Holiday apartment in Monteviale: discover trails, culture and porchetta

Monteviale combines trails through woods and meadows with remarkable architectural and local history, nature observations and its own culinary tradition. If you are looking for a holiday apartment in Monteviale, you can base your choice of location on the desired mix of activity, culture, animal experiences and regional flavors. The options include trails, historic buildings, a special tree and a specialty associated with Monteviale.

Holiday apartment in Monteviale: trails, woods and meadows

The municipality lists seven walking and combined cycling and walking trails: Sentiero n. 1 “Canestrello”, Sentiero n. 2 “Zuccheriei – delle Are”, Sentiero n. 3 “Vegrolongo – della Sorgente – dell’Ornaro”, Sentiero n. 4 “del Perozzo”, Sentiero n. 5 “del Cornugio”, Sentiero n. 6 “Strada False” and Sentiero n. 7 “dell’Orco”. The trails are suitable for hikers, cycling enthusiasts and visitors who enjoy woods and meadows.

The Sentiero delle Foglie Lucenti is marked by round trail markers; the recommended duration is 45 minutes. Along this trail are ten life-size silhouettes of animals that live in the surrounding woods: robin, blackbird, buzzard, squirrel, snake, stone marten, fox, badger, hare and hedgehog. Another element of the experience is the Fattoria Didattica A&Alpaca, which offers trekking with Huacaya alpacas.

Villa Zileri, park and historic religious buildings

Villa Loschi Zileri, now Motterle, was built in the hamlet of Biron in 1734 by Muttoni on an older 15th-century structure. In the historic park around Villa Zileri, rare wild-growing plants and impressive centuries-old trees find a suitable habitat. There is also a bald cypress with a trunk circumference of six meters at a height of 1.5 meters, which is recognized nationally as a monumental tree. Numerous frescoes by Giambattista Tiepolo can be seen in Villa Zileri.

The votive chapel of Madonna della Salute was built in late autumn 1631 in thanksgiving for prayers to bring an end to the plague, which had claimed numerous victims in the Monteviale area for more than a year. The fortress of Monteviale was completely destroyed by Tebaldo Francigena in 1240; the church of Santa Maria Assunta was built on its foundations. At the Fontana della Donestra, visitors can enjoy a view over the plain, while the surroundings are cool and shady.

Porchetta and the Sagra dell’Ottava

The Sagra dell’Ottava, also known as the Sagra di Monteviale, is associated with Porchetta di Monteviale as its typical dish. The traditional Sagra dell’Ottava held in 2025, an old village festival, featured performances and local cuisine. Porchetta di Monteviale is made from a pig weighing between 20 and 35 kg and cooked on a spit over a fire fueled strictly with wood.

Getting there and choosing your accommodation

Bus no. 16 runs from Vicenza to Monteviale; for the Base Scout Costigiola, the “Costigiola – Via delle Mure” stop is designated. When choosing a holiday apartment or holiday home in Monteviale, you can tailor the focus of your days to the available themes: trails and woods, historic sites, details of nature, alpaca trekking or local cuisine.

If you would like to discover more travel ideas, you can also find Arzignano, Lastebasse, Bertigo, Lusiana, Gambellara, Agugliaro, Montecchio Precalcino and Barbarano Vicentino.

For the higher-level travel overview: Vicenza.