Belluno is an underrated Italian city located in a beautiful mountainous area 62 miles from Venice in the region of Veneto.
The city is located between two beautiful rivers, the Ardo river, and the Piave river and the national park of the Dolomiti Bellunesi.
If you like beautiful mountains, landscapes, and quiet cities you must visit Belluno.
The Dolomites are some of the most beautiful mountains in the world! They are made with a particular stone called Dolomia that is pink.
Belluno is a city that was part of the Roman emperor and you will be able to find a lot of awesome monuments and buildings.
In Belluno probably you will need to rent a car to have a good taste of this city. The city center is quite nice and there are some monuments and buildings worth to visit.
Each time you don’t know what to do you can take your car and drive on the Dolomites and have a hike. You will always have great food to eat surrounded by an outstanding landscape.
In the winter you will be able to ski on some of the nicest mountains in the world. You can also have a ride on a dog sled while in the summer is very nice and fresh as well.
Some buildings and monuments worth to visit:
Even though there are plenty of nice monuments, squares, and museum the main attraction of this city is its nature and surroundings.
You can easily rent a bike and ride in the mountains and awesome woods. The landscapes are in most of the cases breathtaking.
There are also some super nice lakes like the lake Misurina where you can enjoy a boat ride, canoeing and of course all surrounded in a fairy tale atmosphere.
La Sagra de i Fiŝciòt is a cool place to be if you are in Italy two Sundays before Easter.
Christmas markets are magic during Christmas time. In the summer there is the Palio di feltre where horses and medieval games and traditions can be seen.
The cuisine in Belluno is definitely from La Tradizione Montanara (the tradition from the mountains).
They have good cheese and meat, it is pretty common to find polenta, canederli, boar, deer and roe deer.
If you have a good translator and you are ready to learn new stuff, you can take a look at this page full of typical recipes from Belluno.
This region is also full of apples and good fruit, in fact, you can taste awesome fresh jam and the kodinzon which is a dried apple jam that you must try.
Belluno is a sweet spot absorbed in the Dolomites mountains! You can easily reach some of the most famous sightseeing places in the area such as:
The calm of the city is definitely something very rare that you will appreciate a lot if you are coming from a big town.
Here you can smell the real peace and traditions of the people who live by some of the most fascinating mountains in the world.
Nature is definitely the main reason you should visit Belluno! But also the city center is made of many moments from different historical periods.
You can find roman art, medieval squares, German influence and a lot of calm.
Belluno is very close to Venice and to the borders of Trentino Alto Adige and some of the tallest and most famous mountains in Europe.
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