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oriettaIT Says: There are several maze in Villas and gardens around Padova but I believe this is the most taken care of. The greenery is always perfect! There is always a person on top of the tower that will guide you through it in case you get too tired to wonder around and want to find...
oriettaIT Says: When you arrive in front of the riding stables on the opposite side of the pool if you are looking at the stables and turn right inside the garden you will find this amazing statues collections. It look like the put them there as a joke or something i am sorry i do not know...
oriettaIT Says: Behind the villa there is a huge italian garden. There are plenty of trails and lots of different tree and flowers. The whole garden is decorated with statues of different shapes and inspirations. Once in awhile along the trails there are also some modern art sculptures...
Villa Badoer FAtteretto-more antiques
BruceDunning Says: The huge variety and mix of items purchased in such a short period is beyond imagination. FAttoretto must have traveled Italy nearly the full period of 15 years to attend auctions and purchase such a mix of artifacts and antiques. The tour is only about 2 hours, but you...
Villa Badoer FAtteretto gardens
BruceDunning Says: The gardens are about 5 acres, and pretty well maintained. They have a laghetto, statues, topiary, and many little items in the nooks and crannies to view. It is a stated tradition that one owner of the Badoer family, in 1700's dug up the back area, where the laghetto is now...
BruceDunning Says: An absolutely fabulous palazzo with construction starting in 1720 by architect Frigmelica, and finish design by Preti due to the death of frigmelica. It was for the Pisani family, one of the most wealthy in the area which had many villas. Alvise Pisani became the 114th Doge...
BruceDunning Says: The main building and Barchessa and chapel were constructed in the late 1719 by Scherimann family. It was a cube shape structure with a big farmhouse and chapel. They had Persian heritage and got involved in Venice trading to become wealthy since 1500's. The main building is...
amsor Says: Villa Pisani is the biggest and at least for me the most beautiful of all the Brenta-Villas. I was some days here when visiting a friend, who lives in Stra. Take a guided tour when you have time enough, the park around the villa is also very nice.Sorry, I have no photos, I...
Villa Badoer Fatteretto-antiques
BruceDunning Says: Ulderico Fatteoretto purchased the villa after WWI and was modernized. Around 1960, his son Luigino, for 15 years began assembling a collection of antiques and artifacts than span from 1500's to early 1900's. The collection is over 30,000 items that includes some Murano...
BruceDunning Says: Girolamo Frigimelica designed the gardens, but did not finish having it all built before he died. The whole area is 1500 metres around and wrought iron fenced on the perimeter. Two huge wrought iron gates at each end used to allow entry to the garden from those ports. The...
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Lunch was an optional extra on the Brenta cruise - we opted not to have it as we didn't want a 3 course fish and pasta lunch at miday. Instead we settled for bringing our own sandwiches - but I was tempted to have a coffe and desert at the restautrant - manged by the boat company.
It was a delicious concoction of shortcake, light vanilla custard with summer fruits - divine!
Written Oct 4, 2005
SITA Bus to STRA (from Padova)
roberta2011 Says: If you lack a car in the Veneto, you can still visit Stra and the Villa Pisani (recommended by others and it is absolutely worth the trip). The SITA bus line goes direct to Stra from Padova - the autostazione is right next to the train station making this trip easy if you...
sandysmith Says: For the cruise we were booked onto the Il Burchiello ®. A comfortable boat with onboard facilities of air conditioning (essential in summer) toilets and a bar to keep its clients happy for the day. The lower deck is mainly for the bar and the upper deck for passengers -...
Watch for Round Trip on Cruises
BruceDunning Says: Some of the boat excursions are only one way, and only on certain days go from either Padova, or Venizia. They take a lot more time for a full day trip and lunch. Cost is 65 Euro, plus entry fees to the villas they stop at. Enjoy.
BruceDunning Says: SR 11 is the main road along the Brenta river. I noted that many tourists stood out in the road to get a better long range picture of a villa. The vehicles come by at a pace of 70-100 kilometers. So beware of the traffic flow if you want to take more pictures during your...
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Our guide was doing several tours of the Villa in differnt languages and the english tour was last on the list - so we spent time in the park first enjoying the reflections. We also discoverd this maze with a central folly with a spiral staircase which we could see people climbing. Well we wanted to get there but we got completely lost in it and never made it to the centre - it was difficult to get out too and I was beginning to wonder if we would miss our tour! So the lesson here is don't go in the maze until you have seen the house or you might not see anything else!
Updated Sep 29, 2005
sandysmith Says: On the opposirte side of the riverbank to Villa Wildmann is the Barchessa Valmarana -formed from two penthouses. The right one, also called guesthouse of the Villa Valmarana, was used by the family to accommodate the "foreigners". This villa is offered as an alternative...
sandysmith Says: The garddens of the villas were also a main fature - again often decorated with fine statues on the immaculate lawns and other parts of the ground - they really did want to impress their friends and neighbours!
sandysmith Says: The Brenta Riviera is llike an extension of Venice onto the mainland, almost a continuation of the lagoon city: Between the 16th and 18th centuries the Brenta Riviera experienced a golden age which turned it into a privileged holiday resort for rich Venetian nobles. The...
sandysmith Says: Although an expensive trip the Brenta River canal cruise from Venice to Stra was a wonderful relaxing way to see the canal scenery, once past the industrial are of Fusina and all those grand old villas - in various states of repair. Along the way, Il Burchiello (the cruise...
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One of the methods to see the sites along the river is to take a boat cruise. This is a nice day trip from either Venzia or Padova. The canal length is about 18 miles end to end, and on the Venice end...
Along the road from Padova to Venice called "Riviera del Breanta", there are many villas. The most famous is Villa Pisani. There are a museum inside and a huge garden to visit. www.villapisanistra.it/...
in this area between Padua and Venice there are numerous beautiful villas but here you'll find one of the most important: VILLA PISANI a baroque villa+ fab garden made for a powerful family who had it...
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