The area
The Euganean Hills (Colli Euganei) are located in the Province of Padova, the region of The Veneto. These hills are ancient mountains inhabited since the Bronze Age and planted with vineyards by the ancient Romans. Located in a small town near Este, a town with a history older than Rome, in the Province of Padova, less than an hour from Venice. The villa is located in the hills overlooking the valley below on an enclosed/fenced acre of land located in a Regional Park with highly restricted building laws. This is the Tuscan Hills without the tourist clutter, the Italian countryside as it once was (and still is in rare areas like this). Because of the very restricted building laws in this historic park this area will remain as it is into perpetuity. You are near a train station that can take you to Venice (51 minutes), Padova (20 minutes), Ferrara (30 minutes), Bologna (one hour) and on to Florence, Milan, Rome, Naples etc within a few hours. A short drive will take you to Vicenza, Verona and up through the Brenner Pass to Austria and beyond. Overnight trains can take you easily and comfortably in a private compartment to Paris, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Amsterdam, Brussels and beyond.