e-bike experience when selecting your accommodation, giving each a different focus.

Museums, buildings and local history

The Museo Civico Paleontologico-Archeologico preserves a palaeontological collection as well as archaeological artefacts from the Monte Baldo area. The finds range from the Palaeolithic to Roman times. The Museo Civico di Caprino Veronese is housed on the ground floor of the 18th-century Palazzo Carlotti. Together, the two museums offer different ways of exploring the history of the town and its mountain region.

In the village of Platano, the monumental oriental plane tree Platano dei Cento Bersaglieri stands at the centre of the village. The Platano dei 100 bersaglieri in Platano is considered a national monument. In Lubiara, Villa Colpani was built by the noble Colpani family between 1535 and 1789. Platano is also home to Villa Nichesola, also known as Villa dei Quattro Camini, a rare noble residence from the 15th century.

Further historical evidence can be found in Carrara di Pesina and Ceredello. Corte Carrara in Carrara di Pesina was built in the 15th century as a plain and functional palatial farmhouse. The Chiesa di Santa Cristina in the hamlet of Ceredello dates from the 13th century and stands on the remains of an ancient Roman temple. The annual Feast of Santa Cristina includes religious celebrations, concerts, performances and folk dances; the official feast day is 24 July.

A single work of art reaches even further back into the medieval past: Il Compianto sul Cristo Morto is a sculptural group made of organogenic limestone dating from the 14th century and was originally polychrome-painted. The work is attributed to the “Master of Santa Anastasia”, who was later identified as Rigino di Enrico; it is dated to the first half of the 14th century.

Wine and regional flavours

At Tenuta La Presa, the tasting begins with a guided tour of the vineyards, the ageing cellar and the sparkling-wine cellar. The wine-making method is explained during the tour. For your travel planning, this focus offers a pleasurable contrast to hiking days, cycling tours and the cultural and historical sites in Caprino Veronese.

Choose your holiday apartment according to your travel plans

When choosing your holiday apartment in Caprino Veronese, the desired pace is the first consideration: which activities suit your travel plans – panoramic hiking trails and old waterways, museums and historic buildings, the Feast of Santa Cristina, cycling or a wine tasting? This keeps your accommodation choice focused on the experiences you are actually looking for during your stay.

Other places to consider for your travel plans

For further travel planning, you can also visit Volargne, San Giorgio In Salici, San Giovanni Lupatoto, San Pietro In Cariano, Calmasino, Soave, Illasi and Marano Di Valpolicella.

For the overview of the wider area: Verona.