The town of Arco, known as early as 1892 as a holiday resort thanks to the extraordinary mildness of its climate and its luxuriant Mediterranean vegetation, boasts a thousand-old history, as bear witness its Celtic, Roman, Longobard ruins, its well-preserved walls, its impressive Medieval castle and many other buildings of great artistic interest.
Arco is the birthplace of Nicolò d’Arco, renowned Latin poet; it also gave birth to Giovanni Segantini, father of the pointillism, and to Caproni, pioneer of the Italian aeronautics.
The climate of Arco has been studied and celebrated by well-known artists, poets and writers. It is ideal for all those who are looking for well-being, peace and sheer relaxation.
Arco is it an “open-air greenhouse”, much sought after by lovers of all sort of sport activity that you can practise all year round.
It hosts a load of cultural, sporting as well as social events throughout the year. Not a guest has enjoyed its hospitality without being overwhelmed by its peculiar curative as well as climatic features. It is, indeed, a romantic refuge in a Mediterranean microcosm.
The world of Arco is one which is still pervaded by an ancient elegance which goes back to its “belle epoque” period, and yet it adjusts to modernity with wise and careful measure.
Just 500 metres away from the oldest part of Arco lies one of its 14 hamlets, Caneve. In Caneve is situated our residence, San Rocco. Why San Rocco? Simply because in the square of Caneve rests a real artistic piece of art, the Church of San Rocco. The worship of San Rocco, together with that of San Sebastiano, spread all arond Italy in the second half of the 15^th century. In 1480 Odorico, Count of Arco, built this Church to bear witness of his wedding with Countess Susanna Collalto, noblewoman of Treviso.