Thoroughly enjoyable way to travel by boat from Venice to Padua - excellent guide and great way to understand Venice and Padova. The visits to three very different Venetian villas gave a good insight into how its elite escaped the busy city.

A cruise through the countryside and time. - This was a very well organized and professional tour. Our guide was terrific and explanations were given in Italian, French, and English. The county side is beautiful and going through the locks and swing bridges was great fun. The three villas we visited were incredibly beautiful. The water was high so were could not go all the way to Padua. Tour company arranged a bus to drop people at the bus terminal or the train station. This is a full day tour. The boat moves very slowly through the canal. Sit back and relax and enjoy the ride. You need to arrange your return to Venice or wherever you are staying. Tour started at 9 am and I was back at my hotel by 8 pm. I did not book lunch at the restaurant but found a cute local restaurant and had cichette. I highly recommended this tour to experience a different side of Venice.

Against all odds - Absolutely excellent guide! Made all the difference! It rained with thunderstorm but we fully enjoyed the experience

Superb trip through Brenta in the Burchieloo - The trip was magnificent, the villas impressive , the food very good and the boat crew extraordinary: a 10 for the captain and for the guide Stela

Lovely day - Beautiful tour, very knowledgeable host. Would recommend the pizzeria in the town where you stop for lunch.

Interesting and different - Cool tour to discover the country side. A bit long as the boat cannot go very fast. Happy with the guide , Olympia.

Beautiful day along the Brenta canal - Beautiful experience, very well organized tour. Even though my friend was about to fall into the water when boarding in Venice, the on-board staff was prompt and efficient to avoid the worst. The visits to the three villas were interesting, the guides Olimpia and Emma were really very good. Overall, great day.

Villas in Brenta - Well organized and recommended trip. We were lucky enough to have an excellent guide (Silvia) who made the trip very interesting

Beautiful villas, risks in going solo - Best way to travel, if you are interested in seeing different beautiful villas of Venetian elite from time when Venice declined as Mediterranean power and they turned inland. You will hear good guides tell about history. The combination of three quite different villas is interesting. And you’ll learn about locks and turnbridges of river cruises. You should know in advance that most likely the stretch from last villa to Padova will be covered by bus. If you stay in Padova, you can go yourself to look at the landing stairs area behind hotel Galileo. It has remained as it was, now university area and nice piazza with restaurants. If you are not sure of using the whole day, you can travel to beautiful Villa Foscari from Venice by local traffic quickly. Don’t trust Google Maps advice, check official route planner apps or ask for advice which bus to take from Piazzale Roma. I travelled solo. The previous evening I got message that Il Burchiello needed repairs and I needed to get on my own to first destination Villa Foscari on Venice local traffic. Another boat would continue. Their advice how to get to Villa Foscari was wrong - the bus dropped me on highway one hour’s walk away from Villa Foscari. I arrived there in time, but exhausted. After all, Il Burchiello arrived there and trip continued on it. Therefore I would strongly advise to take your booking through a service that provides you with support and advice in case the company refuses to take responsibility for part of the trip you have paid for. You need the support both for advice for optional travel arrangements and for requesting due treatment. I made a complaint, but the direction of the company didn’t offer apology, discount or compensation.

Long tedious boat trip - Very long...sometimes tedious...boat trip along the Brenta canal. Not terribly interesting scenery. It was lousy weather and heavy rain so we were stuck inside the boat for half the time. But even with good weather I think the long boat trip would have been tedious! The villas were interesting and the guide was good.