While I was having my lunch at the Gran Caffe in Vicenza, I was thinking of what to do after lunch. I was thinking that the remaining Palladian sites here in the city of Vicenza would be easy enough for me to visit for the rest of the day but I also found out that there were other Palladian sites outside the city. I had no illusions that I would be able to visit all of them since I no longer have a car this part of the trip. I could take public transportation though and it turns out that there is one Palladian villa which is just outside the city.

Villa la Rotonda is a villa designed by Andrea Palladio. It is on the outskirts of the city and it just so happened to be accessible by public bus. There was a bus which goes there from the city gates and I was off. I wanted to go here first because at least I would be able to tick this one off before it gets dark. I was thinking that once I come back from the Villa la Rotonda, I could resume visiting the other Palladian buildings without any pressure to get back before a certain time. The bus doesn’t actually go to the site itself but it stops along the main road and visitors would need to go on foot. It wasn’t a very long walk from the bus stop and it wasnt visible from the road at least from where I was. If you think about it, villas would be a bit more secluded or at least not as accessible so as to give it that air of exclusivity.

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