We are two couples who went to Italy looking for a relaxed holiday. We can happily report that our vacation at Ca’ Bergolo was enjoyable and wonderful. Location: The house is located about 30 km south of Padua, in a nice country side area, close enough (by car or train) to places we planned to visit.

Easily reach the beautiful cities of Padua, Vicenza, known for its architectural buildings, Verona and its famous R&J veranda or just "went lost" in the country side. Venice - easily reached by a convenient train. The train station is located in Monselice, 10 min drive from the house, so we went twice to Venice enjoying the Art Biennale and the city (takes about an hour). Lake Garda and Sirmione's city are reachable too, or you can stop there on your way to or from Milan. The house is located at the bottom of the hill, so if you'd like to burn some extra calories, climb via the old village part up to the forest and back. House: We found an old beautiful traditional stone house with front yard, facing the beautiful neighborhood "geometry" designed garden of Villa Barbarigo.

In the interior, the house is refurbished with a fully equipped modern kitchen in the ground floor and second floor which is divided into to two separate private sleeping rooms, each one en-suite bath/shower and toilet. It was perfectly made to assure full privacy. One sleeping room is still equipped with the original beautiful wooden ceiling beams. The other room has a nice view facing the neighborhood "geometry" designed garden of Villa Barbarigo. We found the house perfectly matched our expectations! Eating: As we love cooking, the idea was to buy local products and prepare our own gourmet meals.

The kitchen was fully equipped for this task and in the garden there is a charcoal grill. In the garden, we found a nice "collection" of herbs such as – parsley, rosemary, thyme, basil, salvia, etc. that improved very much our cooking' creativity. We managed to eat almost all breakfasts and dinner in the garden "celebrate" with good food and good wine! If you do love doing the same, this is the place!! Owners Were very friendly and cooperative, gave us all the instructions we needed. We arrived on a Sunday late afternoon and they were kind to leave some food products for us, such as pasta, drinks, eggs, bread, fruits, etc. refusing to get paId for that! We appreciated this gesture very much. Thank you, Clare & Pietro, for your hospitality.