Cison Di Valmarino: Culture, Trails and Regional Cuisine

Cison di Valmarino lies at the foot of the Trevisan Prealps. If you are looking for a hotel for a stay here, cultural history, trails and local food culture can each shape a different focus for your trip. Topics range from historic radios and a memorial ensemble to routes, traditional dishes and the region’s connection to wine.

Culture and Historic Sites

The Museo della Radio d'Epoca displays 72 historic radios dating from 1920 to the 1970s. Ruraliă offers a different cultural and historical focus: this educational trail takes a historical and natural-history approach and is also a museum of knowledge and memories in Borgo Case Marian in Cison di Valmarino.

The Chiesa arcipretale brings together an 18th-century church building, two façades and 19th-century sculptures by Marco Casagrande. Castelbrando stands on a rocky spur above Cison di Valmarino and brings together 2,000 years of history. The church thus provides a distinct architectural and sculptural highlight, while Castelbrando represents a longer historical perspective.

Remembrance at the Bosco delle Penne Mozze

The Bosco delle Penne Mozze is a scattered memorial ensemble in Cison di Valmarino, with plaques commemorating Alpini from the Province of Treviso who fell in the 20th century. Trails through the Bosco lead to steles by Simon Benetton, inscribed with names, dates of birth and death, division and cause of death. A total of 2,448 names of Alpini who fell in the First World War or later conflicts are recorded in the Bosco. The total number commemorated and the information on each individual stele are presented side by side.

Trails and Routes

Cison di Valmarino has trails as well as routes for Nordic walking, cycling and horse riding. The Via dell'Acqua is a three-kilometre trail in the town. The Via dell'Acqua Breve runs from the Museo Ruraliă to the Mulino Fiorin and returns via Campo Molino to form a loop. The Via dell'Acqua is clearly defined by its length, while the Via dell'Acqua Breve can be identified by its loop and stops. Details of the Via dell'Acqua Breve may depend on local maintenance; check current conditions before setting out.

The historic Strada dei 100 giorni was also built in 1918 by the Austro-Hungarian army and features five hairpin bends through tunnels. Its construction date, builders and sequence of bends offer a different perspective from the descriptions of the Via routes: here, the history of the road itself takes centre stage.

Crafts, Cuisine and the Wine Region

During Artigianato Vivo, Cison di Valmarino becomes an open-air workshop where visitors can watch more than 200 craftspeople at work. Dates vary, so check the announced dates for the period of your trip.

Buzholà are traditional Cisonese biscuits made with egg yolks, flour and butter. Spiedo is a local dish of pork, chicken and rabbit, cooked on a spit for at least seven hours. The area around Cison di Valmarino is part of the Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG wine region. Wine can be tasted and purchased at the region’s wineries; availability varies. For planning your trip, it is useful to distinguish the scope of these connections: Buzholà and Spiedo are local dishes, while the wine connection extends across the region.

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For the broader travel overview: Treviso.