Discover what to do in Campo San Martino: the small beach of the Brenta, the Treviso-Ostiglia cycle path, Villa Breda park, the parish church of Campo San Martino. Want to know more? First of all…
Where is Campo San Martino?
The municipality of Campo San Martino borders to the northeast with Villa del Conte, to the northwest with San Giorgio in Bosco, to the south with Curtarolo, to the west and southwest with Piazzola sul Brenta, to the east with Santa Giustina in Colle and San Giorgio delle Pertiche.
The small beach of the Brenta
Located near the bridge on Via Roma (45.542633834184315, 11.808055155974161), the charming small beach is one of the most evocative and photogenic spots in the municipality. To reach the pebbly riverbank, you can leave your car in Piazza G. Marconi in front of the parish church. Leave the church facade on your right and proceed north along Via Brenta for about 50 meters, then turn left onto the cycle and pedestrian path.
Proceed south along the dirt path that follows the clear course of the Brenta for about 500 meters. After crossing the bridge, continue along Via Roma for about 100 meters. Cross the pedestrian crossing and go back until you find on your right a winding path that descends to reach the beach, not suitable for swimming, but ideal for those seeking a quiet place to sunbathe, rest in the shade of lush poplars, willows, and black locusts, and be lulled by the roar of the nearby waterfall close to the bridge.
The Treviso-Ostiglia cycle path
To start the cycle tourism itinerary, you can leave your car in the parking lot of the cemetery of Pieve di Curtarolo (45.53844965158685, 11.825676794348867). Leave the cemetery entrance behind you, turn right onto Via Mons. E. Romanato. At the intersection, turn right, cross the pedestrian crossing, then turn left and take Via Monte Pasubio, where you will find the access to the cycle path that connects Treviso to the eponymous historic Mantuan city.
The route offers wide-ranging views of the boundless rural landscape of the Paduan plain, marked by cornfields and crossed by the winding, clear bends of the Brenta with banks lined with willows, acacias, plane trees, alders, elms, and ash trees.
Villa Breda Park
Located at Via Forese, 57, Villa Breda Park is one of the most pleasant natural spots in the Campo San Martino area.
Scattered with majestic cedars, lindens, hornbeams, magnolias, elms, ailanthus, firs, oaks, and ash trees, the vast and well-kept garden hosts lively cultural activities including educational farms, artisan workshops, archery lessons, dance evenings, cinema under the stars, theater and circus performances with acrobats and jugglers, as well as equestrian shows involving people of all ages.
The historic stately garden also hosts popular festivals featuring delicious homemade specialties, from exquisite sandwiches filled with cold cuts and fish fritters that make your mouth water to succulent chops, sausages, and spareribs sizzling on the grill with slices of grilled polenta whose aroma spreads among the wooden tables and benches neatly lined up in the shade of centuries-old canopies.
If you are wondering what to do in Campo San Martino, we recommend visiting the Facebook page Parco Villa Breda to stay always updated on the events organized in this enchanting green oasis.
The parish church of Campo San Martino
One of the most significant spiritual and architectural landmarks of the municipality, the church of Campo San Martino faces Piazza G. Marconi, adorned with four pale olive trees. The central part of the facade is vertically tripartite by two pairs of Ionic pilasters above which stand the architrave, the frieze, and the triangular pediment bearing an oculus in the center of the tympanum. Concluding the vertical development of the structure is an elaborate metal cross.
Accessible via two wooden doors surmounted by two circular openings, the lateral sections are connected to the central body by elegant volutes ending in two obelisks.
Surmounted by a curved tympanum, the main portal is topped by a painting, set in a quadrangular molded frame, depicting Saint Martin on horseback offering a piece of his cloak to a half-naked beggar suffering from the bites of winter frost.
Marked by large round arches interspersed with Corinthian pilasters, the wide and bright naves house a refined lectern adorned with a putto sculpture and a splendid baldachin suspended above the main altar, behind which is placed a precious pipe organ.
Towering alongside the structure, the bell tower stands out for its mighty shaft of red bricks embellished by a series of hanging arches supported by small columns. Crowned by a soaring pointed spire culminating in a weather vane, the belfry features four round-arched single-light windows adorned with balustrades.
If you are wondering what to do in Campo San Martino, the parish church is an invaluable treasure chest of works of art set in the pleasant rural landscape of the upper Paduan area, a few steps from the crystalline course of the Brenta.
