Discover Veneto

Veneto is a northeastern Italian region that pairs two of Italy's most recognizable landscapes -- the lagoon city of Venice and the jagged peaks of the Dolomites -- within a single, compact territory. Between them lies the Po Valley's flat farmland and the Prosecco hills, giving the region a genuinely wide range for a place smaller than many single countries' provinces.

Venice's centuries as an independent maritime republic left it, and the wider region, a distinct cultural identity within Italy -- visible in Verona's Roman arena and Shakespeare associations, Padua's ancient university, and Palladian villas scattered across the countryside, all UNESCO-recognized alongside Venice itself.