WHAT TO DO AND SEE IN VALEGGIO SUL MINCIO
A JOURNEY IN TASTE, NATURE AND BEAUTY
Valeggio sul Mincio is a town in the province of Verona much appreciated by tourists and others and located a few kilometers south of Lake Garda. If you love fairy-tale and romantic views, this is the perfect location for you. Known in particular for its mills and its tortellini, called gli agnolin, Valeggio is capable of offering its visitors truly unique experiences. We at VisitVerona.net have selected some suggestions for you to make your visit to Valeggio complete but above all unforgettable. Are you ready to embark on this journey of beauty, history, nature and taste? Let’s find out together what to do and see in Valeggio sul Mincio!
3+1 SUGGESTIONS FOR VISITING VALEGGIO
1| SIGURTÀ GARDEN PARK
Many do not know that in Valeggio sul Mincio there is the Sigurtà Garden Park, a naturalistic park that extends over an area of 60 hectares. This is an obligatory stop especially in the spring season, when the park blooms, filling with colors and scents. Symbols of this park are the labyrinth and the rose road, unmissable! The Sigurtà Garden Park began to take shape way back in 1407 when Doctor Carlo Sigurtà, a pharmaceutical industrialist, went to Valeggio sul Mincio to buy a carriage. Here, he fell in love with an agricultural estate, purchased it and, thanks also to the possibility of drawing water from the Mincio for irrigation, created this botanical paradise which was only later opened to the public. All information on their official website.
SIGURTÀ GARDEN PARK
2| MINCIO CYCLE PATH
The Mincio Cycle Path is a 45 kilometer cycle path that you can take from Valeggio both to reach Peschiera del Garda and to go to the city center of Mantua. This track is truly suitable for everyone, even children, and by following it you can enjoy wonderful outdoor landscapes. You can cross the cycle path either on foot or by bicycle. If you don’t have a bicycle, you can always rent one directly in Borghetto sul Mincio. And will you try to travel it?
CYCLE PATH ON THE MINCIO
3| TASTING OF TORTELLINI
A visit to Valeggio sul Mincio is not complete unless you have eaten the iconic Tortellini di Valeggio. This genuine and tasty dish consists of a simple sheet of pasta made with flour and egg and a filling made with mixed meat (chicken, veal, beef or pork). In addition to the classic tortellini, in this location you will also find numerous variations such as tortelli and tortelloni with colored pasta and different fillings. This dish is the true symbol and pride of the place. An example of celebration? On the third Tuesday of June the “Love Knot Festival” is celebrated, in which more than 3,000 diners who come from all over Europe gather around a table more than 1 km long to taste the legendary tortellini and watch the parades in medieval costume. Do you know the history of this dish? It is said that in 1300 a soldier and a nymph in love threw themselves into the waters of the Mincio to escape the enemies who were trying to capture them. As a token of their love, they left behind them a golden silk handkerchief, from which the shape of Valeggio’s famous tortellini derives.
TORTELLINI DI VALEGGIO
+1| BORGHETTO SUL MINCIO
Borghetto sul Mincio, located between Valeggio and Borghetto, is a small but charming village that overlooks the waters of the Mincio. The sign welcoming you at the entrance defines it as one of the most beautiful villages in Italy. The historic houses built in stone and the iconic water mills are the symbols that make this place iconic. Here the atmosphere is decidedly fairy-tale and romantic, so much so that you will feel like you are in another era. Among the things to visit in this hamlet there are certainly the Curtis Regia and the Visconti Bridge: the first dating back to the 8th century, while the second dates back to 1300. Did you already know them? To learn more about the history of this unique place visit the site.
BORGHETTO SUL MINCIO
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