This newly restored apartment in a beautiful 16th century villa, is located on an estate 12 km (8 mi.) outside of Padua (Padova), where you will discover Giotto's Cappella, St. Antonio's Basillica, and the third oldest university in Europe. The Veneto is remarkable for its beauty, cuisine, art, Palladian villas, and historical cities. Living just outside Padova, you will be less than ½ hour from Venice and Vicenza and less than an hour from Treviso and Verona and just a little farther from Ravenna. The land surrounding the villa is flat as it approaches the snow-capped mountains to the north. The famous ski resort, Cortina d'Ampezzo, in the Dolomite Mountains, is 100 miles away. There are swimming beaches along the Adriatic coast, at Jesolo and Sottomarina (north and south of Venice, respectively). You can drive to the ocean at Chioggia in about 30 minutes to buy fresh fish. Less than 2 miles from your apartment, you will find both tennis courts and a swimming pool, and 15 miles away there is a golf course. The Brenta Riviera, with its spectacular Palladian villas, can be explored by boat, by car, by bicycle or on foot.

This is a uniquely spacious and gracious apartment in the main villa, carefully designed for elegance and comfort. The entrance leads up a staircase to the second floor where there are a large living room (35 sq. m.) with TV and telephone, a modern eat-in kitchen (19 sq. m.) with a full refrigerator, stove and oven, and two bedrooms with two bathrooms. One is a master bedroom with bathroom en suite with tub and handheld shower, bidet, sink and WC. The other has two single beds that can be made up as twins or together as a king bed. There is a bathroom with shower, WC, bidet and sink. The ceiling is from 6.2 meters to 2.4 meters high. A spiral staircase leads up to a double bedroom and bathroom, which has shower, WC, bidet, sink and skylights with electronically-controlled darkening shades. All windows have new screens and there is independent heating, air conditioning, and lovely, comfortable antique furniture from the 18th and 19th centuries. A stay here enriches your experience of the Veneto and imbues you with a sense of the life of the people, past and present.

When you are not exploring, you can relax in the villa's garden, or rent bicycles to explore the surrounding area. In the village, 1 km away, you will find restaurants, a grocery, a pharmacy, a post office, and other shops. It is possible to walk to the village bus stop to catch the bus to Padova and from there the train to Venice (30 minutes). If you prefer to drive, there are excellent autostrade.

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