Your guide will meet you at Vicenza train station if you're coming from Venice or Verona.
Piazza dei Signori with the Basilica and the Loggia del Capitanio, will work as an introduction to Vicenza, city of Palladio and UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1994.
A stroll in the elegant streets lined with noble private residences, such as Palazzo Porto and Palazzo Chiericati, will lead us to the Gothic Church of Santa Corona to see Giovanni Bellini's Baptism of Christ.
We'll complete our morning visit with the Olympic Theatre, Palladio's last effort, absolutely not to be missed!
After lunch, just outside Vicenza, we proceed to Villa La Rotonda, "the most beautiful dream of Palladio", a masterpiece of harmony that inspired Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia.
We'll complete our day with Villa Valmarana ai Nani, frescoed by the great Venetian painters Giambattista and Giandomenico Tiepolo. This magnificent home stands like a gem cast in the luxurious green of its garden .
Tour length : 7 hours (with a break for lunch)
Tour cost : 525 euros (for parties us to 6 people)
Tour cost doesn't include admission fees and transportation,
For further info please write to info@walksinsidevenice.com
See the Unesco website about Vicenza & Palladio
about Plalladio's influence on British & American Architecture