A different and healthy way to spend a happy weekend or a short vacation in nature is certainly to immerse yourself in the roads and vineyards of the Euganean Hills Regional Park, a protected natural area located in the province of Padua in the Veneto region.

The so-called Euganean Hills Wine Route helps with this because it offers a wine itinerary a few kilometers from Padua, the city famous throughout the world for its Saint, Saint Anthony of Padua.

Going to wineries and vineyards in the company of a good glass of wine is a good way to spend peaceful and carefree moments in good company, with family and friends.

The Wine Route allows you to discover the traditions, flavors and history of this unique territory, because it offers the possibility of experiencing the territory through various dedicated routes, connecting many accommodation facilities, such as cellars, farms, restaurants, bed and breakfasts.

You can live wonderful moments and exciting experiences with local people, seeing how they live on farms, how they harvest grapes.

For example, you can:

• Taste local wines, both white and red

• Rest and sleep choosing between agritourisms, farmhouses, up to luxurious hotels with thermal baths

• Stop in one of the various trattorias or agritourisms to taste seasonal dishes

Obviously for wine lovers, the Euganean Hills offer a good choice, between volcanic wines and wines that come from vineyards cultivated on more traditional soils, thus being able to choose from a large variety, with variations in aromas, scents and flavours, such as the particular wine called Fior d’Arancio, an excellent passito and the local prosecco, called Serprino, which derives from the local grape of the same name, Serprina.

To spend even more joyful and relaxing moments, you can conclude the itinerary by choosing to stay at the facilities that you encounter along the way or choose from the countless solutions of SPA and Thermal Hotels present in the nearby Terme Euganee.

The Terme Euganee basin is the largest spa center in Europe and is represented by the five spa towns of Abano Terme, Montegrotto Terme, Galzignano Terme, Battaglia Terme and Teolo, and it extends over an area of ​​36 kmq.

Its origins are very ancient and with its warm waters, which still today resurface vigorously from the ground, have been known and appreciated since distant protohistory as a source of health and well-being.

The beneficial power of these waters is the basis of all the most modern therapeutic and aesthetic treatments carried out in over 100 thermal hotels of the Terme Euganee, where every guest is welcomed and looked after with the utmost professionalism and cordiality.

This mix of nature and Italian culture is a beautiful example of the beauty that our peninsula can show off to the world.