1 DAY - VERONA
Arrival at Verona airport and private transfer to the Hotel.
In the evening wine-tasting in a local «Hosteria» with three types of wines and a selection of local cheeses and meat cuts
Overnight in hotel.

2- DAY – VERONA
Day at disposal in order to visit the historical city center with the main monuments as the Arena, Castelvecchio. Porta Borsari, Piazza Erbe, Juliet’s House and Balcony using your VERONA CARD.
In the late afternoon Rendezvous at the Palazzo della Gran Guardia, in the Verona city centre in front of Arena for "Musical conversation". The Verona Arena Foundation’s Artists present, at the piano, the Opera programmed
for that evening in the Arena.
At the end "Wine tasting" of one of the very best of Verona’s wines which holds a true affinity to the chosen Opera, accompanied with typical foods.
8.30: End of complete programme Anteprima OPERA.
Stroll towards the roman Arena.
9.15: Start of show at the Arena di Verona (9.00 in august and september).
Overnight in hotel

3- DAY – VERONA – CREMONA - TORRE DEL LAGO
Departure from verona to Cremona (km.100)
THE OLD PART OF THE TOWN
The medieval town hall square is without a doubt the most charming part of the town and the best place to start a tour of discovery of Cremona with its history and art. The Torrazzo (1), the tallest stone bell tower in Italy, the Cathedral (2), an interesting example of Romanesque-Lombard architecture, the octagonal Baptistery (3), the thirteenth century Town Hall its Collection of Stringed Instruments (4) and the Loggia of the Militia (5) surround the town's main square which in times gone by excelled to the point that it competed with Milan. Leaving the square, crossing piazza Stradivari you reach corso Vittorio Emanuele. "Ponchielli" Theatre (6) overlooks this street and was rebuilt in neoclassical style in 1806 by the Milanese architect Luigi Canonica on the site of the seventeenth century Teatro "Concordia".
Visit visita alla sala dei violini, presso il comune di Cremona, dov’è esposta una collezione di violini famosi. Audizione gratuita di uno degli strumenti esposti. Visita al museo civico e Stradivariano, che raccoglie oggetti e documentazione relativi ai personaggi più rappresentativi della vita musicale e della tradizione liutaria di Cremona; interessanti soprattutto i disegni autografi, i modelli e gli attrezzi da lavoro dello Stradivari e i manoscritti di Ponchielli.

Proceeding to torre del Lago (km 200).
Arriving in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight

4 DAY – TORRE DEL LAGO
IN TORRE DEL LAGO THERE WILL BE AGAIN THE MEETING WITH GIACOMO PUCCINI'S EVERLASTING MELODIES

In the mornig visit fo LUCCA : Lucca has a very long history whose traces still remain in his walls, squares, churches, buildings. A Roman colony, as witnessed by the Amphitheatre and the two streets running North - South and East - West and meeting in the Forum, today Piazza San Michele, in 570 it became an important centre of Longobard power and capital town of Tuscia. In 1162 Lucca became a free municipality governed by rich silk trade companies and seat of a mint. Since the second half of 1500 Lucca changed into an independent aristocratic Republic: in order to defend its freedom against Florence and the Este to the north, town-walls were enlarged and fortified. The strong walls and ramparts, nowadays planted with trees, are one of the town symbols.
In 1799 Lucca was occupied by the French and became Principality of Felice and Elisa Baiocchi, Napoleon’s sister. After Bonaparte’s fall, Lucca was a dukedom under the Borbonis until 1847, when it entered the Tuscan Government. Giacomo Puccini was born here on December 22nd, 1858.

In the evening you will attend the Opera at the PUCCINI THEATRE.

5 DAY – TORRE DEL LAGO
Departure