Holiday apartment in Feltre – culture, nature and special paths

Feltre between urban history and culture

If you are looking for a holiday apartment in Feltre, you can expect a destination combining urban history, culture and paths. The Palio di Feltre commemorates the city’s annexation to the Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia on 15 June 1404. It takes place over the three days of Friday, Saturday and Sunday on the first weekend of August.

Palaces, churches and archaeological traces

The Museo Civico archeologico is housed in the 16th-century Palazzo Villabruna. Feltre Cathedral preserves an 11th-century crypt and a Gothic apse that survived the destruction of 1510. The Teatro de La Sena is located on the first floor of the Palazzo della Ragione, a 16th-century palace with large Palladian arcades on Piazza Maggiore.

The Roman remains in Feltre’s state archaeological area include rooms along a paved road that are interpreted as shops. A large building is understood to have been the representative headquarters of one or more professional associations. The Torre dell’Orologio was the historic entrance to the Castello di Feltre and contains a virtual reconstruction of the changes to the castle and Piazza Maggiore. The Torre del Campanon rises approximately 34 metres above the Colle delle Capre; its construction history includes a late Romanesque and a late medieval building phase.

The wider regional area around Feltre also includes Fort Covolo di Butistone, Torri di Credazzo Castle, the Tipoteca Museo museum and the Museo del '900 e della Grande Guerra museum. The Antiche prigioni in the Palazzo Pretorio preserve heavy prison doors with fittings, viewing windows and double bolts, cell numbering, inscriptions and graffiti from their use as a prison until 1965. Carlo Goldoni came to Feltre in 1729 as an assistant in the criminal chancellery and wrote his first plays there. The collection of the Galleria d’arte moderna Carlo Rizzarda comprises paintings, sculptures, decorative art objects, furniture and works of art from Carlo Rizzarda’s Milanese living environment.

Nature and mountains around Feltre

Established in 1971, Vincheto di Celarda covers 92 hectares of wetlands with standing and flowing water, riparian forests, meadows and scrubland. Monte Tomatico is a mountain in the immediate vicinity of Feltre, while Monte Avena is a mountain in the surrounding area. Cima Sassuma and Monte Santo are peaks in the vicinity of Feltre.

Paths for active and cultural days

The Anello del Rio Musil circular route follows the waterways in the area around Feltre and Pedavena for approximately 5 kilometres. The route can be explored on foot or by bicycle from the centre of Feltre. The Percorso urbano dei “conventi perduti” runs partly through Feltre and partly through the natural areas around Monte Telva and Monte Miesna. Its final stop is the 11th-century sanctuary on Monte Miesna, dedicated to the Holy Martyrs Vittore and Corona.

The Anello delle Ville di Cart-Vellai circular route offers the opportunity to discover numerous Venetian villas in a green natural landscape. In Feltre, paths by the water, natural areas, mountains, sacred sites and Venetian-influenced culture therefore exist side by side, without every day of your holiday having to follow the same pattern.

Choose a holiday apartment in Feltre according to your interests

When choosing your holiday apartment or holiday home in Feltre, you can first weigh up your preferred priorities: museums, towers, theatres and the cathedral favour cultural discoveries, while Vincheto di Celarda, the paths along the Rio Musil and the natural areas around Monte Telva and Monte Miesna offer different highlights. The different route lengths and means of transport help you tailor your travel planning to your preferred experiences.

More places for planning your trip

Other destinations include Cimasappada, Santa Giustina, Villapiana-ronchena, Puos Dʼalpago, San Gregorio Nelle Alpi, San Vito Di Cadore, Faller and Borca Di Cadore.

For the overarching travel overview: Belluno.