By private car to Padua for a three-hour walking tour. Discover the Basilica di Sant’Antonio, an extraordinary Romanesque, Byzantine and Gothic edifice containing many sacred relics. Padua University is the second oldest in Europe with a fascinating Anatomy Theater.Visit Piazza dei Signori with its lively market, and the frescoes by Giotto in the Scrovegni Chapel (1305), viewed as seminal in the development of European painting.
On to UNESCO-listed Vicenza, the jewelry-making city. Here 23 buildings including the Olympic Theatre were designed by 16th century architect Andrea Palladio. His work was so influential that Palladian-style buildings are all over the world, including the White House and Woburn Abbey.
