Belvedere delle colline delle Bastie (Strada Mont)

High above Saccol and the Cartizze basin, the hills of the Bastie carry a farm track called Strada Mont along their crest, with views across the UNESCO vineyard landscape of Valdobbiadene: vine terraces, hamlet roofs and the south-facing slopes where Cartizze grapes ripen.

Why it matters

The UNESCO site authority describes Strada Mont as part of the landscape of Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene. The Prosecco protection consortium identifies the track as a farm road along the crest of the Golden Pentagon, the 107-hectare Cartizze sub-zone. This hogback landscape of scenic vistas reflects how land and soil conservation shaped viticulture over centuries, as recognised in the 2019 World Heritage citation.

What to notice

The Cartizze hillside closes the southern view with a mosaic of vineyard walls; to the north the profile of Monte Cesen lifts the horizon. Dry-stone field edges and cultivable strips carved from the slope are working evidence of the landscape values recognised by UNESCO. The viewpoint of Colesèl, a lower belvedere, and the Teva stream form part of the same agricultural landscape. In late summer the crest remains a working farm road.

Context and history

The name of the hills, the Bastie, belongs to the rural vocabulary of this corner of Treviso province, and the ridge path predates any tourism: Strada Mont is at heart a farm track serving the high fields and woods above the vineyards. Its cultural role was formalised when the UNESCO site authority documented the landscape and the farm route. The consortium's wine-tourism texts describe the crest as the scenic spine of the Golden Pentagon. What was once a labour route between hamlets is now a recognised panorama over the hillside the denomination's consortium ranks as its top-quality area.