Origins

The Valmarana family has very ancient origins: we find the first written sources in 1174 when a member of the family is cited as archdeacon of the Vicenza Cathedral; in 1260 Bonazonta is considered “homo molto amato dal popolo” (a man very much liked by his people) and  Bugarando, one of the most powerful  enemy of the tyrant Ezzelino da Romano. Around 1300 the family splits in three branches: the Villa ai nani was bought by the S. Faustino branch to which it still belongs.

Major works were done by the great architect Andrea Palladio for the Valmarana family. Further, around 1561 thanks to their support, he would be commissioned the reconstrucion of the Basilica in piazza dei Signori in Vicenza and 5 years later (1566) he will be entrusted by Leonardo Valmarana to design his palace in  Corso Fogazzaro. 

The grand Cappella Valmarana in the cript of the Church of Santa Corona is also by Palladio while it is only attributed to him the Loggia Valmarana in the Porta Castello garden.

Opening Times

 

 

                    

From the 4th of November 2019 to the 6th of March 2020                        

Every day from 10 am to 4 pm

From the 7th of March 2020 to the 1st of November 2020

Every day from 10 am to 6 pm          

First Episode

The pagoda in the Ancient Holm Wood

History and Legend

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The Villa was built in 1669 on behalf of the lawyer Giovanni Maria Bertolo, who left it to his daughter Giulia, nun at the Padua Monastery of Ognissanti. In 1715 Giustino Valmarana bought the Villa directly from the Monastery.

He was responsible for the restauration and embelishment works, and for calling the Architect Francesco Muttoni who developed the entrance and the transformation of the original "barchessa" (rural construction) into the Foresteria.

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The magnificence of the Villa is also due to the double hand of the father and of the son, Giambattista and Giandomenico. The father frescoes - commissioned by Giustino Valmarana - mostly the Palazzina with the owner's favourite themes; the son in the Foresteria is free to paint following his imagination, leaving the Room of the Olympus Gods for his father to paint.

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Tickets

  •  Adults: € 10

REDUCTIONS

  • Groups (min. 15 people): € 8 
  • Agreements with Partners: € 8
  • School classes: € 5 (1 teacher free)
  • Young People (12 - 25): € 6
  • Disabled person: € 7

FREE ADMISSION

  • Free access to children under 12
  • Disabled people
  • Guides accompanying groups

AGREEMENTS WITH PARTNERS

  • Palladio Museum ticket holders
  • Gallerie d'Italia ticket holders
  • FAI Members

EXTRA SERVICES

  • Smart Guide rental: € 2,50
  • Entrance in the Immersive Room: 2,50 € for the 7 minutes-video, 4 € for the 11 minutes-video. 
  • Guided tours in a foreign language (english, french, german, spanish): 120€ up to 40 people (above 40 people, 240€, a second guided tour being requested)

From the '800 to Present Days

The Valmaranas have been academics and public figures showing liberality, administrative and social responsibility where they owed their villas and palaces. It was one of the most important family of the town, as a number of monuments with their names testify, intertwined by marriage with the Piovene, Fogazzaro and Roi, to the di Thiene.  

Gaetano Valmarana (1803 – 1874) was Podestà and Provincial Deputy; Giustino (1849 – 1873) in his very short life was member of the City and of the Municipal Council. His son Angelo (1874 – 1915) was an enlightened Mayor of Vicenza: a whole book contains the condolences for his premature death.

Coming to our days,  Giustino Valmarana, owner of the Foresteria, was a Senator for the Christian Democratic Party from 1946 to 1963 and member of the European Parliament. He managed to prevent, together with the Minister Bottai, that the frescoes of the Villa would be pulled out to be sent to the Italian Embassy of Paris according to Mussolini’s wishes. His son Angelo (1925 - 2004) was throughout the years enlightened owner of the Foresteria.

Tommaso Valmarana (1909 – 1991), owner of the Palazzina, was a notary in Vicenza, a man with social and professional responsibilities and a great sport supporter.  His wife Maria Sofia, who died in 2015, was the acute and intelligent guardian of the Palazzina for over fifty years.

Second Episode

"Cavalier Servente"

The Garden

The visit is a voyage in the '700 to admire, aside from the Villa's frescoes, its magnificent open spaces.

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Palladio's Portrait

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The most famous portrait of Andrea Palladio who had built villas and palaces for the Valmarana family hangs on the wall of the main room, probably painted by Giovanbattista Maganza (1513 - 1586). 

The attribution is not certain but the protrait - which has always remained in the family - is fundamental to tell us what the most famous architect of the last five centuries looked like.

In October 2014 the portrait was stolen but fortunately recuperated a few months after.

Third Episode

The Hornbeam Alley

The Family

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The Valmarana family is very old: the first written sources where a member of the family is mentioned as Archdeacon of Vicenza Cathedral date back to 1174, while in 1260 Bonazonta Valmarana is considered “a man much loved by the people” and Bugarando Valmarana “one of the most important figures hostile to the tyrant Ezzelino da Romano”. Around the 14th century the family divided in three branches: the Villa ai Nani was bought by the San Faustino branch to which it still belongs.

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Info&tickets

 

From 7 November 2022 to 3 March 2023 

Monday - Friday from 10 AM to 4 PM

Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays from 10 AM to 5 PM

Closed on December 25th

 

From 4 March to 5 November 2023 every day from 10 AM to 6 PM

 

Reservation is required only for groups of more than 15 people and for guided tours

 

Standard ticket

12 €

Premium ticket (Standard+Multimedia Kit)         

16 €

Agreements with Partners* 

10 €

Residents in Vicenza and Province

8 €

Groups (min. 15 people) 

10 €

Young people (12-25)University students in educational trip              

7 €

Family ticket (2 adults + 2 young people 12-25)

30 €

Schools

6 €

Schools of Vicenza and Province

5 €

Caretakers of people with disability

7 €

Multimedia Kit (smart guide + 3D room) 

4 €

Only Park

5 €

Senior (over 75 years of age)

10 €

Gift Voucher Standard (interior and exterior)

15 €

Premium Gift Voucher (standard+Multimedia Kit)

20 €

FREE ADMISSIONS

 

  • Children under 11
  • Disabled people
  • One Guide for group (at least 15 people)
  • One professor every 15 students
  • Authorized tour guide.

 

AGREEMENTS WITH PARTNERS

  • FAI Members

The Caffetteria

The Bookshop

Fourth Episode

Fashion in the 18th century

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Lives Intertwined with the Villa

Villa Valmarana ai Nani has been throughout the centuries an important destination for academics, art historians  and artists; and not only that: in the last century the most distinguished European families have come to admire the work of the two Tiepolos on official visits.

Fifth Episode

Colombina

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The Legend of Princess Layana

Seventeen statues of grotesque dwarves rest on the walls sorrounding the Villa. Probably inspired by the drawings of Callot, made famous by the populars prints by the Remondini printers from Bassano del Grappa, they reproduce the classic characters of the Commedia dell'Arte. Giandomenico is believed to be the author of the preparatory drawings of the sculptures.

The legend of the dwarf princess is tied to these characters: confined by her parents among the high walls of the castle with twenty dwarf servants at her services, she takes off her life once she discovers her deformity.

We believe in the importance of history and knowledge: for this reason we  offer visitors  guided tours of the entire complex.

There are two possibilities:

 

  • Thematic guided tours on request

  • Guided tours without reservation for individuals: every Sunday at 10.30 (only in italian)

The guided tours  last approximately one hour and a quarter

For Individuals (only in italian)

Guided tours without reservation for individuals: every Sunday at 10.30...

For Groups

For School

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The Entrance Park

Upon entering the VIlla the visitor is embraced by flower beds of multi-colour and scented roses and by the unmistakable fragrance of the Olea Fragrans trees.

Probably the present state of the garden is due to Elena Garzadori (end of 1700), wife of Gaetano and whose father, Giustino Valmarana had called the Tiepolo to paint the VIlla.

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The Hornbeams Alley

On the sides it is delimited by two green tunnels of Hornbeams, designed to embelish the park and to offer shadow to those wishing to have a walk in the warmer months. Closing its Northern side is a Niphaeum. In its niche is situated  a large statue of a Triton riding a dolphin.

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The "Giardino all'Italiana"

Situated on the west side of the hill, between the Palazzina and the Foresteria, it has a simmetrical design. Within it, among flowerbeds, gravel paths and low box hedges, two large Olea Fragrans trees can be admired.

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The Portico and the Terrace

At the end of the visit in the Foresteria, the terrace (where the Caffé is located) offers a magnificent view of the Stable and of the Valletta del Silenzio, dominated by the Monte Berico Sanctuary.

The Portico is decorated with the very special friezes of the Barbarigo Tumb (1488, attributed to Tullio Lombardo) which were in the Church of Santa Maria della Carità in Venice.

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The Old Family Theatre

Located on the west side of the hill, next to the "Giardino all'Italiana", it is of rectangular shape, delimited on the sides by a low wall and, towards the vally, by a wall fresced by Giandomenico Tiepolo and Girolamo Mengozzi called  "il colonna", with the funcion of theatre stage. In the middle there is a well, from which in the past provided water. The structure was dedicated to entertainment, with theatre exhibitions and declamation of poems.

In the Palazzina, upon the suggestion of Giustino Valmarana, Giambattista, at the hight of his artistic maturity, paints its grand epic poems, choosing when possible sentimental episodes: Iphigenia in Aulis, Iliad, Aeneid, Furious Orland, Liberated Jerusalem.

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Iphigenia’s Sacrifice is illustrated in three-dimensional vision: at the centre the priest Calcante is about to kill the young Iphigenia. All the onlookers lift their glance, because miraculously, over a vaporous cloud, two cupids carry a deer, that will by sacrificed in the place of Iphigenia. On the right wall Agamemnon covers his face so as not to see his daughter’s killing. On one side of the ceiling Diana with her nymphs sends the rescuer deer. On the other side Eolus, god of the winds, blows a breath, so that the fleet can sail. On the other wall weapons and foodstuffs are being prepared for the expedition and the departure towards Troy. From the framing a main character stands out (perhaps Giustino Valmarana) that, touched, follows the tragedy that takes place on the altar of the sacrifice. Very interesting is the dog that greets his owner (perhaps Ulysses’). Above the doors there are the personifications in monochrome of the world’s four most important rivers, as known in 1700.

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Briseis, Achille’s slave, is taken away forcedly from her tent to be introduced to her new owner: the king Agamemnon, who is waiting for her in a majestic position as a despot; Achilles, taken by anger, for his slave’s kidnapping, flings himself against Agamemnon but is held back by his hair by Minerva, goddess of war and knowledge descended from the sky; Achilles, sad, is comforted by his mother Tetis.

The rural landscape of last wall is due to Giandomenico. On the ceiling is reproduced. Minerva

GUIDED TOURS

 

Stories intertwined with the Villa: the characters, the events and the artists who made it famous.

 

The guided tour of the Villa is a unique experience that fascinates and amazes. From the legend of Princess Layana to the visit of Goethe, the secrets and the amazing and bucolic scenarios are revealed.

 

For every information about how to get to Villa Valmarana ai nani check this link.

Visits are available every day on request through our booking system.

Book Here

 

Guided Tour in Italian

up to 8 people

      

80 €

Guided Tour in foreingn Languages

up to 8 people

100 €

Guided Tour in Italian

(9 - 25 people)

130 €

Guided Tour in foreingn Languages

(9 - 25 people)

150 €

Guided Tour with the owner

in Italian

 

200 €

Guided Tour with the owner

in foreign Languages

250 €

  

TERMS & CONDITIONS 

  • The guided tours last approximately one hour and a quarter.
  • The price of the guided tour is to be understood as a supplement on that of the entrance ticket.
  • For information on the tickets price check this page.
  • Please note that for a group over 25 people, a second guide is required.
  • The service will be confirmed on a check availability of the guide for the required time.
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Angelica, princess of Cathay, is tied at a cliff by pirates, to be devoured by a see monster; the knight Ruggero, on horseback of a hippogriph, comes down to rescue her; Angelica afterwards meets the Saracen soldier Medor and cures his thoracic haemorrhage; love is born between them, but poor as they are, they have to be rescued in a peasants’ house; in taking leave they thank the two peasants, giving them as present the ring that Orland had offered to Angelica as a token of his love (the characters of the two peasants are by Giandomenico). On the last wall Angelica engraves Medor’s name on the tree. On the ceiling Cupid blindfolded drives a chariot among clouds: it is an allegory of the loving passion, that, blind, determines human behaviour.

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Venus, goddess of love, appears to her son Enea and his companion Acate, disembarked, after a storm on the African coasts and immediately moves away taking Ascanio with her. Cupid embodies in Iulus, who, together with his father, is regally welcomed by Dido: between the two, love is born; on the other wall there is Mercury with winged feet, who, as messenger of the Gods, introduces himself to Enea, ordering him to leave Carthage and to carry on his journey towards Latium. From Iulus, that will marry Lavinia, will descend the “gens iulia” (Julius Caesar and the great-grandson Augustus). So the Romans will descend from the Trojans and their birth will have royal and divine origins; in chiaroscuro is represented Vulcan, god of fire; in his forge he is supervising the works of his blacksmiths that are moulding the weapons for Enea, at the presence of Venus. On the ceiling, partially destroyed by a bombardment of the town of Vicenza in 1944, is represented Venus’ triumph.

The new 7" Tablet available in 3 languages (Italian, English and German) accompanies visitors to discover the Villa's treasures with more than 40 minutes of multimedial video, sound and images.

The “Smart Guide Villa Valmarana” recounts fascinating stories and anectodes on the frescoes, on the Villa itself and on the Valmarana's family, and makes the listener share the experience of Goethe, of the writer Antonio Fogazzaro, and of the many characters that have frequented this enchanted place throughout the centuries. 


Technology takes by hand culture and projects in the the contemporary world.

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The witch Armida, who protects the Sarasins, with a song lulling the crusader Rinaldo takes him with a chariot away from the war to her enchanted home; in this luxurious place and with the help of a mirror, Armida performs a spell through which the knight falls in love with her and abandons his crusader duty. Godfrey of Bouillon, the commander of the Christian army, sends two soldiers, Carlo and Ubaldo, to  bring him back to the battlefield; Rinaldo, thanks to an enchanted shield in which he sees himself, understands to bef the victim of a spell and re-joins the army, although Armida tries to seduce him again. On the ceiling, the allegory represents the triumph of virtue on vice, of  light over darkness, of good over evil.

The Foresteria, pictural triumph of Giandomenico Tiepolo, is the only place in he world where, through its seven rooms entirelly frescoed, it is possible to compare the work of the father Giambattista to that of the son Giandomenico;  after the Chinoiseires, the Pesants and the Promenades of the son, the eye is enchanted and yet confused in entering the room of the Gods of the Olympus, very different from the other rooms. It is painted by Giambattista, as so is the black servant (Alì) who descends the trompe-l’oeil stairs in the adjoining room dedicated to the Venice Carnival.

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The frescoes depict an extravagant evocation of Chine, very much in fashion in Venice throughout the 18th century. The adoration of a Moon deity, the buying of spices and of preciuos silks are simple pretexts for showing us those goods that, since the time of Marco Polo, were arriving into Venice.

Giandomenico Tiepolo, who has never visited the Celestial Empire, has imagined four windows that open on an extraordinary country,where very strange animals live, enromous birds, imaginary spices and roots. The Maritime Pine that comes out from the wall's frame seems to enter in the room thus creating a tridimensional effect.

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In this room Giandomenico represents the world of the Venetian peasants in a hot summer day. On a wall a family eats in front of a fence from which pumkins and leaves hang. On the wall opposite, another group of peasants rests under the trees with a row of mulberry trees in the background. Next to it two women and a child go to the market in their Sunday clothes; from a busket emerges a chicken head, while an old woman rests below a tree shadow reciting her rosary.

According to a number of art historians, Francisco Goya, would have been influenced by Giandomenico during his stay in Madrid where he had been called with his father to paint the ceiling of the Royal Palace. 

Above the doors satyrs and fauns make fun of those who pass.

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The frescoes in this room show the promenades of aristocretic couples in Winter and in Summer in a Neo-Gothic setting: for the first time this style decorates a room which was usually employed for gardens pavillions.

On one side an elegant couple walks protected against the heat by a parasol; opposite, three rich ladies fight the winter cold with turbans, furs and sleeves.

At the center, two lovers dressed in Kossovo clothes, exchange a letter under an Autumn sky.

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The room of the Gods of the Olympus is the only one frescoed by Giambattista who, with his mythological subjects, takes us back to the "Sublime" style. At the center, Juppiter is seated on the clouds, as if on a throne, next to him an eagle shows the symbol of his power:  thunderbolts and scepter. On the other walls there are other gods, each with his symbol: Mars and Venus with the apple; Apollo and Diana with the half moon over her head; Saturnus with the scythe and the hourglass; Mercury with the winged hat. 

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This room is considered the masterpiece of the quadraturist Mengozzi Colonna with the two large staircases in trompe-l'oeil; from one hangs a monkey while from the other Ali - Tiepolo's black servant - probably painted by Giandomenico -  descends with a tray with coffee cups. The other walls show scenes of the Venetian Carnival, dominated by the Mondo Novo fresco: masked characters, painted from behind, follow the images produced by a magic Lantern. Many years later Giambattista -  back from Madrid - would reproduce this subject for his villa in Zianigo. It is now in Cà Rezzonico.

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"Architectures" are the subjects of this room attributed to Antonio Visentini (1688 - 1782), who worked with the greatest Venetian painters of the 18th century, specialised in architectural fantasies and "capricci". Huge Palladian buildings are represented here. But the small characters in the foreground and in particular a gentleman and a dog that with great ease "spend a penny" are certainly the work of Giandomenico.

“SmartGuide Villa Valmarana” has been developed by the company Fabrica Ludens with the contribution of Banca Popolare di Vicenza and of Salvagnini

Via Dei Nani, 8 – 36100 Vicenza

Phone: +39 0444321803

Email: info@villavalmarana.com

For info and booking

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The room of the "Putti" takes its name from the children playing inside ovals framed by a series of golden arabesques that climb on the walls. The magnificent perrot with blue and red feathers is what stands out the most; this too has been reproduced fot his villa in Zianigo by Giandomenico and is now in Cà Rezzonico.

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Travelers and Writers

J.W. Goethe, in his  Tagebuch (24th April1786), describes the natural and sublime style of Tiepolo in the two parts of the Villa; he was the first to perceive that the work  could be attributed to two different people: to  Giambattista, the Palazzina's sublime style and to his son Giandomenico the Foresteria's natural style.

The Italian writer Antonio Fogazzaro,  married to Rita Valmarana, uses the Palazzina as the backround for his novel "Piccolo Mondo Moderno" (1901).

Guido Piovene (son of Stefania Valmarana)  in his very comprehensive work on the Tiepolos, writes a magnificent introduction on the Villa:  “La metafisica dei sensi”   ("The Methaphysics of the Senses ")(1968) 

Goffredo Parise, writer and journalist, took Senators Giustino Valmarana  as  his inspiration for the protagonist of his novel "Il prete bello" (1954)

In the signatures collected in the visitors' books and in the pictures we find king and queens, important industrialists, politicians, intellectuals and artists such and his Italian wife as the Queen Mother,  

the Belgian King Albert and his Italian wife PaolaGianni Agnelli, but also Albert Camus, Paul Morand, Truman Capote, Salvator Dalì, Peggy Guggenheim, Cesare Pavese, Ignazio Silone, Frank Sinatra, Luchino Visconti.

The Tiepolos' frescoes in Villa Valmarana have been for many years the object of art historians such as Pompeo Molmenti (1881), H. Modern (1902), E. Sack (1910), G. Fiocco (1926), W. Arslan (1936), H. W. Hagelmann (1940), M. Goering (1942), R. Pallucchini (1944).

We underline here the critic Antonio Morassi who in 1941 establishes once and for all the paternity of the frescoes while analysing the profound difference of the subjects of the two houses. He realises that the date showed in the foresteria's fresco of the "Mondo Novo" is 1757 and not 1737 as it was believed until then. In this respect, while in 1737 Giandomenico born in 1727 could have not painted together with his father, in 1757, at 30, he certainly was the author of what has universally been considered the masterpiee of his life.

How to get there

By Car

 

From Verona: Go out of the highway in ‘Vicenza ovest’ and go through the ‘Tangenziale’ towards Padova; leave it at the first exit (‘Vicenza centro’). 

From Padova: Go out of the highway in Vicenza est and go through the ‘Tangenziale’ towards Verona, leave it at the first exit (‘Vicenza centro’).

Follow the signs to Vicenza’s centre. Go straight at the traffic light, before the small tunnel, and turn left following Via Tiepolo. Via Tiepolo is an uphill road which terminates in front of Villa Valmarana ai Nani. Follow the signs that lead to the small parking in the little square in front of the entrance to the Villa: Via dei Nani 8.
If you arrive by mistake after the traffic light through a small tunnel, do the whole tour keeping the left, go back taking always the left and once you are on the main road ‘Viale Riviera Berica’, and take the first way on your right, along via Tiepolo, uphill.
At Via Tiepolo continue to the end of the street, following the signs that lead to the small parking in the little square in front of the entrance to the Villa: Via dei Nani 8.

Parking

 

  • Small parking in front of the entrance of Villa Valmarana ai Nani (only cars allowed)

  • Borgo Berga big parking: 15 minutes by foot to the Villa (only cars allowed)

  • Parking along Viale Massimo d’Azeglio: 10 minutes by walk by the Villa (only cars)

By Private Bus

 

The bus Parking is situated along Viale X Giugno. Get off the bus and walk about 5 minutes along ‘Viale Massimo d’Azeglio’ – Via San Bastian – Via dei Nani. Walking distance: 800 meters.
When the guests got off the bus, it is suggested to move the bus towards the gas station “Benza”, located along ‘Viale Riviera Berica’.
It is also possible to park the bus at the gas station “Benza” and reah the Villa by foot. Walk along the bicycle lane on the right and take afterwards the first way on the left Via Tiepolo. Walking distance: 1000 meters.

By Airplane

 

From Marco Polo Venice Airport (VE) take the bus ACTV number 15 or the shuttle bus ATVO Mestre Express to reach the train station Venezia Mestre. Journey time shuttle bus: 25 minutes.

Info at this link

From the railway station

 

From Vicenza train station you have three options to reach Villa Valmarana ai Nani:

  • By foot in 25 minutes.

  • By taxi in 5 minutes. 8/10 € one-way price

  • By public bus

Take bus number 8 towards “Debba”. Get off at Via Borgo Berga stop (where the courtyard, a big building on the left is located), in front of ‘Interspar supermarket’ and walk about 200 meters. Turn on your right, along via Tiepolo, uphill, until you reach the small square in front of the main entrance of Villa Valmarana ai Nani.
Travel time: 5 minutes by bus and 15 by walk.

By bicycle or foot

 

Villa Valmarana ai Nani is 25 minutes by foot by the train station and 30 minutes by Vicenza’s center.


By bicycle you can take the Riviera Berica’s bicycle lane and get in Via Tiepolo.

Advice

 

Follow Cammino Fogazzaro Roi Stage 1 to visit Villa Valmarana ai Nani and other historical monument in Vicenza’s center: https://www.camminiveneti.it/it/il-percorso-del-cfr

Loves

Achilles and Briseis

Angelica and Medoro

Aeneas and Dido

Rinaldo and Armida

 

Treasure hunt: discover the details

       

The Civil Ceremony

Villa Valmarana ai Nani offers the possibility to celebrate the civil ceremony in the same location where the reception takes place thanks to an agreement with Vicenza Municipality.

You can choose whether to celebrate the official civil ceremony in the outdoor gardens or in the Main House or Guest House rooms customizing your wedding ceremony outdoors or indoors thanks to the numerous spaces made available by the Villa.

Technical Notes

The monumental complex of Villa Valmarana ai Nani includes two main buildings, where it is possible to organize your events:


The Main House


• 200 square metres divided into 5 entirely frescoed rooms
• Capacity: 90 people sitting at table (of whom45 in one single room)


The Guest House


• 300 square metres divided into 8 rooms of which 7 entirely frescoed
• Capacity: 200 people sitting at table (of whom 120 in one single room)
Technical equipment
• Wifi
• Videoprojector and cloth
• Microphones and sound box

Download the plan

A Brief History of the Park

Villa Valmarana was built around the second half of the 17th century and a map by the architect Muttoni from 1701 testifies that the Villa was surrounded by gardens. In the second half of the 18th century, while the Tiepolos were frescoing the romms, the garden already had an orderly design with statues, water features, avenues and sloping terraces. Elena Garzadori, Giustino Valmarana's wife, has rearranged the garden in the 1785 with numerous statues, including "the Dwarfs" on the external wall.
The park is truly one with the Villa, making the natural and the artificial inseparable. A place where the stories of the Dwarfs and the Water Lilies intertwine with the exotic taste of the garden and the wood with the pavilion that recalls the chinese Pagoda.

Targets of the Tender

- Increment management, maintenance, safety and reception standards.

- Contribute to the improvement of the cultural offer and services, as well as the quality of life of citizens.

- Promote the development of ecosystem functions with direct and positive environmental effects.

- Strengthen and disseminate scientific, technical, botanical and environmental knowledge.

Ranking List

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Opening Times

You can find the opening times of the Villa and Park on this page of the website  https://www.villavalmarana.com/en/visit.

The PDF shows only the guaranteed dates due to the obligation to the tender.

Download the calendar

Gift Voucher

The new Special Tickets allow you to gift a friend or family member an entry to Villa Valmarana ai Nani at any time of the year and without being bound to a specific time!

Choose from:

Special Ticket: €15.00 (access to exteriors + interiors)

Special Premium Ticket: €20.00 (access to exteriors + interiors, with multimedia kit)

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Purchase Conditions:

  • The ticket can only be bought online.
  • The purchased ticket is non-refundable.
  • The purchased ticket must be used within one year from the date of purchase.
  • To access the villa, it is necessary to present the gift voucher received after the purchase upon arrival.
  • Once the visit date is chosen, please check the villa's opening hours by consulting the "opening hours" box on the home page of the Villa's website.

For more information:

info@villavalmarana.com

+39 0444 321803

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The Caffetteria

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The Bookshop

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For Individuals (only in italian)

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For Groups

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For School