Treviso: Italian beauty

Treviso is one of the Italian beauty that you will love. It is around 30 kilometers far from Venice and it is a real pearl. The town is not well known, but every traveler should include it in his or her journey. Especially if the trip is in Venice or the Veneto region. Water channels, ancient and prestigious buildings, history, and friendly people are the ingredients that will welcome you. It is perfect for a city break or to establish a base from where to start a trip around the area.

My post’s beginning looks like a sponsored article, I know, but it isn’t. This is just a small part of my feelings. This town made me fall in love with it. Walls surround the center of Treviso, and inside there are the main monuments. Despite its 85.000 inhabitants, it looks like a small place with a human dimension. It is common to find people on the street all the time and to meet locals in bars before dinner with a traditional white wine glass. Also after dinner, they are in the squares to chat and to enjoy life.

What to see in Treviso

Walking around downtown you can have a first idea of how Treviso, the Italian beauty, appears. Meanwhile, you can see the first important local attractions. Piazza dei Signori, the square created in the XIII century, is the first one. It is full of bars and restaurants. You have to see, in the same place, Palazzo dei Trecento, a superb example of Medieval architecture. Prosecuting your walk along the walls you can reach the Sile river and enter the Regional Natural Park River Sile.

The cathedral, known as Duomo, is a great example of religious architecture. It is located in its square (with the same name). The local museum hosted in a Medieval building is full of finds that take the visitors to explore the history and the culture. Among the monuments, you can’t miss the Loggia dei Cavalieri, which is considered one of the most representative monuments. It is located in the place where Romans built the Forum, not anymore visible.

Porta San Tommaso is one of the gates of the walls and it was built in the XVI century. The facade has incredible decorations and it shows a rich era, not only for money but especially for artistic creativity. Among the churches, it is Italy so they are a lot, I suggest you visit the one located in Via San Vito. It is dedicated to Santa Lucia. Going inside is like entering directly into the past. Your time-travel will be pleasant. You can admire a lot of statues all around the altar.

Where to eat

Treviso is an Italian beauty, but it offers also great cuisine. Don’t worry, I don’t want to annoy you with the text in this case, but I prefer to let my pictures talk. In the pictures, I tried to catch the atmosphere, the reflected buildings, and trees on the water, and some particulars of the decorations. I mention one more thing: a restaurant. In this place, I had a delicious meal. It is one of the oldest restaurants in Treviso: an Italian beauty. The town is not far from the sea and it has a river, so eat fish is always a good idea.

If you want to taste local recipes and also to find fresh fish, you have to go to Antico Morer. The specialty is sea cuisine and the chef is a master in combining tradition and innovation in each dish. The various and rich menu is surely one of the strengths of the place. You can easily accept suggestions from the cook to taste the best fish of the day and to start your journey in the regional cuisine.  If you want to sleep in the city there are very nice hotels, you will be delighted by the warm welcoming and kindness of the staff.

Now it is time to stop writing and to let you enjoy my pictures. You have then to say me if I am right about Treviso. But before let me give you some more tips.

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