Experience in Vicenza, Italy by Luca

What is it like to live in Vicenza? Would you recommend it? What is the city like?

Vicenza is architercturally very important: it is indeed the birthplace of the architect Palladio. Vicenza is kind of a little city. There are around 120000 people living in the town. The University in Vicenza is quite recent, and it is rapidly growing over the time. There are many Bars all around the centre and few festivals involve the whole city centre each year.

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What is the student lifestyle like in Vicenza?

The University in Vicenza is relatively new. This means that there are not so many places dedicated to students. The life is quite, calm, relaxed and during the weekend there are some well-know discoclubs open. also, to have more fun, Vicenza is near to Padova, one of the most important Cities in Italy.

How much does it cost to live in Vicenza?

Vicenza is not cheap but neither expensive like a metropoli. Particularly, the accomodation costs could be a bit high.

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Is it difficult to find accommodation in Vicenza? Is there any advice you can give?

The only advice is to contact the University. Other alternatives are to contact letting agencies, as the normal procedure.

What is the food like? What are your favourite dishes?

The food in Vicenza is very good. There are a lot of interesting places where to eat and because it is not a turistic zone, there is few risk to encounter fake-food when being at the resturant.