Aparments

Our 6 holiday apartments are built into the south facing wing of a 17th century Italian Villa on a family run 400 acre working arable farm called Palazzo Rosso (the Red Palace). The 400 year old building has just been completely and lovingly restored, retaining all original features, beams, solid stone walls, fireplaces etc. There is a 300 square metre 10 metre high beamed barn for guest recreational use, paved with local stone. A 13.5x6 metre pool with jacuzzi jets was installed in the spring 2008. There are extensive gardens for guests on both sides of the building, as well as an orchard and courtyard animals (horse, ponies, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, and dogs). The building faces south and has views out over our farmland, with a river and the Colli Berici hills to the west side, the Villa courtyard garden to the north side and our 15 acres of Vineyards to the east.

The six apartments are made up of four two bedroom apartments which sleep up to five comfortably and two one bedroom apartments. Well behaved pets are accepted in the two ground floor apartments.

All of the apartments are supplied with linen, sheets, towels and beach towels, are fully air conditioned, with satellite television, wifi enabled (we can also lend you a laptop computer if necessary).

The apartments can be rented separately or together for larger groups. Upon request it is possible to rent a 110 square metre communal room with kitchen and bathrooms (which is situated next to the apartments). The apartments have access to a first floor 140 square metre open plan 6 metre high communal space. There is also a laundry room with washing machine, two sinks, clothes drying facilities, ironing board and iron for guest use.

Longare which is about 4km from the house is a quiet village at the foot of the Berici Hills (400 meters high) and is 13km from Vicenza city centre. The local area is perfect for hiking, mountain biking & rock climbing as well as for enjoying the local cuisine & wine tasting. The area is very quiet and rural but at the same time very central for visiting all the important touristic and cultural centres such as Venice, Verona, Padova, Lake Garda and the Dolomites.
Local activities cycling, fishing, golf, horse riding, mountain biking, roller blading, walking

You can dowload a guidebook that we have put together to help you plan your time here on the farm.