Its present name reflects the fact that it includes villas designed by Palladio throughout Veneto.

These include a lighthouse, stables, Italianate villas and a museum.

The project, for people 55 and over, will include villas, town houses and apartments.

Some of his other projects included churches, mosques, private villas, apartment buildings, movie theaters, private clubs, and hospitals, among others.

While offering many of the same benefits and facilities as an Anantara Resort & Spa, each property's accommodation only includes private villas.

The village has a pond and includes Georgian villas and some 1809 cottages with bottle ends set into the upper walls for decoration.

Planned developments are said to include villas, condominiums, cafes and shops.

They include villas, and churches such as Redentore in Venice.

Accommodations include everything from simple studios to five- or six-bedroom villas, a few on the water, some with private pools.

Ash was extended in 2007 to include new four-bedroom two-storey villas.