Veneto · Treviso
Pieve di Soligo
The market town between the Soligo and Lierza rivers in the Prosecco UNESCO zone, birthplace of the twentieth-century poet Andrea Zanzotto.
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Visiting
- Best time
- Apr–Oct
- By car
- 1 h 4 min from Venice
- Population
- 11,500
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- F10°
- M13°
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- Best
- Hot or crowded
- Quiet
- Mostly closed
Daytime air temperature, averages for 2020–2024. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com.
Why come
Pieve di Soligo sits, fifty-five kilometers north of Venice, where the Soligo and Lierza rivers meet on the commune's flat valley floor. The territory splits roughly two-thirds level ground to one-third hillside, the lower edge of a hogback landscape that rises toward the vineyard slopes to the north. The market town occupies the flat stretch between the two watercourses; the upper village, where the old paved street of Cal Santa runs, sits apart from the newer centro that has grown around the cathedral and its campanile.
An eighteenth-century country estate on the edge of town, with Venetian stuccoes and a private chapel, now serves an administrative function tied to the wine that covers the northern hills, while the Solighetto frazione keeps its own smaller nineteenth-century parish church, campanile detached from the nave, built for the Brandolini family that gave the villa its name. The poet who was born here and grew up on the Cal Santa gave his late work a mapped version of the upper village, renaming its street in verse. Between the rivers below and the vineyard hills above, the commune reads as a working valley floor with a market town at its center, its administrative reach over regional wine production and its literary claim both rooted in the same small geography.
How to get there
From Treviso (TSF), about 48 min by car.
Verona (VRN) is about 2 h 16 min away.
By car from the center of Padua 1 h 19 min or Udine 1 h 38 min.
Coming by train into Venezia Santa Lucia? Pieve di Soligo is about 1 h 5 min away by road.
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What to see
Villa Brandolini
Eighteenth-century country estate with Venetian stucco interiors and a private chapel, now headquarters of the Consorzio di Tutela del Prosecco Superiore DOCG.
Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
Neo-Romanesque cathedral with neo-Gothic elements designed by Domenico Rupolo, consecrated in 1924, with a campanile of about 70 meters, inaugurated in 1955, over the centro.
Colline del Prosecco
UNESCO World Heritage hogback hills on the northern edge of the commune, inscribed in 2019, with Prosecco Superiore DOCG vineyards between 150 and 300 meters.
Cal Santa
Old paved street in the upper village, the topical place of Andrea Zanzotto's late poetry and renamed in his work as Contrada Zauberkraft.
Chiesa di Solighetto
Nineteenth-century parish church of the Immacolata in the Solighetto frazione, commissioned by Gerolamo Brandolini Rota, with a campanile separated from the nave.
From the guides
Where to eat
Not our picks, but places the guides put their name to: a Michelin star, a Gambero Rosso fork, a Slow Food snail, a Michelin Key for the hotels. Worth a table, a counter, or a night when you pass through.
Da LinoRistorante
Da Lino has one Gambero Rosso fork (75/100) to its name.
Before you sit down: how to order at a restaurant, how to spot a tourist trap, what aperitivo is and how the Italian bar works.
Living here
Could you live here?
Pieve di Soligo meets both of our rules for a small town.
- 11,500 people, inside our sweet spot of 5,000 to 20,000: a real town, still one community.
- Treviso, a city of 85,652, is 41 min by car. Inside our 30 to 60 minutes: close for the services, far enough to keep its own life.
The rules come from our series Where to Move in Italy, written from the places we have lived: Part 1, The End of the Road · Part 2, The Small Town · Part 3, The City · Part 4, The Postcard · Part 5, The Other Half. The towns we would pick are in Part 6, The Best Towns.
- Population 11,500, down 4.6% since 2015
- Nearest city Treviso, 41 min drive
- Nearest national health service hospital Conegliano, 9 km as the crow flies · how healthcare works in Italy
- Homes in the center: €1,050 to €1,500 per m² to buy, €3.90 to €5.60 per m² a month to rent
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More about living here
- Commuter belt
- Pharmacy in town
- High school within a 30-minute drive
- Full fibre reaches 98% of homes
- Primary school in the comune
- Earthquake zone 2, medium hazard
- Treviso airport (TSF), 48 min drive, the nearest with scheduled flights
- Regional capital Venice, 1 h 4 min drive
If you are moving here
Who lives here
12% of residents are foreign citizens, most often from North Macedonia, Bangladesh and Romania, against 9% across Italy. 17 of them come from English-speaking countries or western and northern Europe, mostly Germany. There are 208 people over 65 for every 100 children under 15, against 216 across Italy. 19% of homes have no resident, holiday homes and empty ones counted together, against 27% across Italy. Treviso province ranks 6th of 107 in Il Sole 24 Ore's quality of life ranking for 2025.
Health and schools
The nearest emergency room is in Conegliano, 9 km as the crow flies. The nearest major one is in Treviso, 27 km away. The nearest children's emergency room is in Pordenone, 38 km away. The nearest IB school is Collegio Vescovile Pio X International, 27 km as the crow flies.
Information, not medical advice. Confirm with a professional.
Taxes
A home that is not your main one pays 1.04% a year in property tax, charged on the cadastral value rather than the price. A main home pays none unless it is in a luxury category. The town adds 0.8% to your income tax, with nothing due on income under €10,000. 7% pensioner tax: this town is not in a qualifying area.
Information, not tax advice. Confirm with a professional.
What it costs
The average household in Veneto spends about €2,310 a month, €560 of it on food, against about €2,170 across Italy. A family of three pays about €490 a year for water, on the Veneto average. In Treviso, the provincial capital, in September 2026, an espresso cost €1.44, a meal in a pizzeria €12.22 and a man's haircut €28.82.
Climate and risk
It is in climate zone E, on a scale from A, the warmest, to F, the coldest, and heating may run from October 15 to April 15, up to 14 hours a day, unless the mayor changes it. 1% of residents live in a zone the national maps rate high for floods. They show no residents in a high landslide zone.
These shares cover the whole comune, not any one street. Check an address on IdroGEO.
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Known for
ANDREA ZANZOTTO
The poet born here in 1921 and died in 2011, one of the major Italian voices of the twentieth century; his family home stands on the Cal Santa.
PROSECCO CONSORTIUM
Villa Brandolini holds the seat of the Consorzio di Tutela del Prosecco Superiore DOCG, regulating production across the fifteen communes of the Conegliano Valdobbiadene DOCG.
TWO RIVERS
The Soligo and Lierza meet in the commune; the flat valley floor between them carries the market town and the hill slopes rising north hold the Prosecco vineyards.
Common questions
- What is Pieve di Soligo known for?
- Pieve di Soligo is the market town between the Soligo and Lierza rivers in the Prosecco UNESCO zone, birthplace of the twentieth-century poet Andrea Zanzotto.
- Where is Pieve di Soligo?
- Pieve di Soligo is a comune in the province of Treviso, in Veneto, at 132 meters above sea level.
- What is the nearest airport to Pieve di Soligo?
- The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Treviso (TSF), about 48 min by car.
- How long is the drive from Padua to Pieve di Soligo?
- About 1 h 19 min by car.
- When is the best time to visit Pieve di Soligo?
- Best in Apr–Oct. July is the warmest month, averaging 29 degrees, and May the wettest, with about 14 rain days.
- Which other towns are like Pieve di Soligo?
- Marostica, Vittorio Veneto and Spilimbergo.
- How many people live in Pieve di Soligo?
- 11,500 residents, by ISTAT's count on 1 January 2025.
- Is Pieve di Soligo a good place to live?
- By the rules in our Where to Move in Italy series, Pieve di Soligo is a small town that meets both of our rules. The nearest city, Treviso, is 41 min away by car. The nearest national health service hospital is in Conegliano, 9 km as the crow flies. Full fibre reaches 98% of homes.
Tags & data designations · numbers · sources
Recognized as
The numbers
- Elevation: 132 m
- Population: 11,500
- Surface area: 19.02 km²
These figures were compiled from public directories: ISTAT, OpenStreetMap and Wikidata, and from the official listings of the guides named on this page. Town details change; verify with official sources before you travel.
The ranked lists
Lists Pieve di Soligo appears in
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- The best hill towns within 75 minutes of VeniceNear Venicehill townwithin 75 min6 towns · smallest 1,779 residents · closest 50 min away
- The best wine towns within 75 minutes of VeniceNear Venicewithin 75 minwine zone6 towns · smallest 3,607 residents · closest 53 min away
- The 7 best hidden towns with a World Heritage site in VenetoVenetoWorld Heritagehidden7 towns · smallest 2,478 residents
- The best hill towns in the province of TrevisoTreviso provincehill town7 towns · smallest 2,478 residents
- The best towns with a World Heritage site in the province of TrevisoTreviso provinceWorld Heritage8 towns · smallest 2,478 residents
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