Discover what to do in San Giorgio in Bosco (PD): the feast of San Giorgio, Villa Bembo, the Bosco del Brenta. Want to know more? First of all…
Where is San Giorgio in Bosco?
The municipality of San Giorgio in Bosco borders to the north with Cittadella, to the north-east with Tombolo, to the north-west with Fontaniva, to the south-east with Campo San Martino, to the south-west with Piazzola sul Brenta, to the east with Villa del Conte, to the west with Grantorto and Piazzola sul Brenta.
The feast of San Giorgio
One of the most engaging and anticipated events in the town, the feast of San Giorgio takes place every year between April and May. The 2023 edition took place from Saturday 22 to Tuesday 25 April.
An ideal occasion for food lovers in search of exquisite and authentic flavors of Veneto cuisine, the festival features spacious tent structures where you can savor succulent chops, sausages, sizzling grilled ribs and slices of grilled polenta, whose aroma spreads among the long rows of well-aligned benches, as well as gnocchi and bigoli with tomato and duck ragù (to mention only some of the delicacies of the rich menu) to be enjoyed with local wines and mugs of beer.
Set up at the football field in Via del Donatore, 291, the fair area will host large inflatable slides for children, exhibitions of antique agricultural machinery and displays of state-of-the-art tractors. For motor enthusiasts, there will be gatherings of vintage and modern motorcycles and cars.
If you are wondering what to do in San Giorgio in Bosco and wish to immerse yourself in the carefree atmosphere of a traditional popular fair with live music, delicious gastronomic specialties and walks outdoors in the rural setting of the vast plain of the upper Padua area, participating in the feast of San Giorgio might be just for you!
For more information regarding the next edition of the festival, you can check the Facebook page San Giorgio Eventi or visit the website www.comune.sangiorgioinbosco.pd.it.
Villa Bembo
Accessible from Vicolo Bembo, 1, Villa Bembo represents one of the most significant architectural and cultural landmarks of the town.
The building is harmoniously set in a pleasant garden dotted with lush southern ashes, maples, palms, holm oaks, poplars and a charming specimen of crepe myrtle, a tree of Asian origin whose trunk branches into a fan of smooth and twisted branches crowned in spring with a bright pink floral mantle.
Facing an elegant fountain from which emerges the sculpture of a horse’s head, the west side of the palace is lightened at the base by a portico supported by columns and pillars connected by balustrades. On the piano nobile there are three arched windows adorned with parapets.
The east side features two towering Venetian chimneys in the center. If you are wondering what to do in San Giorgio in Bosco, a visit to this splendid seventeenth-century palace is certainly recommended!
The Bosco del Brenta
To reach the Brenta park, you can leave your car at the cemetery in Via Montagnola, 8, in the hamlet of Fontaniva. Leave the cemetery entrance behind and proceed south along Via Montagnola for about 240 meters, then turn right and follow Via Coltura until you reach the Bosco del Brenta.
Surrounded by the boundless rural landscape of San Giorgio marked by vast cornfields bordered by lush hedges of willows, acacias and field maples, the extraordinary oasis is dotted with poplars, elms, robinias, willows, birches, alders and ashes covered in dense tangles of climbing plants that overlook pebble beaches, scorched by the sun in summer, lapped by the clear and winding course of the Brenta, born from the icy springs of Caldonazzo and Levico in Trentino-Alto Adige.
