Are you looking for a hotel near Mestre and Venice as well as offering easy access to other nearby cities, like Treviso and Vicenza? Well voco® Venice Mestre is just what you’re looking for! Just two minutes from the A4 motorway exit, it is in a strategic location, perfect for easily visiting the most beautiful cities in the Veneto region.
This page gives you a brief overview of Treviso, Padua and Vicenza – charming ancient cities that are definitely worth a visit. So says voco®!
This is quite literally a gem of a city – the perfect destination for anyone who loves cities with very few tourists. Treviso is also considered an alternative destination to the more famous Venice, as it has plenty going for it. You can walk along the riverside, admiring the calm waters of the River Sile that runs through the city, or you can enjoy a romantic stroll along its canals. Be captivated by its historic palazzi, squares and delicacies that are first rate. Here, chicory and Prosecco are king, while not forgetting tiramisù – legend has it that it was originally created right here!
The city is centred enough to let you visit it in a couple of hours, but we recommend that you visit Piazza dei Signori where you’ll find Palazzo del Podestà and Palazzo dei trecento. If you walk for a couple of minutes, you’ll reach the Loggia dei Cavalieri, considered one of the city’s most important monuments.
Round off your visit by seeing the River Sile Nature Park, to end on a note of total relaxation.
This Veneto city is most famed for its university, but it has so much more to offer from a landscape and cultural perspective. Abounding with green spaces and parks where you can rest and relax, it benefits from all its attractions being located very close to one another, making it really easy to visit and enjoy.
You can stroll leisurely under the porticoes and explore the Piazze with distinctive names like Herb Square, Fruit Square and Lords Square. All of them are conveniently connected by pedestrian areas. You must also visit Scrovegni Chapel and the Basilica of St. Anthony with its statue of a horse – so well-known it’s almost obligatory.
Nature lovers will enjoy Padua’s Botanical Gardens, a real haven of nature and only a short walk from the Basilica. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site at the end of the 1990s, it is now home to over 3,500 species of plant!
Famous for being Palladio’s city, Vicenza really is a city to be discovered. Just like Treviso and Padua, it is on a very human scale, making it so easy to visit without needing to use public transport or private taxis.
You can leave your car in one of several car parks to explore the city on foot. Start by walking along the celebrated road, Corso Palladio – this pedestrianised walkway measures some 700 metres. The heart of the town is under the porticoes where you’ll find bars and shops of all kinds – perfect for anyone who loves to shop, or if you prefer lazing in a bar and trying out local food, or even sipping a Veneto Spritz.
Brimming with cultural events, green spaces and parks, Vicenza boasts some real architectural treasures, so famous that they have left their mark on the history of Italian architecture. Some, like the Olympic Theater and Villa Rotonda were designed by Andrea Palladio himself, the architect of many of the city’s marvels.
