Top Vicenza Outdoor Activities

The Palladian Villas Owners Network invite you to immerse yourself in our Unesco Heritage, with an itinerary to discover at least 7 places of historical interest that Palladio's brilliance has made so unique that they deserve universal recognition. In Vicenza in the 16th century, a very wealthy city in its heyday, a genius architect completely changed the face of the city and the way of conceiving architecture, becoming a timeless model. An itinerant tale in art and history, in which Vicenza offers itself to your eyes as a unique Renaissance gem in every glimpse. The only tour in the city to include the famous villa La Rotonda (on request even outside visiting hours), and Palazzo Valmarana Braga, a private heritage jewel of the Palladian Unesco Vicenza. Besides, purchasing the tour you can optionally use a Palladian E-Bike for free, a relaxing and pleasant way to optimize visit times, with a mileage of 15 km. The tour ends with a small exclusive surprise, only for our customers.

Leaving from Villafranca, just about 20 minutes away from Verona, you will admire beautiful landscapes and discover the most offbeat paths around Verona and Garda Lake. Our e-bikes are suitable for couples, friends and single travelers. We will cycle along the Tione river for about 45 minutes before getting over the top of Custoza hills, emblematic place of the ‘Sardinian Tambourine’ told by De Amicis in the book ‘Cuore’. Here we will visit a 200 hundred years old family-run winery and taste local Custoza wine paired with real homemade cheese, salami and bread. Delighted by stunning views of beautiful vineyards and the flat countryside we also can admire the Romeo & Juliet castle from the top. This is a true local experience along which we would like to let you feel the same passion for our land and local traditions.

Ride a bike through paved and dirt roads starting from Borghetto, a small hamlet located on the shore of Mincio river. Cross this beautiful area famous for its typical ‘Tortellini’ and pasta and leave the city behind immersing yourself in the flavors of the Morainic Hills, a unique territory surrounded by green sceneries and natural landscapes. Cycle through the historic centers of characteristic villages such as Custoza, a small town known for its “Custoza Doc” wine and also the theater of the Risorgimento battles of 1848 and 1866. Get to know the italian history and the stories behind this gorgeous place.

The most complete guided and narrated tour to discover Vicenza, a city of many priceless UNESCO World Heritage beauties, captivating stories and troubling events, and of a humble stonemason who will go down in history by forever redefining Architecture and its canons. You will enjoy it aboard a comfortable and fun Palladian E-Bike, to reach even the wonders out of town inaccessible on foot, and not really miss anything in the City of Palladio. Your Cicero Palladiano will lead you into the history of an unexpectedly ancient community, independent in spirit and merchant by vocation. A plot that will tell of international political alliances born from the ferment of the Reformation, of nobles not only in rank, and of the parable of a genius of the artist who became a model of modernity. From squares to palaces, from villas to bridges over the water to historic villages: every glimpse or panorama, every illustrious person will become part of an intertwining that you cannot help but love.

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.

My company has always promoted activities and tourist tours against trend, opposing the harmful concept of Mass Tourism. Today, we want to work harder, to offer you the best solutions for a different, new and safe holiday. We will put our professionalism at your disposal for a relaxing holiday in contact with nature and culture, to discover the real Made in Veneto Italy. We will take you into our territory, in the small family-run artisan businesses, which can be wineries, dairies, distilleries and farms. We will advise you for your stay B&B, hotels in peripheral areas of the cities or in our countries, close to the Berici and Euganean Hills in contact with nature. We will take you to eat healthy products and taste typical dishes of the Venetian tradition, made with KM 0 products! We will accompany you to see and for those who want to buy, the best artisan products, such as tailoring, jewellery, wooden furniture and typical products of the area, all in maximum safety and comfort!