Sunrise yoga and breakfast with the mountains stretching across the horizon
Summer mornings in the Vicenza mountains, with breakfast prepared by the chalet’s chef
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OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN VICENZA
Hiking, cycling, caves and outdoor adventures in Vicenza
Looking for hidden gems in Europe, outdoor things to do near Venice or a less obvious adventure destination in northern Italy? Vicenza brings together mountain hikes, gravel cycling, cave boat tours, canyon swimming, rock climbing, bungee jumping, family adventure parks and urban kayaking, from the historic city to the Vicenza Prealps.
Wild swim in 9 metre pools inside the astico gorge
Deep natural pools, limestone walls and icy mountain water in the Astico gorg
Go inside Veneto’s largest cave · nearly 40 kilometres underground
Underground rivers, pools, siphons and guided routes beneath the Vicenza landscape
Vicenza for nature lovers, mountain walks with readings in the woods
Guided hikes and winter snowshoe walks through the landscapes of Italian nature writing
Climb and walk on a 30 million year old coral reef
A fossil reef south of Vicenza, with climbing walls, caves, geological trails and views across the plain.
Zipline across a mountain lake and tackle high ropes in Vicenza
8 treetop courses, 116 aerial challenges and a 10 metre jump
Picnic beside a Neolithic menu of pike, freshwater mussels and water chestnuts
A lakeside picnic where archaeology has reconstructed what people were eating thousands of years ago
Chase waterfalls and walk inside a giant forest nest in Vicenza
3.7 km of waterfalls, woodland and monumental land art
Climb 4,444 stone steps on Italy’s longest staircase through the mountains
A fourteenth century mountain staircase linking the Brenta Valley with the Asiago Plateau
How an industrial landscape became an oasis: walk through a unique Vicenza WWF wetland.
24 hectares of reed beds, ponds and wet woodland inside a European Natura 2000 site
Paddle into Vicenza through its medieval water gate
Follow the Retrone from the green edge of the city to Renaissance palaces, Roman port remains and the old river entrance
Kayak through Vicenza: from the old city to the Berici countryside
A rare flatwater route in northern Italy: historic bridges, quiet riverbanks and an 18 km paddle from central Vicenza to the countryside south of the city.
Walk past 12 watermills in a row, then follow the trail towards a Neanderthal cave
A 10 km walk through a historic mill valley, limestone hills and one of Vicenza’s major prehistoric caves
Cycle from Vicenza towards the Prealps on a walkway above the river
An easy cycling route north of Vicenza, where fields and foothills meet a new steel walkway suspended above a mountain stream.
Walk the pasubio road, featured among "The world’s most dangerous roads”
52 tunnels, sheer limestone cliffs and a spiral ascent inside a rock tower in the mountains of northern Italy.
Swim in a mountain biolake at 1,096 metres
Summer swims, sunloungers and woodland walks in Vicenza’s mountains
The indoor skatepark built by volunteers and recycled materials
An indoor skatepark built with recycled materials, with lessons, free skate, punk gigs, jams, exhibitions and workshops.
A church inside the cliff, with medieval graves cut into the rock
Hike to Vicenza’s cliffside hermitage, where medieval graves are carved into the rock
Italy’s highest bungee jump, 175 metres above a gorge in Vicenza
A mountain gorge, limestone cliffs and Italy’s highest bungee launch.
Go inside a 50 tonne telescope dome and join an astronomy workshop
Night sessions, solar observing, star spectroscopy and astronomy walks in the Vicenza mountains.
The restored brick dome icehouse
Before refrigerators, this brick chamber stored a mountain village’s food, medicine and winter ice.
Skate on the home ice of Italy’s hockey champions in Vicenza
Live ice hockey and public skating on the Asiago Plateau
The Asiago Loop: a 196-kilometre circuit through high pastures and gravel
A City of Rocks, trails above 2,000 metres and Asiago cheese from the mountain dairies.
Hike through a cold gorge to an abandoned marble quarry in Vicenza
A short but steep trail through beech forest, a cold ravine and an abandoned quarry in the Vicenza Prealps.
Ride the “vaca mora”, the black cow railway trail, through five tunnels above the astico
Cycle an old railway through five tunnels above a mountain river in northern Italy
Play an award winning mountain golf course at 1,000 metres, then stay for the spa
18 holes, golf academy, restaurant, boutique hotel and mountain spa
Take a boat into one of Europe’s great karst springs
A guided boat visit inside Grotta Parolini, with a 14 metre wall of white stalactites
Stand beneath one of Europe’s great historic telescopes in Italy
Public observatory visits, telescope sessions and mountain sky on the Asiago Plateau.
Chase the perseids, Italy’s “tears of San Lorenzo”, by e bike or on foot
Where to see the Perseids in Italy: by e-bike or on foot in Vicenza
Walk inside a mountain split open by water · 90 metres deep
A rock cleft in Italy’s Little Dolomites, with metal stairways and a tale of forbidden love
192 Stone stairs to a Michelin view over Vicenza
See Vicenza from above, take the historic stairway up the hill
Hike, bike and ski the “Finland of Italy” in Vicenza
Nordic skiing, snowshoeing and summer trails on the Asiago Plateau
A Neanderthal child and Ice Age jewellery in the Vicenza hills
A limestone shelter used by Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens, above a village in the Berici Hills.
How a British mirror became Italy’s largest optical telescope
Find Italy’s largest optical telescope in Vicenza mountains
A fortress on the edge with a 180 degree view over Vicenza high country
A First World War fortress at 1,077 metres, with tunnels, kitchens, water cisterns, artillery positions and views over the Astico valley.
Build and launch a rocket in Vicenza’s mountain observatory
A mountain escape in northern Italy for children who dream of space
A Death Chamber, 25 Natural Caves and the Secret Beneath Juliet’s Castle
Visit Romeo and Juliet’s castles in Vicenza, then follow a guide into the stone quarries beneath Juliet’s fortress.
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