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Spring in the province of Verona finds its most picturesque manifestation in the hilly territories, in Valpolicella, in the morainic hills of Garda, and in the Eastern Veronese Valleys. This last territory designates the union of 5 valleys to the east of Verona, its "heart" in that of Illasi, which is the widest and deepest, an authentic natural corridor between the Adige plain and the Lessinia plateau. ​

 

Between Colognola ai Colli, Illasi and Tregnago there is a carpet of vineyards organized in a network of country roads that dates back to the Roman centuriation of the 1st century BC, just as many toponyms recall the presence of Roman legionaries. Romanity has however given way to a constellation of Romanesque parish churches, 14th century castles and Renaissance villas. ​

 

The explosion of colors during the blossoming of the cherry and almond trees coexists with the vision of the last snow-capped crests of the Lessini, a mountain crown that protects the vineyard and the olive tree and generates a perfect microclimate where the red grapes of Valpolicella give way to the Garganega of the white Soave. ​

(photo: www.sportingsanfelice.com)