A friend and I will both be staying in Verona this October, and would like to do a tour of the Palladian Villas. This company's tour sounds perfect: http://www.theothersideofvenice.com/?page_id=56 Anyone had any experience with this company? ... more

... phtml?id=569 You can visit Vicenza by train (40 minutes from Verona) and then rent a car and move by yourself to some of the villas, just check out the pening times because during the autumn many of them are closed or with some strange visit's scheduling times ... more

... steep just to visit 2 villas. Although they are important ones. As Dave suggests the whole project is not easy as the villas are often out in the sticks, not served well by public transport and have fickle opening times. I wish you better luck than I have had so ... more

... Vicenza and the Brenta Canal villas. So my blog of the same trip lynnnnick.blogspot.com/2009/08/of-villas-and-palazzi-from-mantua-to.html Sabionetta was really a bit too tiny and sleepy for my taste as a place to stay. It looks like a tiny Lucca from ... more

If you’d like to bike, consider biking along the Brenta Canal past villas and palaces. http://www.italyheaven.co.uk/veneto/brenta.html Vagabonda ... more

City center only, or may the Valpolicella wine zone, with its old Villas turned into luxury hotels, be an option? In city center, I would say Gabbia d'Oro or Victoria hotels. Ciao Francesco ... more

... Ville, Valle & Vini amongst others. Villas, Valleys and Wines. Valpolicella is a must for anyone looking to explore a very special part of Italy. An excellent base to get to Verona, Venice, Milan, Lake Garda, Parma, Mantova and the dolomites. What more can one ask for?? We are so lucky ... more

Thanks, friends. Greats Advices... I search into apartments, b&b, hotels... close to Volpolicella and I reserve a room close to Vicenza. The name of villa is "Villa Passini" http://www.villapasini.com/eng/index.html What is your honest opinion? If is necesary use my private e-mail. Miguel ... more

... admire some of the best villas builded in ... ... also stop and visit some Villas). I don't understand what is the problem with car parking... catch the first parking for free or payd and use it... where is the problem ??? Sirmione is a sort of medioeval town separrated from the ... more