Perched on the slopes of San Bastian Hill overlooking the Valletta del Silenzio (Valley of Silence), the 17th-century Villa Valmarana ai Nani is the residence of the aristocratic Valmarana family and considered among the most elegant of the Venetian villas surrounding Vicenza. Take a day trip from Venice to admire the sumptuous architecture and frescoes, as well as the rose gardens, open-air theater, and hornbeam-lined lane leading to a statue of Neptune. Not far from Villa Capra, also known as La Rotonda, Villa Valmarana ai Nani can easily be paired with a tour of the Palladian villas along the Brenta River.