You will breathe an atmosphere of magical beauty between ancient villas, castles and gardens. Our guide will show you the beautiful city of Vicenza, the sublime Renaissance Villas designed by the architect Andrea Palladio and protected by UNESCO as part of a World Heritage Site. You'll admire the Botanical Garden of Padua, the oldest plant garden in the world and Lugo di Vicenza with the Villa Godi Malinverni and its magnificent pictorial decorations. You will also discover landscapes of rare beauty with the mountain of Recoaro Terme and its immense waterfall. Throughout this unique experience, you will enjoy typical dishes and exquisite desserts of the Veneto accompanied by excellent wines in gourmet restaurants.

VICENZA, THE HOMETOWN OF PALLADIO. We will arrive and meet with our Tour Leader to discover the solemn treasures of this city in Veneto that became the main residence of Venetian aristocracy. We will start from the architectural works of art in the Palladian Basilica and the Olympic Theatre in which Andrea di Pietro della Gondola, Palladio, found his inspiration for classical proportions. Our guide will show us the research of this great architect that, starting from Greek-Roman models, generated a true stylistic revolution in the whole of Europe and America. We will visit the historic city centre going through Vicenza’s four monumental squares, from the Palace of the Ragione to that of the Capitanato. After having lunch in a restaurant, where we will have the pleasure to taste the typical dishes of the city such as meat lasagne and cod, we will have free time for a walk through its refined boutiques, jewellery and hat shops. One of the stops we won’t be able to miss is at the Artists Café, where painters and writers meet. Dinner and overnight stay in the hotel.

THE PALLADIAN VILLAS AND THE BOTANIC GARDEN OF PADUA. After breakfast we will go on an excursion to the Palladian Villas, the superb homes of the noble families of Barbaro, Corner, Emo, Grimaldi and Foscari. We will discover their artistic perfection and we will live a cultural experience in architectonic sceneries that are unique in the world. After having lunch in a restaurant we will go to visit the Botanic Garden of Padua, the most ancient in the world. We will admire the unparalleled naturalistic heritage where Venice displays the rare exotic species that have been collected and imported by its fleet starting from the Fifteen hundreds. We will then go back to the hotel, have dinner and spend the night in the hotel.

RECOARO TERME AND LUGO DI VICENZA, LIFE IN THE VILLA. After having breakfast we will go on an excursion in the enchanting scenario of the Montagna Spaccata of Recoaro Terme. We will find ourselves in a place of relaxing beauty in which we will find a waterfall of almost one hundred meters that since the Seventeen hundreds produces mineral water. After having lunch in a restaurant we will indulge in one last stop at Lugo di Vivcenza to visit Villa Godi Malinverni, the home of Andrea Palladio. We will be overwhelmed by the painted decorations of the Malinverni Collection. We will go through the places that where chosen by Luchino Visconti for his film “Il Senso” to immortalize life in the villa.

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