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04 - 07 October 2018
Lombardy

The largest lake in Italy, will be the destination of a short but intense tour, moving across its landscape and history; these ancient location attract tourists from all over the world and its beauty has inspired writers and poets. Some famous name include: Dante Alighieri, Goehtè, Gustav Klimt, Gabriele D' Annunzio, Maria Callas.
During our tour we will stay in Sirmione (Palace Hotel Villa Cortine *****), a narrow peninsula entering Lake Garda from the south, called “The Pearl of Garda Lake“. Famous for its SPA and its historic center closed off to traffic, protected by “Rocca Scaligera”.

Sirmione is also famous for the “Grotte di Catullo“. The remains of a large Roman villa can be found inside the archaeological park, within a vast olive-grove.

We will visit the best artisanal pasta shop in Valeggio sul Mincio, “Pastificio Remelli” where the siblings Luciana and Guido carry on the family tradition, applying the invaluable lessons and secrets taught them by their grandmother, Mora. We will tour the family pasta laboratory, where more than twenty expert pasta makers make the day's products, always fresh.

A visit to the 600.000 square meters of the “Parco della Sigurtà“ at Valeggio on Mincio will leave you completely spellbound. In 2013 it won the prestigious award for “Most Beautiful Garden of Italy” and in 2015 it won award for “the second most beautiful Parc in Europe“.

Will visit take a visit to the “Grotte di Catullo“; the remains of a large Roman villa can be found inside the archaeological park, within a vast olive-grove. The building, built between the end of the 1st century B.C. and the beginning of the 1st century A.D. in an excellent panoramic position, at the highest tip of the Sirmione peninsula, is the most important example of a high-class residence in the whole of northern Italy.

We will enter in the legend of car races with a private guided visit to the “1000 MIGLIA” museum, defined by Enzo Ferrari "the most beautiful race in the world".

But for three days we not only drive our's cars but will takea private motorboat to “Punta San Vigilio“ owned by noble Family Guarienti of Brenzone.

Finally, our gastronomic journey will include the discovery of a typical Italian product, presented in a new guise: Pizza Gourmet, or Chef's Pizza. The old format of “Pizza Napoletana or 'of the people'” is abandoned for a new partnership between Pizza and haute cuisine.


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