The Park, more than three hectares wide, stretches around the Villa, rich in ancient trees and is surrounded by the river Tergola and by canals, such as the ancient "Peschiera", that take their water from the river. Here it is nice to rest under the shade of the trees and to take a walk in the "brolo" or along the river edge, enjoying the peace of the countryside and discovering the various fauna that has settled in the nearby 60 hectares farm.
In the small vegetable garden and orchard, the guests can freely pick greens and fruit in season.
After the last careful restoration, ending in 1997, Villa Dalesmanin gives hospitality in four comfortable apartments, all nestling in this charming atmosphere and with views of the large park and the surrounding countryside.
ItinerariesThe good location of La Selva allows the guests to easily travel all around the Veneto region and further away. The nearest town is Padova, 12 km, with its medieval squares where daily markets take place, the Prà della Valle square (the largest neoclassical square in Europe), the University founded in 1222, the frescos made by Giotto and Mantegna, the old ghetto, the S.Antonio and S.Giustina basilicas and much more.
Venice is only 30 km far from here and is reachable in a thirty minutes trip by car or by train from the nearby railway station in Dolo; however, it is worth reaching Venice by car, by bike or by boat along the Riviera del Brenta, that starts just 7 km away from the Villa. More than fifty villas were built along the river from the XVICentury to the XVIII Century by the Venetian nobles, nowadays some of these villas, designed by architects such as Palladio, Scamozzi, Frigimelica and painted by artists such as Benedetto Caliari, Jacopo Guarana, the Tiepolos, can be visited.
About 40 km away there is Vicenza, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List and famous for the Olimpic Theatre, the town palaces and the country houses all designed by Palladio, and Treviso, a medieval town rich in rivers and watermills inside its typical historical center. Each of them is reachable for a daily visit.
Verona is 85 km away by motorway: inside its Roman Arena there are many Operas during the summertime and not very far from Verona there is also the Lake Garda.
As well as the main cities, it is also worth visiting the little towns: the medieval walled towns of Castelfranco Veneto and Cittadella, Bassano with its famous wooden bridge, Asolo with the Canova Temple, the impressive Villa Contarini in Piazzola sul Brenta, towards north; the walled towns of Este and Montagnana, the Monselice citadel, the charming Arquà Petrarca, the Poet's village, the seventeenth-century park of Villa Barbarigo in Valsanzibio, towards south. All these places are at a distance of about 30 km from La Selva.
If you want to spend a day at the seaside there is Sottomarina, with the nearby fishermen's town of Chioggia, half an hour away by car, and Jesolo, about an hour. S.Martino di Castrozza and Cortina, that are the most attractive places in the Dolomites, are at a distance of an hour and a half / two hours by car.