San Giorgio di Valpolicella. The skyline is breathtaking: over there, the blue waters of Lake Garda. And again, the profiles of the architecture of Verona, the city of Romeo and Juliet. And around the hilly landscape, very sweet, of Valpolicella. Unmissable and captivating like the wine that is produced in these hills. Among the vineyards and cherry trees that paint the landscape white in spring, there are over 400 wineries in the area. Each with its characteristics and types. Amarone, Recioto, Valpolicella, Valpolicella Superiore and Ripasso are the wines to be tasted in these parts, all DOC and DOCG, not only Denomination of Controlled Origin but also Guaranteed. And then theolive oil. The relatively mild microclimate due to the proximity of Lake Garda also allows the cultivation of olive trees in these parts, already present in Roman times. From their fruit we obtain an oil of great value, light and fruity.
A thousand and one reasons to tell and visit San Giorgio di Valpolicella, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy. The town is located on a summit and for this reason from the belvedere of the central square and from the surrounding panoramic streets you can enjoy a unique panorama, open over the whole Veronese territory. It was said that the village is on a summit, apparently close but tiring to reach. Hence the particular nickname of this locality, Deceivepoltron (Tricks the armchairs). Precisely because, when one traveled only on foot, the path to reach the town was long and tiring.
The Romanesque Pieve, the Cloister, the Museum and the Archaeological Park
San Giorgio di Valpolicella, which as an inhabited center has very ancient origins (XNUMXth-XNUMXth century BC), gathers around a Romanesque parish church of extraordinary beauty that dates back to the XNUMXth-XNUMXth century and which in the Verona area is recognized as one of the oldest places of worship. Rebuilt in medieval times with white limestone typical of the place, it is flanked by a beautiful Cloister of great suggestion and architectural relevance.
The village of San Giorgio, which represents a small fraction of the larger Sant'Ambrogio Valpolicella area (Veneto), intertwines its history with the extraction and processing of fine marble, we remember the famous Rosso di Verona. For this reason it is still possible to see the "discovered quarries”Which are nearby. A visit to the little one is interesting Antiquarium Museum to see archaeological finds found on site: Roman inscriptions, sculptures, Lombard and Carolingian reliefs. Outside the church a Archaeological park where you can visit the excavations of a settlement from the XNUMXth century BC.
On foot or by bicycle in the hills of San Giorgio di Valpolicella
Culture, art, gastronomy, nature, many Italian excellences that the village of San Giorgio di Valpolicella brings together. In these parts it can be done hiking and cycling in a continuous ups and downs in the midst of olive groves and vineyards, along itineraries and landscapes of great naturalistic importance.
You can admire the beauty of the Adige river with its sinuous loops. You can taste delicious wines and cheeses (we remember Monte Veronese among these), getting lost among the stone houses and the narrow streets of the village, in the shadow of the bell tower of the Pieve whose bell tower can be glimpsed a little from the whole Valpolicella.
