Vicenza is a city in the north east of Italy, in the Veneto region. Car hire in Vicenza enables you to access much of the Veneto region with ease - just drop in to our local Vicenza branch and let us sort it out for you. Listed as a world heritage site since 1994, Vicenza is an opulent and aesthetically pleasing city, home to plenty of Palladian architecture. Hiring a car in Vicenza allows you to explore this city, rich with history and culture, museums, art galleries, churches and palazzi. On top of this, it also enables you to explore the area - and with Venice only a 5 minute drive away, the whole of the Veneto really is your oyster.
Palladian Palazzi
Vicenza was the birthplace of renowned 16th century architect Andrea Palladio, hence the city's nickname - 'Palladio's City'. But on top of his renaissance palazzi, and the Teatro Olimpico, designed by Palladio in 1580, the city boasts other styles of times gone by - the city is still partly enclosed by its medieval walls, and the buildings represent an amalgam of Gothic and Classical styles. Hiring a car in Vicenza allows you to reach Padua in only 36 minutes. Rent a car in Vicenza to visit the home of one of the earliest universities in Europe (and second oldest in Italy). Padua has the oldest surviving anatomy theatre in Europe, a curious and interesting tiny oval of a room.
