Our third week in Italy was spent in the Prosecco road, which was named a new UNESCO Heritage Site the second day we were there! This is the area where the DOCG Prosecco comes from. We were in Tarzo – a small village between all the vineyards.
Måns and I went to a Prosecco tasting where they are restoring an old building for a bed and breakfast. The fields have been in the family for 3 generations. We also had another impromtu Prosecco tasting near Santa Stefano.
We visited the National Park of the Belluno Dolomites, which is about where they start. It was really nice! On another day we went to Lido di Jesolo, which is a sandy beach near Venice.
And of course we had another visit to Ai Pioppi. This is the amusement park that one man built in the woods behind his food stand all by himself. All rides work just with human power. He’s been working on it for almost 50 years. It’s an amazing place so we had to go back!
Our view from the window at our apartment in Tarzo
Fields in the prosecco region
At a prosecco tasting - Tenuta Mani Sagge
At a prosecco tasting
Bassano del Grappa
At the grappa museum
Lago di Santa Croce
Max testing the waters in the Lago di Santa Croce
The town of Sacile
Santo Stefano - Prosecco trail
Cison di Valmarino - Prosecco trail
Cison di Valmarino
Cadini del Brenton - Belluno Dolomites
National Park of the Belluno Dolomites
National Park of the Belluno Dolomites
National Park of the Belluno Dolomites
National Park of the Belluno Dolomites
Just a random photo out the car window.
At the beach near Venice - Lido di Jesolo
Sand castle - note crab claw & seaweed flag
Leo on a roller coaster for one
Giant slide - Ai Pioppi
We didn't go on this, but it went all around
I had to push this to operate the swings at Ai Pioppi
Rope swings
Måns flies up on a rope
Ai Pioppi