After leaving Venice, we rented a car so we could easily travel to the small town of Asolo to take in some of the vistas it is famous for.  It is right on the edge of the Alps and overlooks to Po River valley and it tributaries.  Although some of these pictures show blue sky, we ran into mostly fog and clouds.  It is a beautiful small village and we enjoyed our stay in a great little hotel, the terrific food in the restaurants and the fog created a quiet peacefulness that we found very relaxing, but most of the vistas will have to be enjoyed on another visit.

For my theater friends, yes, it is the same Asolo as the theater in Sarasota.  It was here that the 18th century theater was dismantled and taken to Florida by the Ringling family.  And another note is that Eleanora Duse lived here for the last years of her life and is buried here.

And just to make sure you understand its attraction for quiet beauty, Robert Browning also lived here for some time.

Our hotel, Albergo Al Sole

Since it was winter and the views were not to be had, we decided to make use of the car we had rented and see what the alps had to offer.  One day we went to Bolzano and the next we drove the two hours to Cortina d’Ampezzo.  Both were incredible days and those will be my next posts.