ITALIA with friends - Webinar Series Unesco World Heritage site – city of the architect Wednesday 1st July 2020 - 18.30 - Partner List -

• Vicenza E’ Tourism Board: who and where we are • Giovanna Parise – Sweet Hotel • Stefano Compagnone - Best Western 3 Torri Hotel • Denise Lappo – Viest Hotel • Lorenzo Cogo – El Coq Restaurant • Jacopo Poli – Poli Distilleries • Maddalena Dal Porto - Girolibero • Carolina Valmarana - Valmarana ai Nani • Davide Perone - Villa Godi Malinverni VICENZA E’ TOURISM BOARD - Who we are -

VICENZA E’ is a Destination Management Organisation (DMO) that deals with:

• Tourism Promotion • Marketing • Tourist Welcoming

Our assistance is free – we are an official Visitor Bureau VICENZA E’ TOURISM BOARD - Where we are -

VICENZA lies right in the heart of the region

BY PLANE VERONA “CATULLO” (km 45) VENEZIA “MARCO POLO” (km 70) VENEZIA-TREVISO (km 60) MILANO “ORIO AL SERIO” (km 120) MILANO LINATE (km 200) MILANO MALPENSA (km 250) BY TRAIN VICENZA – VENICE 45 min VICENZA – VERONA 30 min VICENZA – MILANO 2 h VICENZA – FIRENZE 2 h 30 min VICENZA - ROMA 4 h VICENZA E’ TOURISM BOARD - Where we are -

VICENZA - City of the architect Andrea Palladio

Vicenza and its have been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994 and 1996 respectively.

No less than 16 of the 23 villas designed by the great architect Andrea Palladio are found in the Vicenza territory.

The One Hundred Eleventh Congress of the United States of America declared him the "Father of American Architecture" (Congressional Resolution no. 259 of 6 December 2010).

His style is known worldwide as “Palladianism”. VICENZA E’ TOURISM BOARD - Where we are - The Olympic Theatre: the oldest roofed theatre in the world VICENZA E’ TOURISM BOARD - Where we are - Villa La Rotonda: the symbol of Palladio’s art Thomas Jefferson drew designs for the White House in Washington, faithfully copying this Villa. VICENZA E’ TOURISM BOARD Vicenza is the third most important city for export in - Our Contacts -

Address: Vie E. Montale, 25 - 36100 Vicenza Tel: +39 0444 994770 Website: www.vicenzae.org Email: [email protected]

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@visitvicenza_official Girolibero – Maddalena Dal Porto

She graduated in translation and interpreting and has spent time abroad – notably in Germany but also in Ireland, Switzerland and Spain. Through her passion for art, her work as an exhibition guide inevitably led her into the folds of Girolibero. Maddalena is also keen on drama and, needless to say, two-wheeled travel (both motorised and leg-powered).

We have been running cycling tours since 1998. Girolibero is now the principal Italian tour operator specialising in cycling holidays and offering over 200 itineraries worldwide in its brochure. We organise bike tours for thousands of Italians and we bring over to Italy just as many visitors to enjoy our cycling holidays. El Coq Restaurant – Lorenzo Cogo

Lorenzo Cogo, born in 1986, was for four years the youngest starry chef of Italy. winning the coveted Michelin Star one year after the opening of the place. His last name, in the Venetian dialect, means "cook": a surname, a destiny.

El Coq, a name that expresses the bond with the land and the raw material.

El Coq Vicenza is found within the historic and prestigious "Caffè Garibaldi" in the central Piazza dei Signori, overlooking Palladio’s masterpiece: The Palladian Basilica. Poli Distilleries – Jacopo Poli

Jacopo Poli was born in Bassano del Grappa in 1963 and grew up next to the warmth of a pot-still. In 1993, together with his wife Cristina, he opened the Poli Grappa Museum in Bassano del Grappa, followed by a second venue in 2011, in Schiavon (VI). With his siblings Barbara and Andrea, he carries on a tradition and a goal: to make people understand and appreciate the effort, tenacity and love contained in a bottle of Grappa.

For more than 27 years, at the Poli Distillery and Grappa Museum we welcome visitors from all over the world, to spread the knowledge and taste of the most authentic Italian spirit. With 150.000 annual visitors, the Poli Grappa Museum is among the most visited Corporate Museums in Italy and was chosen as Italian Anchor Point of ERIH - European Route of Industrial Heritage. Villa Valmarana ai Nani – Carolina Valmarana

Graduated in economics at the London School of economics. Worked in advertising (Saatchi&Saatchi and McCannErickson) and in Communication (Feltrinelli Publishing house, Weber Shandwick). Moved in 2004 from Milan to Vicenza with her family to manage the Villa which – from a family business – became a company. Presently she is one of the Villa’s managing Directors. Lives part time in London where she set up FAI (Fondo Ambiente Italiano) UK.

Villa Valmarana ai Nani in Vicenza, is a marvellous XVII century Villa frescoed by Giambattista and Giandomenico Tiepolo (1757). It is open to the public for visiting all year round and host wedding, conventions and events. Availability of three apartments for short staying, of a cafè, a bookshop and a 3d room. Villa Godi Malinverni – Davide Perone

Davide Perone, born in Marostica on the 7th September 1981, he has been working with Villa Godi since 2007. He works as banquet and reception manager, having gained experience in London from 2015 to 2019.

Villa Godi Malinverni is the first Villa designed and built by the architect Andrea Palladio, in 1542. The building, sited above the Astico Valley, offers a magnificent landscape. The Villa includes all Palladio’s principles: a central body, the noble floors, two sides wings and the "Barchesse" with the pigeon house. Viest Hotel – Denise Lappo

I'm the hotel Manager of Viest Hotel since 2005. At the begging I was the congress manager and after 10 Years I became the Hotel manager of Viest Hotel in the 2015. Before I was working 3 Years for an Italian Hotel Chain "Jolly Hotels" in Vicenza and 2 Years In Trentino Alto Adige for the hoteliers association. I believe to be very lucky to work in a big hotel with a great staff.

The Viest Hotel is the right place for both businessmen and tourists. Just 200 meters far from the highway exit Vicenza Est, Viest Hotel provides you with everything you wish to relax yourself. A Wellness Area, where you can reserve massages, face and body treatments performed by professional beauticians. At our Spa you can enjoy the sauna, Turkish bath, heated benches and much more. In summer the outdoor swimming pool is open. Sweet Hotel – Giovanna Parise

Giovanna is a dynamic and enterprising person, full of energy and ideas able to transmit good vibes to the team and to our guest. Giovanna grew up in a singular framework, building with her family step by step, in 40 years of works and passion, what we call today our “Sweet World”.

We are in the heart of Veneto region, only a few kilometres from Marostica, Bassano, Vicenza, Padua, Venice. You are in a place where people work passionately so that the time you spend here is really yours: pleasantly divided between antique traditions, must-taste flavours, modern harmonies. BW Hotel Tre Torri – Stefano Compagnone

He is the Sales Manager of the BestWestern Hotel Tre Torri. He has been working in this hotel since 1992 and his duties are to promote our territory, surrounded of Palladian Villas, distilleries wineries and many other attractions.

Our hotel is only 5 minutes far from the historic center of Vicenza and from the tollgates, around 25 far from Verona and 35 from Venice. It hosts Restaurant l’Altro Penacio famous for both regional and international courses prepared by our Chef Enzo who is one of the best cooks in Vicenza, famous for his wine-gastronomies menus. - Thank you all - We hope to see you in Vicenza soon!