Around us
Nature
Travelling across the venetian plain, in any direction, you'll meet with the outilne of these soft hills, telling their greenery in the distance: the Euganean Hills, one of the most orignal hilly areas in Italy: volcaninc hills, born due to underground eruptions; signs of their origin are the hot waters of Abano and Montegrotto, the Euganean spas. Gentle slopes mark these hills, the highest - Mount Venda - being just about 600 meters upon the sea level. More...
Tastes of Euganean Hills
Jujube liqueur is definitely the most original product of Arquà Petrarca, but not the only one: just remember our olive-groves and vineyards. And discover our authentic tastes: our raw ham, the "schissotto" bread, our traditional cheeses. More...
Sport
The Euganean Hills are a real paradise for wheelers! Also, the Euganean Hills Regional Park takes care of several trekking paths. Frim our hotel, enjoy short unchallenging walks among woods and meadows to reach the village. For golf lovers, there are four courses areound us to choose from: Montecchia, Frassanelle, Padua and Galzignano Golf Club. More...
Wellness
Euganea spas (Abano, Montegrotto and Galzignano Terme) are renowned for their hyper thermal waters and for mud therapy, very effective against articulations diseases. Guests of Hotel Villa del Poeta are welcomed at Galzignano Spa and Revital Centre and at the Petrarca Hotel Wellness Center in Montegrotto. At Galzignano health treatments and thermal pools are available at La Contea Health and Wellness Centre.
A literature park
Petrarch and his journeys: Arezzo, Avignon, Arquà. Our village is twinned with Fontaine de Vaucluse, in France. As we do today, Petrarch was in search of peaceful and quiet landscapes here. The Euganean Hills area is a great park of literature: along centuries, many artists visited these places and found inspiration here. Of course, patronage helped.
Among castles, fortresses and walled towns
Arquà is a good example of medieval spirit, and of balance between nature and culture. Around it, a region rich in sites and heritage from the XII to the XV centuries: castles, fortresses, churches and - above all - walls! For our region, the Middle Ages were a time of invasions and rugged disputes between feuds, which led to the edification of castles and walls to protect the growing towns. The Euganean Hills are a perfect location for visiting the most beautiful towns in north-eastern Italy - Padua, Venice, Verona, Vicenza, Mantova and Ferrara. More...