Tour of colours and tastes in the most beautiful Italian Region
11 Days / 10 Nights
Day 1: Milan
Arrival in Milano.Transfer to the hotel.
Check-in. Time at disposal. Overnight stay.
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: Parma
Arrival in Parma - Check in the hotel in the city center.
Full day excursion in search of Giuseppe Verdi: native house of the composer
in Roncole, Bussetto and Villa Verdi in S. Agata. Afternoon in Parma, Italian
capital of the opera (Cathedral, Farnese Theatre, Certosa). Back to the hotel.
Overnight stay.
Day 4: Parma
After Breakfast departure to Langhirano for a tasting of raw ham in a famous
Prosciuttificio.
Guided visit and possibility to taste the famous ham.
In the afternoon visit of a Fattoria for the tasting of the “Culatello”
ham and then of the famous cheese Parmiggiano Reggiano.
Back to the hotel and overnight in Parma.
Day 5: Cinque Terre
After breakfast departure to the Cinque Terre
A day with a varied itinerary, visit to the Cinque Terre. On the top of the
cliffs, resting on small bays, there are 5 small fishing villages, facing onto
the blue sea: starting from Monterosso and passing through "Lovers Lane"
to reach Portovere by boat, travelling along the coast. Back to the hotel. Overnight
stay in Levanto.
Day 6: Genoa
The day begins with a trip to Genoa, the largest port in Italy.
Guided visit to the Cathedral of Saint Lorenzo and to the palaces of Via Garibaldi.
The afternoon is at disposal and for shopping or visiting the port. Special
dinner
Overnight stay in Levanto.
Day 7: Pisa / Lucca
Breakfast and departure for Pisa, a pleasant, quiet town, which has conserved
some wonderful buildings of its rich past.
A guided tour of the town: the monumental Miracle Square, the Baptistery, the
Cathedral, the Leaning Tower - symbol of Pisa. Lunch at restaurant.
In the afternoon departure to Lucca. A guided tour of the town: a small fascinating
town situated in a fertile plain which has conserved within its walls numerous
reminders of the past. Overnight stay in Lucca area.
Day 8: Siena - Bagno Vignoni - Montepulciano
After breakfast departure to Siena. Arrival and walking tour in the city center.
Splendid example of medieval urban design with its little squares and narrow
streets and the brick that lines everything. The main part of the city lies
on three hills, divided into as many sections called “thirds”. The
Cathedral stands on the highest hilltop, a majestic example of Romanesque-Gothic
Italian architecture. Another famous sight, always filled with visitors, is
the Piazza del Campo (where the Palio is run), with its singular shell-like
shape dipping toward two further symbols of the city, the Palazzo Pubblico and
the Torre del Mangia, that is 102 meters tall, making it the tallest of the
communal towers in Italy.
Free lunch in Siena.
In the afternoon departure to Bagno Vignone- Montepulciano.
Bagno Vignoni is a tiny little town with Italy's strangest square, it is actually
not a square but a large pool where many mineral water springs fills it with
52 °C water. Around the pool there are buildings from different époques
and one of them was built by Pius II (1400) a house where he lived during some
periods of the year.
The hot water today is led to a small thermal establishment and to a large swimming
pool within an hotel. During 2002 excavations the rests of the roman baths were
found together with the channel that was used to bring the water and the channel
has been reopened.
Some of the water flows in another antique channel and people from the small
towns around comes here to put their tired feet's in the hot water to give them
new energy.
Montepulciano Is close to Chianciano terme and is located, as many Italian towns,
on top of a hill, all roads leading up to the centre are flanked by houses from
different époques and on the main square is the church with many buildings
from 1400-1500. Around the town are all the famous wine producers of the wine
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and most of the producers has a wine cellar in
the town as it has been for generations. Back to the hotel. Overnight.
Day 9: Florence
After breakfast departure to Florence. Check in at the hotel and guided tour
of the city.
History is the cohesive element of Florence, the source of the energy that has
maintained intact through the centuries all its fascination and vitality. First
a Roman city, then a medieval county, a free commune, a Medici dominion, a republic,
grand duchy and finally capital of united Italy, always a cosmopolitan center:
the city absorbed an extraordinary wealth of works of art from every cultural
phase of its existence. But it is not simply the charm of the Renaissance palaces
or the richness of the many museums that make up its irresistible attraction
- it is the very quality of life itself and the way it is lived there, even
today. To describe and visit all the places of artistic and cultural interest,
weeks would not be enough, so we will only mention a few of them: the Cathedral,
the Baptistery, Giotto’s Bell Tower, Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio, Santa
Croce, Dante’s house, the church of Santa Maria Novella.
Day 10: Florence - Chianti Region
After breakfast departure to Greve in Chianti for wine tasting of this
tipical area.
Breakfast at the hotel and departure for a tour of the Chianti region: Radda
, Gaiole and Greve. Visit to Brolio Castle Lunch in a typical
restaurant. In the afternoon, wine-tasting in one of the famous castles of the
area. Free time. In the evening, return to Florence. Overnight stay.
Day 11: Florence
After breakfast departure to Florence / Airport.
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