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Tour Highlights Includes:
* 3 nights in a first class Jolly hotel Tiepolo or similar in Vicenza.
*Hotel taxes and service charges.
*Free breakfast daily at hotel
*Local assistance if needed
*Half day local guide in Vicenza
*Half day local guide in Verona
*Roundtrip transfer from Vicenza to Padua on day 3.
*Full day cruise and local guide on the Brenta canal in the period March-November, only on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
*First class rail tickets Vicenza to Verona roundtrip.
Day 1: Arrive in Vicenza self transfer to your hotel.
Begin a half day tour of Vicenza, the city where the greatest architect Palladio lived and trained. The guided city tour includes the Palladio's Teatro Olimpico, the Church of Santa Corona and the famous 15th century Basilica Palladiana. Overnight in Vicenza.
Day 2: Morning excursion to Verona by train. Meet your English-speaking guide in the romantic city of Verona, which provided the setting for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The sightseeing includes a walking through the old center and the nice squares, and its fashionable shops.
Return back to Vicenza by train.
Day 3:
Morning transfer to Padua for the cruise tour.
Today a wonderful chance to journey along the Brenta River between Padua (dep.8.15am) and arrive in Venice at 6.45pm. You can admire the many beautiful villas built along the canal, once summer residences of the Venetian nobility, renowned also thanks to such artists as Palladio and Tiepolo. Along the way, the boat stops at three of the most important mansions: Villa Pisani in the locality of Stra, Villa Barchessa Valmarana in Mira or the villa Wildmann, and the Villa Foscari also known as "Villa Malcontenta" (The Unhappy) where was confined the wife of one of Foscari against her will. Possibility to have lunch (optional) in a typical restaurant on the canal's bank. The journey ends in Venice Maritime Station where passengers will disembark, retuning back by bus to Padua.
Meet driver in Padua and transfer to Vicenza.
Overnight in Vicenza.
Day 4:
End of your journey!
PRICES
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1. Date of the journey ( even approximately)
2. Airport of arrival and departure
3. Number of persons
4. Category of hotels
5. If you would like to add Private roundtrip transfers.
6. If you would like to add any other cities or tours to your package
The package doesn't include
tips, lunches, drinks, entrance fees, anything not mentioned under "the package rate includes" Holidays and special events may affect rates. If the above hotels are sold out , guest will be accommodated at similar category hotels. Please note hotels can apply weekend surcharges. A surcharge apply on transfers between 8.00pm to 7.00am. All packages are subject to availability and change without notice. Price may fluctuate due to season and currency exchange rates. Prices are per person in double occupancy. Price may fluctuate due to season and currency exchange rate.
IF YOU WISH TO PROLONGE YOUR STAY IN THIS AREA WE SUGGEST YOU THE FOLLOWING:
Padua
The three big attractions of Padua are the Giotto frescoes in the Cappella degli Scrovegni, the relics of St. Antony and the Orto Botanico. The oldest botanic gardens in Europe, planted in 1545 by the university's medical faculty as a collection of medical herbs, has been declared World Heritage Site by Unesco.
Marostica and Bassano del Grappa
Full day excursion. The beautiful town of Marostica is famous for its human size chess game played in September. Bassano del Grappa located on the river Brenta is renowned for its grappa distilleries. In the afternoon a visit to the Alpine Bridge built by Andrea Palladio in the sixteenth century, Asolo and the Villa Barbaro at Maser, famous for its frescoes and paintings by the great Italian Renaissance painter, Paolo Veronese.
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The Veneto and the Venetian Villas
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From $ 1,199
