Rich in monuments, churches, castles, museums, the Italian cities of art offer their historical heritage throughout the course of the year.
Venice, also famous for its historic Carnival, Murano glass, and Burano lace. Unforgettable are the Piazza San Marco, with the basilica rich in mosaics and domes, the Doge’s Palace, the maze of lanes dotted by shops and workshops, churches decorated with paintings, sculptures and frescoes of all time, museums and squares more hidden, the famous “campi” and “campielli”.
Verona, with a singular historical center example of integration between Renaissance architecture, medieval and Roman.
Monuments symbol of the city are the romantic balcony of Juliet, made famous worldwide by the Shakespearean tragedy, and the arena, which in summer is transformed into a spectacular open air opera stage www.arena.it
Renovated within the sixteenth century Botanical Garden rich in medicinal plants (www.ortobotanic.pd.it).Single ticket with reduced revenue / public transport / car parks with PadovaCard (www.padovacard.it).
Vicenza is the architect Andrea Palladio land admired around the world together with marvelous stately homes he built, among which Villa Capra Valmarana and Villa Poiana, surrounded by great parks (www.visitpalladio.com)
Even the smallest towns are rich in history and culture: Asolo, a picturesque medieval village; Possagno, dominated by the mausoleum of Canova; the walled towns of Cittadella, Monselice, Este, Montagnana and Castelfranco Veneto, as well as the Venetian villas on the Brenta Riviera and the Gardens and Parks in the province of Padua (www.padovando.com/parchi-e-giardini/)
To visit nearby also Torreglia (Villa Contarini) and Arquà Petrarca (present house and the grave of the poet Francesco Petrarca).
More than 4,000 Venetian Villas fate between 1400 and 1700, at the time of the Most Serene Republic of Venice, Veneto and Friuli.
Over 100 of the most beautiful, including many Palladian villas, Brenta Villas and the Hills.
In the Villas you can find the authentic flavors of the Venetian cuisine based on fresh ingredients and the ancient recipes of the noble Venetian families.