A gentle drive throughvine-clad hills and pretty villages will bring you to Valdobbiadene, the heartof Prosecco production. You will be taken to a leading winery and get to tastewines from three different local wine classifications (DOCG Asolo ProseccoSuperiore, DOCG Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore, DOCG Colli di Conegliano)accompanied by ciccheti, salami and local mountain cheeses. From here, visitone of Andrea Palladio’s finest villas, the Villa Barbaro with frescoes byVeronese. A short walk through the grounds will bring you to a delightful farmon the estate where you will have a light lunch, washed down with local wines. Next,visit Asolo, one of the most charming small towns in the Veneto and long afavourite with artists and writers, one of whom was Freya Stark and you willhave an exclusive tour of her garden at the Villa Freya. She spent a lot oftime in the Middle East and was one of the founders of modern travel literatureand brought many exotic plants back from her travels for this beautiful garden.
