Departing from Malcontenta, the first villa you can see is Villa Foscari, designed by Palladio. The image of the villa's pronaos reflected on the water is still fresh in our minds as we catch sight of the next villages and their villas. The best known are: the seventeenth century "foresterie" (guest houses) of Villa Valmarana overlooking Villa Widmann located on the opposite river bank in Mira Porte; Villa Angeli in Dolo designed by Scamozzi; Villa Soranzo in Fiesso with the whole frescoed façade;
and finally the most spectacular Villa in the Brenta Riviera: Villa Pisani in Stra. Rich as a jewel casket, the villa is of outstanding interest to visitors, with frescoes by Tiepolo and Guarana, spectacular stables and the celebrated maze, epitomizing eighteenth century Venetian society which, in the game of the history, performed vanishing acts, only to appear once again.
The Brenta has had many famous guests such as Henry IV King of France, D'Annunzio, Byron, Galileo Galilei, etc.. many others praised its beauties as Goethe and Goldoni. Also Dante Alighieri mentiones Oriago in the Divine Comedy.