Half way between Verona and the Lake of Garda, boarded by the Adige river to the south and the Prealpi Lessiniche to the north, the Valpolicella is a land famous for its marble and its wines, its mountain villages made of stone, splendid churches and antique villas.
The surroundings are dominated by vineyards ( which produce the Valpolicella Classico and the Recioto - in its two variations Amabile and Amarone , a wine made with dried-out grapes already known in Roman times ), olive and cherry trees.

Many are the antique churches (at least 30 deserve a visit) and even more are the villas (not less than 80). The latter belong to aristocratic and rich veronese upper class, who, in the centuries, beside the city palazzo, wanted to build a villa in the Valpolicella to be used as a residence where to live while keeping an eye on the lands used for agricultural scopes, in which they had invested part of their wealth.