Sparkling & Culture Tour in North Italy
7 Days / 6 Nights
Day 1: Milan
Arrival in Milano.
Check-in at the hotel. Overnight
Day 2: Milan
After breakfast full day visit of Milan.
Pleasant stroll to visit the most famous places of Milan.
Piazza della Scala - and Galleria, - the city's splendid parlor. From the Brera
Art Gallery in search of inestimable masterpieces of italian art. Free lunch.
Then the famous Corso Vittorio Emanuele and its shopwindows, the Duomo, S. Ambrogio
Basilica and the Scala, the famous opera theatre. Free time at the end of the
visit.
Overnight by the hotel.
Day 3: Franciacorta
After breakfast departure to Franciacorta Region, a very important wine region
situated between Brescia and Iseo Lake. The first stop will be in a small town.
Rodengo Saiano, to visit Villa Fenaroli, dating back 1700 and Saint Nicola Abbey.
Continue to Provaglio d'Iseo for the first wine tasting and a typical lunch
stop in one "Azienda Agricola". After the lunch we continue to San
Pietro in Lamosa Monastery, datind 1100 and the big Torbiere. Dinner in a restaurant
with local specialities. Overnight at the hotel by Iseo Lake.
Day 4: Franciacorta
Breakfast hotel. Time at disposal in Iseo for a stroll and cruise to Mont'Isola
a small Isle in the middle of Iseo Lake. It's a mountain rising from the water
up to height of 600 mt. crowned on its top by the sanctuary of Madonna della
Ceriola. After lunch departure to Borgonato to visit one of the best Azienda
Agricola for wine tasting. This Company produces "Franciacorta" champagne
(spumante), one of the most appreciated in Italy.
Time at disposal in Sarnico for shopping. Overnight at hotel.
Day 5: Venice
Breakfast at the Hotel.
Meet your local guide for a 2 Hours City guide: St Mark's square, the basilica and the Doge's Palace St. Mark's square was the political and religious center of the Republic of
Venice; since ancient times it has been a place extraordinarily rich in historical
and artistic value: we shall visit the basilica with its precious mosaics and
the Ducal palace with its well-known Bridge of Sighs, the Procuratie palaces
and the Napoleonic Wing, the Clock Tower, the Campanile and the Marciana National
Library. You can decide whether to include in the tour the visit to the doge's
palace inside or continue our walk through campi and campielli to the Rialto
area.
Free time for independent visit or shopping.
Overnight at the hotel
Day 6: Venice
After Breakfast guided visit of the Guggenheim Collection
The Guggenheim Museum in Venice, Ca' Venier de' Leoni, the Peggy Guggenheim's
Venetian house. Here are exposed masterpieces by Kandinsky, Pollock, Ernst,
Chagall, Dalì and many others.
In the afternoon time for shopping for the Murano Glass with a small “cicchetti”
in the tipical “bacaro veneziano” to taste the venetian fish speciality
(sarde in saor – moscardini – crostini di baccalà with a
glass of white wine).
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 7: Breakfast
Departure to the Venice Airport.
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