Imagine a small Italian town. Quiet, warm, perfectly decorated with old olive trees and colorful flowers.
Imagine a small town filled with hotels and German and Austrian tourists.
Imagine a town with a weekly market, filled with fish, flowers, fruit, antiques and Chinese clothes sellers.
Imagine a town with farms, old buildings, beautiful cathedrals and restaurants with exquisite food.

Imagine Abano Terme.
Located on the eastern slope of the Colli Euganei, only a few kilometers from Padova, Abano is the town of hot springs (as hot as 80°C) and mud baths, which explains the tourists and the hotels.
The great food is simply explained by the great Italian cuisine, which I am a huge fan of! And if you just so happen to eat at Ancora restaurant, while in the area, you’ll see exactly what I mean.

To live there, well, my aunt could tell you all about it. It’s just so peaceful that you can’t possibly feel stressed. Everything just flows naturally and to wake up with this view:

well, it’s not that bad, now is it?

If you’re in Veneto, you should definitely go to Abano Terme.

More pictures, here.

And a song to go with it: