Luxury villas for sale Vicenza, Italy

In the small town of Isola Vicentina, an optimal geographical location convenient to the airport of Thiene and the highway network connecting the cities of Vicenza and Venice, the Dolomites, and southward Bologna, Florence, Rome, and westward Milan via Verona with the international airport reachable in about an hour as well as those of Tessera and Treviso, the villa is immersed in the large English-style park that surrounds it on three sides with centenary trees, rare and precious plants and a bamboo grove towards the large central lawn. The square-plan building, on two floors and a basement, is illuminated by windows with frames on the top with pointed and, alternately, lowered arches. The bright green color of the shutters creates on the white marble walls the villa's only exterior decoration of refined simplicity and strong impact. The original building dates from the early 19th century at the behest of Isabella Velo, a cultured, strong and gentle woman who gave the villa a footprint in which memories of the Baths of Caracalla, revisited through the designs of Palladio, are mingled, while the floors of the main floor are transformed into sumptuous marble carpets covered by the fragments of oriental and African marbles from the excavations of the Roman Baths. Even the walls and ceilings facing the round central hall are decorated with delicate paintings that echo the period's reproductions of the grotesques in the Stanze of Raphael and pupils. The villa was born in a particular historical context in which Isabella and her brother, who frequented the European courts, brought back the innovations learned among the new English industries and the gallantry of Parisian luxury, making the spacious rooms of the villa livable and welcoming with the large bright windows and the layout of the rooms designed for moments of serene conviviality. Successive owners over time continued to modernize it and make it more and more suitable for everyday life while maintaining its refined simplicity and richness of the rooms until the Guardini family equipped it with heating, modern bathrooms for almost all the rooms on the second floor and a very functional kitchen with adjoining dining room. Adjacent to the villa, on the northeast side, is the guesthouse with a large porch shaded in summer by cool American vine curtains. It consists of a spacious room, its walls covered with bookshelves, with a vast fireplace in the center surrounded by deep sofas for reading and resting. Further to the side is the laundry room and staircase leading to the upper floor where a bedroom with bathroom and a study adjoin the porter's quarters, also recently renovated. Separated by a gate, the rustic tool shelter and formerly used as a stable overlooks the courtyard bordering the lemon greenhouse. A second large gate leads to the countryside that completes the 10 hectares of the entire property.

Rising at the entrance of the ancient town, 30 minutes from Vicenza, is this elegant neoclassical complex designed by Carlo Barbera in the late 1700s. It comprises a monumental Venetian villa, whose façade features imposing Ionic columns and a central tympanum overlooking the private park in front, while the rest of the structure overlooks the large inner courtyard. Registered and protected as an artistic and cultural heritage, internally it presents the classical distribution of noble palaces with a large loggia and numerous rooms with decorations and fireplaces. The property includes a large barchessa with porch and guest rooms, fully restored stables, the janitor's dwelling, service rooms, shed and other autonomous living quarters at the rear. Three entrances facilitate access, in a well connected area close to the highways leading to the airports as well as the cities of Venice, Verona and Lake Garda. The complex is well maintained, having undergone major renovations in the 1980s and others more recently.

Enveloped by the absolute quiet of its two hectares of greenery in the Natural Park of the Euganean Hills and set in a dominant position on a gentle hillside with an enchanting open view, this refined modern villa stands very convenient to Abano Terme and all services just a few minutes from Padua while remaining out of the way of traffic and surrounded by centuries-old trees, beautiful ornamental plants and a flourishing forest as a backdrop. The villa, completely renovated in 2018 with refined materials and modern plant engineering equipment to ensure excellent comfort and the highest energy rating, is covered in elegant face brick and warm natural stones, and is served by a magnificent avenue in porphyry recovered from an ancient Neapolitan square. The home, which enjoys excellent privacy, is characterized by extremely cozy rooms and all very bright with generous windows that flood the fabulous living room, large and with wide kitchen, with natural light, allowing you to admire the pure and relaxing greenery that surrounds the property with evocative views. The floors are made of the finest marble in Orsera stone except in the sleeping area embellished with natural wood planking and composed of four large bedrooms, a capacious wardrobe and two well-kept bathrooms. From the main floor we ascend to the attic through a spectacular spiral staircase where we find a studio, or fifth bedroom, with a windowed bathroom and storage room. On the ground floor, independent but connected internally, a large spa and fitness area with two attached storage rooms, bathroom with jacuzzi, laundry, studio or sixth double bedroom with wardrobe, and a beautiful equipped living room. Externally, in addition to the large loggia complementary to the living area and arranged for outdoor kitchen, an attached porch with fireplace and porcelain lighting system. Completing the property there is the garage set for 4 cars side by side, all in reinforced concrete lined like the villa and equipped with facilities in addition to a technical room. The automatic gates are controlled by app as are all the main functions of the home, equipped with home automation technology, and the outdoor area. On the roof a new high-efficiency photovoltaic system, while for heating, underfloor as well as air conditioning, there are gas or biomass boilers or electric boilers with independent use. The property is illuminated by more than one hundred very low-consumption light points and external astronomical and sensors. In addition there is water purification and filtration system, indoor and outdoor wi-fi and a robot mower for the garden, all irrigated with rainwater recovery, completed by the beautiful orangery and walking paths. All windows and doors are certified with the highest degree of armor locking.