What to see
Ca’ del Gelso has everything necessary for a comfortable stay. It takes just a few minutes to walk to a supermarket, coffee shops and pharmacy.
This place in a an ideal position for anybody who enjoys the countryside, to stay in harmony with nature and the local culture.
Ca’ del Gelso is just a short distance from some of the main cultural cities of Italy:
- Treviso (14 Km) medieval city
The Regional Natural Park of Sile which includes the river area from its springs through marshlands and wetlands along its winding course before entering Treviso until its mouth, with lagoon landscape, at Portegrandi. - Oderzo (18 km)
- Nervesa della Battaglia (22.5 km) which preserves the Ossuary with the remains of the fallen soldiers from World War I 1915-1918
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- Portobuffole’ (27 km) small Renaissance center located east in the Marca Trevigiana territory on the left bank of the Livenza river. It is also renowned for the historical figure from the 1300s, Gaia da Camino, a noblewoman belonging to one of the most powerful families in the Treviso area who settled in this town. Her family dominated the territory of Treviso and Belluno from the Middle Ages until 1400. Gaia da Camino was also mentioned by Dante in the Divine Comedy “By other surname I know him not, unless I were to take it from his daughter Gaia“.
- Conegliano (29 km) easily accessible via highway with its castle and hills dotted with vineyards.
- Maser (30km) where Villa Barbaro is located, designed by Andrea di Pietro della Gondola known as “Palladio” and frescoed by Paolo Caliari known as “Veronese”.
- Valdobbiadene the kingdom of prosecco.
- Castelfranco Veneto (45 km) with its perfectly preserved medieval city walls.
- Asolo (45 km) with its Fortress.
- Venice (47 km)
- Possagno (50 km) birthplace of Antonio Canova where you can visit both the house where he was born and lived, and the famous Gipsoteca.
- Bassano del Grappa (50 km) Roman-era town that rises between the banks of the Brenta connected by the wooden Alpini Bridge, built and rebuilt several times following wars and river floods.
- Marostica (75 km) in the province of Vicenza where in September of even-numbered years a chess game is played with living figures (about 550) to commemorate the first game played in 1454. The story tells that two noblemen fell in love with the castellan’s daughter, Lionora, and wanted to duel for her love. However, the castellan prohibited the use of force and established that his daughter would marry whoever won a game of chess with human figures to be held in the square of the Lower Castle. The loser would be granted marriage to the second daughter.
- Cortina d’Ampezzo (126 km) the “pearl of the Dolomites” needs no introduction.
- Jesolo
- Lignano
- Caorle
- Cison – Follina