Euganean Hills

The Colli Euganei form the first Regional park established in the Veneto (1989), enclosing fifteen towns and eighty one hills.

In the Euganean Hills, at Arquà, Petrarch found peace and harmony towards the end of his life, and the town now bears his name attached to it.

Shelley likens the hill he has found himself upon, at first to an island in "the deep wide sea of Misery", then he sees that: This brings his thoughts to Venice "thou hast been/Ocean's child, and then his queen;/Now is come a darker day," and finally to a wish for an idyllic retreat.

The park offers a wide choice of recreational, natural world, historical and tourist activities.

Wines consist of the White, with its typical straw-yellow colour and jasmine scent, the Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon reds, the Chardonnay, the Fior d’Arancio, the very sweet yellow Moscato, the Merlot, the Novello, the dry Pinello [it], Pinot blanc, Red Wine, the sparkling Serprino [it] and the Tocai Italico [it] ("Italic Tokay").