TOUR PROGRAM

Day 1
Arrival day at Rome (accommodation for 2 nights)
Our tour starts in Rome, the eternal city. After hotel accommodation we will enjoy walk sightseeing tour strolling through famous squares and streets.

Day 2
Sightseeing-day at Rome
The second day will be fully guided to visit area of Capitoline and Palatine hills, the Roman Forum, the Domus Aurea and Circus Maximus. We will discover the Opera Theatre with possibility to take part to a show.

Day 3
Regio Theatre day at Parma (accommodation for 2 nights)
In the morning leave for Parma an important city in the Middle Ages and became a reference point in Italy and in Europe as a refined centre of art, economy and culture. We will visit The Cathedral and the Baptistery, the two major monuments of the 12th and 13th centuries and together form the most beautiful Romanesque square in Italy; the Farnese Theatre that was, in the 17th century, the largest covered theatre in Europe; and the neoclassical Regio Theatre, one of the leading Opera houses in the world.

Day 4
Verdi day- trip (Roncole di Busseto)
The day after the tour will take you to the sights of the great opera composer Giuseppe Verdi. Visit to his birthplace, a little house in Roncole di Busseto where he was born in 1813. Visit to the St. Michele church, where Verdi was baptised and where you can still see the original organ, used by him to practice on in his youthness.

Day 5
Sightseeing- day at Venice (accommodation for 2 nights)
After breakfast we will move to Venice .
In the afternoon, after hotel accommodation, we have a first sight to the city of Romance including: St. Mark’s Square with its enchanting Basilica, the Doges’ Palace, walk in the famous Bridge of Sigh which links the Palace to the Prisons. We will stroll around in the canals, over the bridges and enjoy a Gondola cruise.

Day 6
Fenice Theatre day
The next day we will visit the Fenice Theatre, one of the major world theatres built in 1789. On 29th January 1996 a devastating malicious fire destroys the theatre, temporarily closed for maintenance work. From the sorrow of the loss comes the desire to reconstruct the historic theatre inspired by the motto “the way it was, where it was”, drawing on the reconstruction of the church tower of St. Marks. The theatre was re-inaugurated in 2004 with “La traviata”, the opera by Verdi which premiered in this exact theatre.

Day 7
Stradivari day at Cremona (accommodation for 1 night)
From the 18th C the stringed-instrument makers of Cremona gained a reputation as violin, cello and lute makers. The Amati and Guarneri families, and especially Antonio Stradivarius, with their knowledge and incomparable skill produced outstanding instruments of unequalled tonal quality. The International School of Violin Making in Piazza Marconi carries on this tradition. Visit will include the Cathedral, the Baptistery, the Torrazzo, a late-13C bell tower. Visit to the Town Hall, where are displayed four famous violins by Stradivari, Guarneri and the Amati family. The tour of Cremona will end with an interesting visit to a violin, lute craftsman workshop.

Day 8
Teatro alla Scala day at Milan (accommodation for 1 night)
An entire day in Milan dedicated to The Teatro alla Scala, one of the most world famous theatre. Was founded, under the auspices of the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, to replace the Royal Ducal Theatre, which was destroyed by fire on 26 February 1776 and had until then been the home of opera in Milan. Designed by the great neoclassical architect Giuseppe Piermarini, La Scala opened on 3 August 1778 with Antonio Salieri's opera L'Europa riconosciuta, to a libretto by Mattia Veraci. In the afternoon we will vist the local museum and take part to an opera. Dinner in exclusive restaurant where artist and musicians meet after show.

Day 9
Carlo Felice day at Genoa (accommodation for 1 night)
The tour will bring us to Genoa, ancient marine republic. After city sightseeing we will visit the Carlo Felice Theatre. The need to equip the city of Genoa with a theatre capable of hosting prestigious performances and of acting as a driving force in the life of the city, was only felt towards the end of 18th century, then the existing theatres, were widely considered inadequate for such an important role. The Carlo Felice was inaugurated on April 7, 1828, with the performance of Vincenzo Bellini's Bianca e Fernando. In the evening we will take part to an opera or ballet.

Day 10
Departure day
The last dau fo the tour will end with breakfast in the hotelin Genoa will, afterwards individual departure.


Extension day
Possibility to visit other small but very important Italian theatres like San Carlo Theatre in Naples, Bellini Theatre in Catania, Massimo Theatre in Palermo, Regio Theatre in Turin, Verdi Theatre in Trieste, Antico Theatre in Siracusa and take part to special event like Summer Operas in Verona Arena (Aida, Nabucco, La Traviata, Il Barbiere di Siviglia and more), Puccini Festival, Macerata National Perugini Festival, Palermo Scarlatti Festival and more.