This B&B helped make Vicenza a memorable part of our Italian holiday. We can highly recommend it - hosts Cynthia Rising and her husband, Aldo Cibic an internationally known architect, were very helpful and knowledgeable. It is in the grounds of an 18th century villa in a semi-rural location close to Vicenza, less visited than nearby Verona and Padua and all the better for it!
Our bedroom was large with an en-suite bathroom and attached sitting room containing kitchen facilities. Its size, the ability to park our car right outside the door, the location in an estate with a vineyard and our very obliging host made up for the room's relative lack of views - we had been spoilt for this at our previous B&Bs. Breakfast with other guests around a big circular table in the breakfast room was an opportunity to exchange travel and personal stories with other guests.
Having come to Vicenza to experience the architecture of Andreo Palladio, to be staying in a villa designed by his successor, Scamozzi, was the complete experience.
About 6 kilometres from Vicenza in the village of Arcugnano in a semi rural setting the Villa's location was ideal for us. We liked being close to Vicenza and Villa Rotunda, Palladio's masterpiece and the model for St Paul's and the White House yet also not too far to local restaurants which included Ai Colli Berici which specialsed in roast and boiled meats.
