Unesco Palladian Villas in Vicenza: E-Bike private tour with picnic and aperitif
For a sampling overview of Vicenza's suburban Palladian Villas and the fascinating history of the great Architect. A splendid self-guided E-Bike ride among bucolic landscapes and works of genius that marked the history of our Golden Age.
Every place in Vicenza has seen the works of this brilliant architect come to life. In the streets of the center, cobblestones recall the steps of a young stonemason who came from Padua to build the new face of the city and its fortunate countryside. Just outside the urban area, among the stones and dust of courtyards in the making, Giangiorgio Trissino coined the most famous name in modern architecture: Palladio, who, like an angel with golden wings, came to shape the forms of a new culture.
In addition to the Unesco heritage sites listed in the tour details, you will also be able to pass by and admire the Oasis of the Sources of the Bacchiglione River and the beautiful Villa da Porto Pedrotti and Villa da Porto Casarotto.
Options
Adults - Teens - Babies
A rare experience:: discover 11 villas, 6 of which are in the UNESCO Heritage. Inclunding entrance in 3 of them.
Palladian Gourmet Picnic: in the splendid setting of Villa Valmarana Bressan
Palladian E-Bike
Children height min 1.5 m
What's included in Unesco Palladian Villas in Vicenza: E-Bike private tour with picnic and aperitif
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Palazzo Valmarana Braga
Your Palladian Cicerone will introduce you to Vicenza's Unesco World Heritage Site and its Golden Age through the narration of one of the architect's finest palaces, Palazzo Valmarana Braga. You'll contemplate the most extraordinary facade of a Palladian palace, the precious Renaissance fresco with its cosmology on the ceiling of the Count's study, the ideal reconstruction of what the Empress of Austria saw on her visit to these places, and the story of the spread of Palladianism in what was once the cloth emporium.
Villa Trissino TretteneroPass-by Only
Not a Palladian villa, but the place where the architect's life changed. He was working on the building site of Giangiorgio Trissino's villa, that he wanted to transform in the Roman fashion of Raphael and the ancients. Still a stonemason, Palladio was increasingly involved in architecture for the workshop of the Pedemuros, the most renowned construction company in Vicenza, who had contracted the work. Thus occurred, right here, the encounter that marked his destiny, when he recognized in Giangiorgio the mentor he needed, the interpreter of his great project for Vicenza.
Villa Caldogno
The Caldogno family, great silk entrepreneurs as well as friends of Palladio, like most of the aristocratic families of Vicenza in its Golden Age needed a country villa as well as a city palace. A residence in which they could worthily live and above all accommodate. It was Angelo who completed his father Losco's work by having the villa decorated with frescoes. Let life be magnificence, as taught by Lorenzo De Medici, father of Leo X who so loved Giangiorgio Trissino, who in turn instructed Palladio with such benevolence. Only admission to the villa is included. Any guided tours will have to be requested and paid for as extras, subject to reservation and confirmation of availability.
Inclusions
- Guide in E-Bike accompanying you
- Use of bicycle
- GPS navigator with narrated itinerary
- Live guided tour of Palazzo Valmarana Braga
- Palladian Gourmet Picnic in the Gardens of Villa Valmarana Bressan
- Aperitivo at Villa Ghislanzoni Curti or Palazzo Valmarana Braga depending on availability
- Entrance tickets to Villa Caldogno, Villa Valmarana Bressan, La Rotonda
- Parking Fees
- Entrance to other Unesco heritage villas that will be encountered along the way
- Tips
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- The tour can only be enjoyed by children with a minimum height of 1.50m. Car seats are only available for children up to 3 years old.
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- First door on the left after the Palace entrance. We are in LTZ, and recommend parking at the very close Park Fogazzaro.
Redeem
Ticket Redemption
The entrance ticket to the tour attractions will be given to travelers upon departure from Palazzo Valmarana Braga.
