Parks and gardens of historical interest establish in Italy an heritage of considerable landscape, cultural and artistically value. Although of Piedmont, Liguria and Venetian, constitute realties worthy of interest, for the various stylistically typologies by them represented. It is a matter of formal or informal parks and gardens, with romantics details, rich in philosophical sense, adorned by valuables architectural presence. On their whole, the gardens result particularly attractive and opportunity to visit them guided by experts of “historical gardens”.
VERONA, PADUA, MANTUA, VENICE, COLLI EUGANEI,LAKE GARDA
Day 1 Group arrival in Verona. Accommodation in the reserved rooms. Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2 Breakfast in hotel. The whole day will be dedicated to visit Verona, splendid city known in all the world. Stop at Giusti Garden, one of the most important Italian garden of 1500, very much visited since the origin, with the presence of parterres, labyrinth, wood and numerous hand-made of great value. Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 3 Breakfast in hotel. Full day at Padua. Visit to the Botanical Garden, dated back 1545 is considered the older botanical garden realised. Besides the interesting kinds of botanical point of view, are centuries old trees of big stage effects. In succession guided city visit: the historical centre with the three squares, the “ Palazzo della Regione” the Giotto’s frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel ( considered his best work) Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 4 Breakfast in hotel. Morning dedicated to the guided visit of Mantua, motherland of Virgilio’s poet and old estate of Gonzaga Family. In the afternoon stop at Park Sigurta Garden ; it covers a 50 hectares in an rare natural beauty ambient. It comes origin from an old agricultural factory joined at eighteenth-century Villa Sigurtà, of elegants neo-classicists shapes. Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 5 Breakfast in hotel. The whole day in excursion at Lake Garda. Morning dedicated to the visit of “Isola del Garda” the largest island of lake Garda, a place of rare beauty, bursting with history, memories and legends. Followed by visit of Sirmione and its roman ruins. Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 6 Breakfast in hotel. In the Morning visit to Villa Pisani in Strà; it is meter of a royal palace in baroque style, of the first half of seventeenth-century, with a splendid garden in French with a labyrinth strewn of statues. Transfer to Venice and free time. Dinner and overnight in hotel.
Day 7 Breakfast in hotel. The whole day in excursion at “ Colli Euganei”, are characterised for soft roundness of volcanic origins, esteemed wine production area. Halt at Villa Barbarigo Pizzoni Ardemani to admire one of the most valuables Italian garden of 1600 in existence and well preserved; the 15 hectares of surface are strewn with statues, fountains, spring and . Dinner and overnight stay in hotel.
Day 8 Breakfast in hotel. End our services.