Cornuda, Italy: A Base in the Asolo Prosecco Hills

Cornuda is a small town at the foot of the Asolo hills, on the right bank of the Piave. The town sits on flat ground at 135–165 m; Monte Sulder rises to 472 m on its west side (Wikipedia, Italian).

Its vineyards make Asolo Prosecco DOCG, a different denomination from the Conegliano Valdobbiadene hills across the river. The Consorzio Vini Asolo Montello protects it. For the Prosecco hills in depth, see Visit Prosecco.

What sets Cornuda apart from its neighbours is the railway. Asolo, Maser, Possagno and Valdobbiadene have no station. Cornuda does, on the Padua–Calalzo line (Wikipedia, Italian).

What to see in Cornuda

• Santuario della Madonna della Rocca: a church on a hilltop north-west of the centre, built in the second half of the 18th century on the remains of a fort, the Rocca. Local parishes still come on pilgrimage to its image of the Madonna (Wikipedia, Italian). From the station it’s about 2.5 km on foot, uphill at the end (OpenStreetMap routing). We couldn’t confirm its opening hours.
• Monumento dell’Aquila: an obelisk with a bronze eagle by the Treviso sculptor Antonio Carlini, on the same hill. It holds the remains of the papal dragoons killed at the Battle of Cornuda on 9 May 1848, and was unveiled on 29 May 1898 (same source).
• Tipoteca Italiana: a museum of printing and type design, in a former church and guesthouse of the Canapificio Veneto hemp works, opened in 1883. It won an honourable mention at the Compasso d’Oro design awards in 2018 (Wikipedia, Italian). It opens Monday to Saturday, 9:00–13:00 and 14:00–18:00, and is closed on Sundays and public holidays. Tickets cost €7, or €5 for students and over-65s (Tipoteca, checked 14 October 2026). Via Canapificio 3.
• Oratorio dei Santi Vittore e Corona: a small church below the Rocca, along the Ru Nero stream. It keeps its Romanesque look after several restorations (Wikipedia, Italian).
• Oratorio di San Rocco: a chapel founded in the 14th century, with a fresco of the Madonna and Child dated 1492 inside (same source).
• Chiesa di San Martino: the parish church in the centre, opened in 1925, in a Romanesque-Gothic style (same source).

Give the town two to three hours. Come Monday to Saturday if you want the Tipoteca.

Why stay here

Cornuda sits in the middle of the area. Most of what people come for is within 20 minutes by car:

Car times are OpenStreetMap routing estimates without traffic, checked 14 October 2026.

• Villa Barbaro, Maser: a villa by Andrea Palladio with frescoes by Paolo Veronese, part of a UNESCO World Heritage site (Wikipedia). From August to October it opens Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00–18:00, closed on Mondays (Villa di Maser, checked 14 October 2026).
• Asolo: a walled hill town with a fortress, the Rocca, and a civic museum. The museum and Rocca open mostly at weekends (Museo Civico di Asolo, checked 14 October 2026).
• Possagno: the birthplace of the sculptor Antonio Canova. The Gypsotheca museum opens Tuesday to Friday, 9:30–18:00, and at weekends and on holidays, 9:30–19:00; a full ticket costs €13 (Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, checked 14 October 2026).
• Valdobbiadene: across the Piave, below the Cartizze hill and the steepest Prosecco Superiore vineyards.

Asolo to Valdobbiadene directly is about 28 minutes by car, so Cornuda costs little as a stop between them. Without a car, Cornuda is the nearest station to all of these, but you’ll still need a taxi, a bike or a tour to reach them. See getting there and where to stay.