Soave is a walled hilltop town. You can see it very well from the A4 highway that goes across the plains from Venice to Verona. The castle is well preserved and it's one of the Veneto's most sumptuous ones.The external walls of the building embraces all of the village, looming over the whole valley and the neighbouring hills spotted with vineyards. You can observe the typical medieval structure: keep, bastions, 24 crenellated towers and walls surrounding the village below.