Vicenza Stories


Admiring the villas

Our last day in Veneto. We were sad we had to leave that land. We liked a lot the culture and art, the food, the people. Before going to the airport we had time to see one more villa by Palladio in the neighbourhood of the city. Villa Almerico Capra is maybe the best of all the villas we have seen during our trip. The guide says the villa is one of ...


Vicenza: a city of harmony and beauty....

Unluckily we had to say goodbye to Marostica because we had booked another hotel in Vicenza. Vicenza is a delightful city, this is what everybody says , but Marostica was already in our heart and we were a little bit sad to leave that peaceful place, that little paradise town. Vicenza is a lovely city in the heart of Veneto, 25 kilometres from Marost...


Sept 2-6

Today we went to the Teatro Olimpico which is here in Vicenza and it was so gorgeous that I almost cried…beautiful building… We also went to dinner as a group which was a lot of fun, we had a traditional Italian dinner at Trattoria Ponti Delle Belle which consisted of a primero which is pasta, bread, a secondo which is a form of meat I had veal meatball...


Aug 31-Sept 1

What a new experience! I have never been out of the country so traveling across seas and doing the whole 9 hours in a plane, then taking trains, customs, buses, etc. was completely new for me. Thank God that I was able to travel with three other people that even though nobody was for certain what was going on it still was a nice feeling to know that if ...