Veneto in 5 days

Brenta River between Venice and Padua is known as Brenta Riviera, where wealthy Venetian families built their family villas as a respite of busy city life. Today, the barges take tourists for a full-day cruise and stop at the most famous villas. The experience is not unlike entering the world of The Merchant of Venice – especially if we start the voyage from Venice where we can see the city house and then the country counterpart. 

Two cities, two pilgrimage sites: in Padua to St Anthony, one of the most popular saint in Italy; in Vicenza  to Andrea Palladio, the master of Italian Renaissance building and the most influential architect of our times.

The city of opera and love: surely the most famous love story is the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet. This fame alone attracts visitors each year. But, if you are visiting Verona just to see Juilet’s balcony, you are likely to be disappointed. The queue is long and the balcony small. Furtunately, there is so much more to see.

The largest lake in Italy is divided between three regions: Veneto, Lombardy and Trentino-South Tyrol. This itinerary will stick to the east shores of the lake, but we will start with just a jump across the regional border, with the charming town of Sirmione.

Chioggia is older than Venice and made its fortune from salt farming. Once the salt pans dried out, the town reinvented itself and became famous for its fishing, supplying fresh fish to its famous grand neighbour, Venice.