Podere di Venezia

Authentic Italy - Green Vacations - Family Lodgings - Near the Airport
     
Character: Family home with a nice garden and three beautifully furnished apartments.
Advantages: Good logistics for day trips and grocery shopping; fenced-in yard is safe for kids; English-speaking owners.
Location: 1 km from Mira, half an hour's drive from Venice. Take the nearby train anywhere in the Veneto. Easy access to/from the airport. Click here to see the map for Podere di Venezia.
Size: Five apartments. One is on the ground floor of the main home and has a living room, eat-in kitchen, one queen bedroom and one twin bedroom, and bathroom with tub. Two is upstairs in the former barn and has a living room with queen bed and kitchenette, and bathroom with shower. Three is on the ground floor of the barn and has a living room with fireplace, double sleep sofa and kitchenette, double bedroom and bathroom with shower. Four is on the ground floor of the main house and has a living room with sleep sofa and kitchenette, queen bedroom and bathroom with stall shower. It can be connected to Five, which is upstairs and features a living room, kitchenette, queen bedroom, twin bedroom, and a bathroom with bathtub. Each apartment has a private area in the garden.
Features: TV, swimming pool, window screens, ceiling fans, shared washing machine, ice machine, wireless Internet access throughout.
Minimum stay: Saturday-to-Saturday.
Disadvantages: One large and two small dogs. All are very friendly.
Car needed: Yes.

This flowering paradise is just 10 miles from Venice and only slightly farther from Padua and the beaches of Jesolo. Its location makes it a perfect place to come home to after a long day of sightseeing, and its delightful young owners Fabienne and Giulio and their two children will make you feel at home the minute you drive through the automatic gates.

There are five guest apartments on the property. Your hosts live upstairs in the large brick house, which is typical of farm homes in the Veneto region. One (915 sq. ft.) is downstairs, comprised of two double bedrooms (one with twin beds and one with a queen bed), a bathroom with tub, eat-in kitchen and living room. Most of the furniture is antique, of the delicate Venetian variety. Two (320 sq. ft.) is an adorable studio upstairs; it offers a living room with queen bed and kitchenette, and bathroom with shower. Three (540 sq. ft.) has a living/dining room with fireplace, table for four, double sleep sofa and kitchenette (stove, 4 burners and mini-fridge), double bedroom with queen bed, and bathroom with shower. Four (450 sq. ft.) is on the ground floor and has a living room with sleep sofa and kitchenette, queen bedroom and bathroom with stall shower. It can be connected to Five (625 sq.ft.), which occupies the entire upstairs of the former barn just behind the main house. It has terracotta floors and eaved wood-beamed ceilings with skylights. There is a large living room with double sleep sofa and television, a modern eat-in kitchen with stove, range top and full fridge, a double bedroom with twin beds and en suite bathroom with shower and, secluded at the end of the hallway, a second bedroom with queen bed and bathroom with bathtub. Sunlight streams in through large screened windows in all the apartments, which have ceiling fans and look out onto the spacious garden. Here you are welcome to lounge in the sun, eat a lazy lunch or play a game of ping pong. There are three very friendly dogs to keep you company, and occasionally a chicken or two may stroll past. Parents can relax with a book or check their email, knowing their children can play unattended, as the entire property is encircled by a fence.

As relaxing as it all sounds, you're not liable to spend much time on the farm. After all, this is the famed Brenta River region! You'll want to set aside a day to tour the palatial villas that line the river banks (pack a picnic lunch to enjoy on one of the lawns). Or rent a mountain bike from your hosts: because this is one of the flatest regions in Italy, it's one of the easiest to tour by bicycle. On other days Venice is yours to explore, after an easy bus ride or quick drive to the municipal parking structure. Padova, Chioggia and Vicenza are all less than an hour away. And then there's Treviso, often called "Little Venice" because of its beautiful canals. Wrongly (but thankfully!) neglected by mass tourism, it is romantic and picturesque. If that's not enough for you, it's also the home of radicchio, which you can taste in myriad ways at a veritable bevy of world-class restaurants.

     

2012 Weekly Prices (per apartment)
  Jan. 8-March 31
April 14-28
Sept. 29-Dec. 22		 March 31-April 14
April 28-June 30
Aug. 25-Sept. 29
Dec. 22-Jan. 5, 2013		 June 30-July 7
Aug. 18-25		 July 7-Aug. 18
For Two People
Apartment Two 677.00 EURO 730.00 EURO 845.00 EURO 950.00 EURO
Apartment Three 766.00 EURO 903.00 EURO 1061.00 EURO 1192.00 EURO
Apartment Four 766.00 EURO 903.00 EURO 1061.00 EURO 1192.00 EURO
For Three People
Apartment Two 677.00 EURO 730.00 EURO 845.00 EURO 950.00 EURO
Apartment Three 809.00 EURO 961.00 EURO 1134.00 EURO 1266.00 EURO
Apartment Four 809.00 EURO 961.00 EURO 1134.00 EURO 1266.00 EURO
For Four People
Apartment One 1045.00 EURO 1187.00 EURO 1387.00 EURO 1539.00 EURO
Apartment Two 677.00 EURO 730.00 EURO 845.00 EURO 950.00 EURO
Apartment Three 856.00 EURO 1019.00 EURO 1208.00 EURO 1339.00 EURO
Apartment Four 856.00 EURO 1019.00 EURO 1208.00 EURO 1339.00 EURO
Apartment Five 940.00 EURO 1082.00 EURO 1282.00 EURO 1434.00 EURO
For Five People
Apartment One 1108.00 EURO 1250.00 EURO 1466.00 EURO 1634.00 EURO
Apartment Five 1003.00 EURO 1145.00 EURO 1361.00 EURO 1529.00 EURO



For this property:
Prices include: taxes, services, one set of linens, utilities except telephone (only available at One)
Metered telephone and heating are paid separately to the owner; along with 2.50 Euro/hour to use the owner's computer and Internet access, or 15 Euro/week to use their wireless with your own laptop
Mandatory Weekly cleaning fee: 13 Euro/person (minimum 40 Euro/apartment for Four and Five)

The pool is open April 30-October 1, and the price includes pool towels. If weather permits the pool to be open before or after those dates, a one-time local fee of 20 Euro/person will be charged for anyone who wishes to use it

French, Italian, German and very good English spoken
Homemade dinner available upon request
Mountain bikes available for rent
Tennis courts are 2 km away

Check-in: 10 am-7pm (apartments are guaranteed ready by 3 pm; if you arrive earlier, you may leave your bags in the meantime)
Check-out: 8-10am
Refundable security deposit: 300 Euro/week

Click here for information about private transfers to the property.

Please note that you need a car to stay here.

As of September 1, 2011, a City Accommodation tax of 1-5 Euro/person/night will be charged by the property at your departure. The exact amount depends on the time of year and is subject to change at any time.

Please note that it is not possible to guarantee Internet access at any property, because the property does not generate the service, it merely provides access from a server. If the server experiences any kind of problem at all, the property regrets it cannot be responsible for any inconvenience caused by subsequent lack of service.