Veneto · Verona
Valeggio sul Mincio
A moraine-hills town between Garda and Mantua, with a 1393 Visconti bridge-dam over the Mincio and a tortellino called the love knot.
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Visiting
- Best time
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- By car
- 34 min from Verona
- Population
- 16,059
- J8°
- F12°
- M15°
- A18°
- M23°
- J28°
- J30°
- A30°
- S25°
- O20°
- N13°
- D8°
- Best
- Hot or crowded
- Quiet
- Mostly closed
Daytime air temperature, averages for 2020–2024. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com.
Why come
Valeggio sul Mincio sits on the morainic hills shaped by the Garda glaciers, twenty kilometers southwest of Verona and ten kilometers from the southern end of Lake Garda. The Mincio cuts north-south through the commune and was the Veneto-Lombardy military frontier for centuries. The frazione of Borghetto on the river is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia, a single line of houses and water mills along the left bank under the Castello Scaligero.
The fortified Ponte Visconteo, built in 1393 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti of Milan as part of the sixteen-kilometer Serraglio defensive line, is 650 meters long and 25 meters wide and still spans the valley above the village. The local pasta is the Nodo d'Amore, an oversize hand-rolled tortellino with meat filling; the third Tuesday of June it is served to four thousand diners at a single table laid across the Visconti bridge. The Parco Giardino Sigurtà, a sixty-hectare landscape garden two kilometers north, draws over half a million visitors a year, peaking with the Tulipanomania bloom in April.
How to get there
From Verona (VRN), about 26 min by car.
Milan Bergamo (BGY) is about 1 h 15 min away.
By car from the center of Brescia 51 min or Trento 1 h 15 min.
Driving in is restricted: there is a limited traffic zone here (ZTL Centro Storico). Check the signs and the times before you drive into the center.
Coming by train into Verona Porta Nuova? Valeggio sul Mincio is about 32 min away by road.
Every town within reach of Verona airport.
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What to see
Borghetto sul Mincio
Riverside hamlet on the left bank of the Mincio, one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia, with surviving water mills and a single arcaded line of houses.
Ponte Visconteo
Fortified bridge-dam built in 1393 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, 650 meters long and 25 wide, anchor of the Serraglio defensive line.
Castello Scaligero
Della Scala fortress on the hill above Borghetto, built in the thirteenth century as the southern hinge of the Verona defensive line.
Parco Giardino Sigurtà
Sixty-hectare landscape garden two kilometers north, drawing over half a million visitors a year and famous for the April Tulipanomania.
Santuario della Madonna del Frassino
Sixteenth-century sanctuary built after a 1510 apparition reported on an ash tree, with frescoes by Bertanza and Farinati.
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.
Alla BorsaTrattoria
Alla Borsa holds two Gambero Rosso prawns.
Ristorante Antica Locanda MincioRistorante
Ristorante Antica Locanda Mincio carries a place on Italy's historic-locali register.
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?
Valeggio sul Mincio meets both of our rules for a small town.
- 16,059 people, inside our sweet spot of 5,000 to 20,000: a real town, still one community.
- Verona, a city of 255,039, is 34 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 16,059, up 8.4% since 2015
- Nearest city Verona, 34 min drive
- Nearest national health service hospital Villafranca di Verona, 9 km as the crow flies · how healthcare works in Italy
- Homes in the center: €1,250 to €1,800 per m² to buy
Weighing a move here? See the moving year.
All the numbers Common questions, designations, lists and sources.
More about living here
- Commuter belt
- Pharmacy in town
- High school within a 30-minute drive
- Full fibre reaches 71% of homes
- Primary school in the comune
- Earthquake zone 2, medium hazard
- Verona airport (VRN), 26 min drive, the nearest with scheduled flights
- Regional capital Venice, 1 h 38 min drive
If you are moving here
Who lives here
12% of residents are foreign citizens, most often from Romania, Albania and Morocco, against 9% across Italy. 54 of them come from English-speaking countries or western and northern Europe, mostly Germany, the Netherlands and France. There are 142 people over 65 for every 100 children under 15, against 216 across Italy. 16% of homes have no resident, holiday homes and empty ones counted together, against 27% across Italy. Verona province ranks 7th of 107 in Il Sole 24 Ore's quality of life ranking for 2025.
Health and schools
The nearest emergency room is in Villafranca di Verona, 9 km as the crow flies. The nearest major one is in Verona, 23 km away. The nearest children's emergency room is in Verona, 23 km away. The nearest IB school is International School of Verona, 20 km as the crow flies. There are 2 within 30 km.
Information, not medical advice. Confirm with a professional.
Taxes
A home that is not your main one pays 1.06% 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 €7,500. 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 Verona, the provincial capital, in September 2026, an espresso cost €1.25, a meal in a pizzeria €11.58 and a man's haircut €22.03.
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. Under 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.
Moving from abroad? Which visa you need. Sources: ISTAT, the Ministry of Health, ISPRA, the Finance Ministry, the Ministry of Enterprise, Poste Italiane, the comuni, the IB, International Schools Database, Il Sole 24 Ore, Cittadinanzattiva.
Known for
PONTE VISCONTEO
650-meter fortified bridge-dam built in 1393 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, the working anchor of the medieval Serraglio.
NODO D'AMORE
Oversize meat tortellino called the love knot; on the third Tuesday of June, four thousand diners eat it together on the Visconti bridge.
PARCO SIGURTÀ
Sixty-hectare landscape garden two kilometers north of town, over half a million visitors a year and the Tulipanomania bloom every April.
PROTECTED PRODUCTS
The commune lies inside the Bardolino Superiore DOCG and Pesca di Verona IGP production zones.
Common questions
- What is Valeggio sul Mincio known for?
- Valeggio sul Mincio is a moraine-hills town at 88 meters between Garda and Mantua, with a 1393 Visconti bridge-dam over the Mincio and a tortellino called the love knot.
- Where is Valeggio sul Mincio?
- Valeggio sul Mincio is a comune in the province of Verona, in Veneto.
- What is the nearest airport to Valeggio sul Mincio?
- The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Verona (VRN), about 26 min by car.
- How long is the drive from Brescia to Valeggio sul Mincio?
- About 51 min by car.
- When is the best time to visit Valeggio sul Mincio?
- Best in Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct. July is the warmest month, averaging 30 degrees, and May the wettest, with about 15 rain days.
- Which other towns are like Valeggio sul Mincio?
- Curtatone, Susegana and Collecchio.
- How many people live in Valeggio sul Mincio?
- 16,059 residents, by ISTAT's count on 1 January 2025.
- Is Valeggio sul Mincio a good place to live?
- By the rules in our Where to Move in Italy series, Valeggio sul Mincio is a small town that meets both of our rules. The nearest city, Verona, is 34 min away by car. The nearest national health service hospital is in Villafranca di Verona, 9 km as the crow flies. Full fibre reaches 71% of homes.
Tags & data designations · numbers · sources
The numbers
- Elevation: 88 m
- Population: 16,059
- Surface area: 63.96 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 Valeggio sul Mincio appears in
- The best towns known for what they grow within 90 minutes of BresciaNear Bresciawithin 90 minproduce zone6 towns · smallest 1,500 residents · closest 48 min away
- The best towns known for what they grow within an hour of VeronaNear Veronawithin 60 minproduce zone6 towns · smallest 1,500 residents · closest 34 min away
- The best towns known for what they grow within two hours of MilanNear Milanwithin 2 hoursproduce zone6 towns · smallest 4,080 residents · closest 77 min away
- The best wine towns within an hour of BresciaNear Bresciawithin 60 minwine zone6 towns · smallest 3,967 residents · closest 28 min away
- The prettiest villages that eat well in VenetoVenetoeats wellprettiest villages6 towns · smallest 2,478 residents
- The best wine towns within 75 minutes of TrentoNear Trentowithin 75 minwine zone7 towns · smallest 2,888 residents · closest 57 min away
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What all six share with Valeggio sul Mincio: in the Po valley · over 10,000 people · near sea level
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