At the end of last week’s post, we were on the grounds of the Santuario della Beata Vergine della Salute, seeking shelter from the rain inside a small grotto with an existing chapel, while the birds from the pen, pictured above, roamed around us, looking for something to eat. After about twenty minutes, the rain…

It only made sense that in a city like Abano Terme, you would find a school that specializes in the hospitality industry, like the institute pictured above.  I imagine that many of the area’s hotel and restaurant workers were graduates of this school, and others like it. On this cloudy morning, our first destination was…

The Duomo di Abano Terme, also known as the Chiesa di San Lorenzo Martire, dates from 1780, even though a church by the same name existed on the site as far back as 1077.  The church we see today is the work of the architect Domenico Cerato, with the exception of the facade, which was…

For those who do not want to walk, there is a shuttle that takes you from one end of the town to another. Quinto Elemento was once a very popular pizzeria, but sadly, it is abandoned today.  The sign still catches one’s attention, though! If one has the urge to pass the night away dancing,…

Behind our hotel, on Via Cornelio Augure, #7, we found the NaturaSì Market.  This is a wonderful organic supermarket selling everything, from dairy products and fresh vegetables, to meat and fish. From where we stood on the other side of the street, we could see steam rising off of pools of the thermal water.  We…