We decided to visit one of the other cities nearby today, forgetting it was Monday. After parking outside the city walks we walked towards the centre to find that very little was open. The main reason to visit was to look at the buildings by Andrea Palladio which was possible without them being open.
We took the route recommended by our guidebook to see as much of central Vicenza as possible.
We then stopped for coffee and a snack.
Before heading back to the car, I wanted to see the Teatro Olimpico, Europe’s oldest surviving indoor theatre. Unfortunately we could only see it from the outside as it too is closed on Mondays.
After walking back to the car we decided, as it was still early, to head to Cittadella.
Cittadella is a small walled town where the walls are still almost complete. We parked outside the wall, as the roads inside the wall looked very narrow, and wandered into the centre.
We saw by the first gate that it was probably possible to walk around the walls but couldn’t find how to access them. After visiting a second gate we saw a notice telling us where we could enter. We made our way to the northernmost gate and climbed the stairs to the walls.
The view of the town and surrounding area was stunning.
We decided only to walk halfway round as this would bring us back to where the car was parked. One section of the wall was partly missing but this had been filled in by a walkway. At the second gate there was a museum about living in the Middle Ages and an archeological museum. We were also able to climb up onto the roof of the tower.
This is where we exited the wall.
Considering Cittadella was just a visit to fill in time we were actually more impressed with the small walled town than we had been with Vicenza. Both were very sleepy on a Monday – perhaps it would have been different another day.
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