When you arrive to "La Rovaia" you feel liberated by the thoughts that haunt us every day, like a miracle. This home inspires a sense of serenity, thanks to the green and the landscape surrounding it. The Monte Grappa, one of the most significant mountain in our history (we fought during the First World War), dominates the view and seems to want to protect. Life in the house helps, thanks to its interior layout, life is friendly and privacy. In the large living room and kitchen where they are living, we are all together, even if everyone does something different. Who prepares the food is, however, with those who listen to music or watch television and talk cross from one side of the room, creating joy and communication between all. In winter the fireplace lights up in the morning and leave off before going to bed; is often used for cooking on the grill, which is always fun. In hot weather, instead we use the outdoor fireplace, specially created for outdoor cooking and spices such as sage, rosemary, oregano, basil and mint are all at your fingertips. During this time you can eat on the covered terrace where a large table can accommodate a large number of people.
For art lovers there is plenty of choice. Asolo, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, loved by Browning, and Eleonora Duse by many intellectuals: to visit the Cathedral with works by Lorenzo Lotto and Jacopo da Ponte, the Civic Museum, the Rock. Walk under the arcades, a coffee in the Bar Centrale. In September there is a festival of classical music. Every second Sunday of the month, then an antiques market and many other activities. Just an hour away are Venice, Padua, Vicenza, Belluno, Feltre; many of these places are also connected by train, just choose the departure station, the closest are the train stations of Cornuda, Montebelluna or Castelfranco Veneto). Half an hour from Bassano del Grappa (famous for the Old Bridge and for being the town of "Grappa" the liquor) and Castelfranco Veneto. Possagno, the homTomb. Also to visit and not miss "Villa Maser" of the architect Vincenzo Palladio in Maser. Continuing towards Altivole, the monumental "Brion Tomb" in the outlying administrative district of San Vito is worthy of mention: it is an architectural masterpiece by Carlo Scarpa and stands in the little cemetery of the village; at Altivole, on the other hand, the obligatory stop is the Barco della Regina Cornaro complex, the country residence of the former Queen of Cyprus Caterina Cornaro at the end of the Fifteenth century. At Fanzolo one finds Villa Emo Capodilista, another Palladian work now owned by the Credito Cooperativo Trevigiano bank. Visit and test the Valdobbiadene area, known as the land of prosecco. Beautiful also nearby the romanesque Abbey of Follina. For lovers of nature walks on the Grappa and the hills are countless. The area is also well known to cyclists, because it is the area of training of many teams and on holidays our streets are full of runners who train and fans who love our trails for the variety of road situations with climbs, descents , straight, all surrounded by a lush green. For golf lovers "Asolo Golf Club" (just 10 minutes away from La Rovaia) in Cavaso, for paragliding and hang gliding lovers the spot of Borso del Grappa, for rafting lovers courses in Valbrenta next to Bassano del Grappa. And then by car you can visit the Dolomites (Cortina d'Ampezzo, San Martino di Castrozza etcc).
ANTIQUE MARKET
Asolo - 2nd week end of each month (excluding July and August)
Cittadella - 3rd Sunday of each month
Marostica - 1st Sunday of each month
PALIO
Castelfranco Veneto - 2nd Sunday of September
Montebelluna - 1st weekend of September
Cittadella - the last week of September
Asolo - September, 19
"Associazione Pro Loco" of Asolo
"… Vestita di veludo negro, con velo in testa, con zoie alla cipriota… Oltre il
mare, oltre Cipro, oltre Venezia, oltre Asolo oltre le mura, oltre…la Reina".
EVENTS
Bassano - Summer Opera Festival of Veneto
(Nightly shows during the months of July and August)
Bassano - Ballad of the Millennio
In mid-September (odd numbered years only) 500 people in costumes animate and
evoke the city's most important historical epochs.
Marostica - Chess game
At the 2nd weekend of September (even numbered years only) a lively game of
chess is played out in the square in front of the Castello Inferiore.
Marostica - Comedians at Marostica
For over 33 years the festival of international comedians and artists takes place
during the months of April and May at the Castello Inferiore.
Asolo - Fantadia, International Multi-Visual Festival
The city is transformed into a theatrical show for an entire week on odd
numbered years.
Possagno - Summer at Possano
An antiques market as well as folk, cultural and gastronomic events take place at
the Piazza Canova during the months of July and August.
GASTRONOMIC EVENTS
Bassano - the Asparagus Festival - April and May
Marostica - Cherry Market/Exhibition - end of May
Possagno - tables of typical products from the community of Montana - May
Castelfranco Veneto - Radicchio Festival - December
