THE PLEASURES OF FINE FOOD IN A SETTING THAT RECALLS DAYS GONE BY
The Brenta Riviera is a location with a long history, which Villa Ducale both illustrates and represents. The tradition of its fish dates back to long ago, indeed as far as the year 1500, when the Venetian nobles began to convert the swampland into terra ferma and put the hauls fished in the lagoon on their dinner tables. This lasted until the 1870s when on Sundays people from all over the north of Italy would meet in the Riviera to taste the fabulous dishes made with the latest catch. Today, the cuisine offered at Villa Ducale is a combination of the secrets of tradition and dynamic modern taste, skilfully weaved together to produce a wide range of delicious specialities.
Freshness, quality, highly-selected ingredients, seasonal specialities, stunning presentation. Typical local dishes with strokes of modern genius.
The cuisine offered by Villa Ducale resembles a small painting that awakens to meet the gaze with its canvas, paintbrushes, colours and different shade. It all becomes an essential part of the composition: the refined yet informal settings; the warm fireplace for the winter months and the lush greenery of the Park in summer; the careful selection of local wines; the ever-present fresh fruit and vegetables for a healthy, balanced diet, and the possibility of catering for allergies and intolerances.