Claudia Augusta Hotel, Treviso

Advantages: 30 Kms from Venice, 50 Kms from the Alps
Disadvantages: Buses stop at around 9pm.....

...Only after leaving Treviso to settle in England, did I start deepening my understanding of the history, culture and people of the area. I re-visited my home town with open eyes. A quite important market town, its wealth was built on the water that flows even today through a network of waterways and canals, which have filled to become un-navigable with the construction of the electrical generator works near Largo Altinia and the coach and railway stations. Since leaving it I have grown to appreciate what a truly useful location it commands. So near to both the sea and the Venitian lagoon to the south and the Alps to its north and east, it is a perfect base to explore north eastern Italy from. Like so many italian cities Treviso has pre-roman origins. The local Museo Bailo has a permanent show of artifacts found in and around... Read review

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...A visit to Treviso can only start from Piazza dei Signori, which is surrounded by some of the town's most significant monuments, such as the Palazzo dei Trecento (the Palace of the Three Hundred) with its remarkable frescoes and decorations, the Town's Tower and the Prefecture Palace. Leaving the town's living room, walk through the Soffioni Portico and you will reach the picturesque Piazzetta del Monte di Pietà, where the Mont-de-Pieté was established in the 14th century. Inside it there is the Cappella dei Rettori, one of the town's prides, with frescoes by Fiumicelli, paintings by Pozzeserrato and precious gilded leathers from Cordova. In the nearby Piazza S.Vito there are the two remarkable and picturesque churches of S.Lucia and S.Vito, which are connected by a little door, where you can see many imporant art pieces. Carry... Read review

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...We decided to go to Venice for my wife's 40th birthday. She had been there herself some 20 years earlier when she was a nanny to an Italian family who lived in Portafino. Even back then my wife cannot remember the canals having had a bad smell. However perhaps they did she was only there a few hours. They certainly do not smell now, in fact the water is crystal clear and have a bluish tint up the side canals. We flew from Liverpool airport, which was an uneventful and as usual cramped flight. Word of warning, if you travel on a cheap flight as we did then beware, friends of my wife's turned up at Treviso airport to come home and where told by check staff that their flight was cancelled… your on your own ! There are no reps here, they had to get a taxi to Marco Polo airport, then get from Marco polo to Leeds and then from Leeds... Read review

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