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The previous price was AU$10 and current price is AU$8 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 3m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Look beyond the perfect symmetry of Palladio's architecture to discover the cutthroat world of Renaissance commerce that paid for it. This immersive audio journey reveals how roaring rivers, secret silk monopolies, and ruthless banking dynasties transformed Vicenza into a city of gold and stone. Join a skeptical historian and a passionate local expert as they decode the hidden financial ledgers carved into the facades of Italy's most elegant city.

    • A 0.7 km self-guided tour with 6 stops over 63 minutes
    • Ideal for travellers interested in history, memory, social fabric, and everyday life
    • Immersively told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Matching audio content, an interactive guide, and precise navigation through the app

Activity location

  • Ponte San Michele
    • Via Ponte San Michele,
    • Vicenza, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Ponte San Michele
    • Ponte San Michele
    • 36100, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy

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Self Guided Podcast Tour Unmasking Palladian Vicenza in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 3 minutes1h 3m
    1h 3m
  • Opening hours: Tue 12:00 am-11:59 pm
  • English
Price details
AU$9.58
AU$7.66 x 1 AdultAU$7.66
Total
The previous price was AU$9.58 and current price is AU$7.66
20% off

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Verified facts woven into an engaging storey
  • Inclusions
    Interactive in-app guide for questions about the storey and surroundings
  • Inclusions
    Precise navigation between the stops
  • Inclusions
    Immersive podcast-style audio featuring experts and locals

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Ponte San Michele

  • 10m
The bridge over the Retrone river, the original source of Vicenza’s industrial silk wealth.

Basilica Palladiana

  • 10m
The civic and commercial heart of Vicenza, where ground-floor shops funded Palladio’s architectural masterpiece.

Museo del Gioiello

  • 10m
A museum dedicated to the goldsmiths’ guild, showcasing the portable luxury that acted as Renaissance currency.

Pawnshop Palace in Vicenza

  • 10m
The historic civic pawnshop that provided low-interest credit to the poor, revealing the social contract of the era.

Palazzo Barbaran da Porto - World Heritage Site

  • 10m
A magnificent Palladian palazzo built by silk merchants to convert their declining industrial wealth into permanent social status.

Palazzo Thiene - World Heritage Site

  • 10m
A fortress-like palazzo that marks the transition from trade wealth to banking, serving as the tour’s epilogue.

Location

Activity location

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    Ponte San Michele
    • Via Ponte San Michele,
    • Vicenza, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Ponte San Michele
    • Ponte San Michele
    • 36100, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy

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