Top Vicenza Sightseeing Tours

Take a break from the crowds and hustle of Venice for the day and explore a landscape of vineyards, villages, and medieval castles on a private cultural food tour. Visit a dairy farm and vineyard in the morning, then, in the afternoon, visit an olive oil mill and ham and sausage factory.

Vicenza is one of the most elegant small cities in Italy, home to architectural treasures like the Palladian Basilica and Teatro Olimpico. With this walking tour, skip the hassle of a map and guidebook and take in the highlights with a guide. Learn about the history and culture of this UNESCO-listed gem, and enjoy the individual attention and slower pace of a private tour.

Enjoy a private tour to explore a still partially unknown jewel of the Veneto region, the beautiful city of Vicenza. With a dedicated guide, you'll enter the very unique Olympic Theatre, the first indoor theater in masonry in the world. With interiors made of wood, stucco and plaster, it was constructed by architect Andrea Palladio between 1580 and 1585 and it's now included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. You'll walk through the historic center to see its most important sites, such as Chiericati palace, the "Ca’ d’Oro", Piazzetta Santo Stefano with Sesso-Zen-Fontana palace, Negri-De Salvi palace, Thiene palace, Contra’ Porti with Porto-Festa, Porto-Colleoni, Porto-Breganze e Barbaran-Porto palces. You'll also visit the beautiful Piazza dei Signori: there you might marvel at the great Basilica Palladiana, one of the masterpieces of Andrea Palladio.

Visit Villa Valmarana ai Nani near Vicenza and discover the stories behind the Palladian villa's famous dwarf statues and Tiepolo frescoes. With a multimedia tablet as your guide, you'll explore the frescoed rooms of the owner's residence and guest house along with the historical park and gardens. Learn about the Valmarana family who originally commissioned the artwork, and hear their story as the villa owners through to the present day. Most visits typically last around an hour.

Looking FOR HIDDEN TREASURES: Antiques market and used to pitch on the Brenta. Every last Sunday of the month.In the square of the villa, in the surrounding streets and inside the former Jutificio Camerini.It is one of the biggest markets of this kind in the region, with hundreds of stalls.Also interesting for the evocative scenography Villa Contarini-Camerini is one of the largest Venetian villas. Of baroque aspect, It is located in the background of the main square of pitch On the Brenta (Padua), Porticoed and semicircular In 1546 Paolo and Francesco Contarini made the building the central body of the villa. The central nucleus Which is probably two to the architect Andrea Palladio,

A visit for wine lovers, curious to know the evolution over time and the harmony of a wine that is famous in the world and inimitable. There are few wineries in Valpolicella where you can taste the aged Amarone in barrel 10, 15 and 20 years!

Valpolicella is one of the most important wine regions of Italy. This is a tour with a professional English speaking driver to visit 2 wineries (one in the morning and one in the afternoon) and to taste some important Italian red wines like the Amarone.

The Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio designed villas that shape luxury architecture even now and his work around Venice and Vicenza holds UNESCO World Heritage status. This private tour lets you visit three of the finest—La Malcontenta, Villa Emo, and Villa Barbaro—and look at privately-owned Villa Cornaro from outside. Your chauffeur will provide general information as you travel, but visits to the mansions are self-guided.