Discover Villaverla: Villas, Nature and Festivals

Villaverla combines Venetian villas and churches with water-shaped natural areas, as well as festivals featuring film, music and gastronomy. This gives you various starting points for planning your trip: When choosing a holiday apartment in Villaverla, you can focus on culture, nature, events or routes through the surrounding area.

Villas, Frescoes and Churches

The Chiesa di Sant'Andrea in Novoledo was completely rebuilt in 1848 and consecrated on 30 November 1871; it has been restored several times. The long façade of Villa Ghellini was begun in 1664 by expanding and incorporating an older Gothic villa.

The areas of Villa Ghellini open to visitors include the Sala dei Caminetti and several rooms on the first floor. These rooms can be reached via a Baroque grand staircase decorated with statues. In the historic centre of Villaverla, Palazzo Verlato Putin preserves an extensive fresco cycle depicting the history and virtues of the Verlato family.

Villa Martinengo Spiller preserves sections of walls with a characteristic sawtooth profile attributed to the 14th century. The present-day Chiesa di San Domenico in Villaverla dates from the beginning of the 20th century.

Nature Between Water and Protected Areas

The Oasi di Villaverla continues to supply drinking water from the valuable aquifer beneath it. This function helped preserve its natural habitats from urbanisation. At the Risorgive del Bacchiglione, there is a freely and publicly accessible recreational area, an area accessible only through guided tours, and an integrally protected zone reserved exclusively for scientific purposes.

The Risorgive del Bacchiglione also include an area within SIC IT322004 and ZPS IT3220013 and continue to form part of the Natura 2000 network.

Festivals with Music, Film and Regional Flavours

During “Cinema in Villa”, the courtyard of Villa Ghellini becomes an open-air cinema every Wednesday in July, showing films for all age groups. The Sagra del Sacro Cuore di Novoledo is a historic, well-attended village festival held every summer, combining local gastronomy, live music and entertainment for all age groups.

The Sagra di San Domenico takes place in Villaverla during the first days of August and includes food stalls, dance music, fairground rides, market stalls and fireworks on the final evening. The Epifania in Villaverla includes the traditional burning of the Befana, or “stria”, on 6 January, as well as hot chocolate, sweets and entertainment for children.

The historic Clinto grape variety is connected with the history of the Villaverla area.

Routes and Choosing Your Holiday Apartment in Villaverla

The landscape around Villaverla is suitable for scenic walks and offers cycling routes. There are also curated tours of the region's Venetian villas. When choosing a holiday apartment in Villaverla, you can therefore take your preferred daily rhythm into account: walks, cycling routes, villa tours and events each offer a different focus.

Other places in the surrounding area: Villaganzerla, Canova di Cereda, Rive Poleo, San Giuseppe, Brendola, Monticello Conte Otto, Schio, Nove

To the higher-level travel overview: Vicenza.