TOUR TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE
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TOUR CODE: INC-04 - NATURE TOUR IN TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE “THE VALSUGANA LAKES” - TOUR 4 NIGHTS / 5 DAYS OVERNIGHT STAY IN TERME SANT’ORSOLA

 

1° DAY Arrival in Terme Sant’Orsola, accommodation in hotel and dinner.

2° DAY After breakfast departure for Trento and visit of the city. The main city attractions are: “Buonconsiglio Castle”, Piazza Duomo, the Romanesque Cathedral, Casa Cazuffi and Pretorio Palace, with the Diocesan Museum. Lunch free. Transfer to Mocheni Valley, with a very interesting natural ambience: the valley conserves its original language and customs. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

3° DAY After breakfast, departure for the Valsugana area to visit its lakes: Lake Caldonazzo, the biggest lake of the region, and the only one where you can water ski, and Lake Levico, very popular for its thermal springs. Lunch free in Levico Terme. In the afternoon, waòk into town, which conserves its original nineteenth- century design: gardens, flowery boulevards, and stylish buildings. On the way to the hotel, stop at Pergine Valsugana, to admire the Gothic Palace, that dates from the XV century (visits allowed from the 15th May to September). Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

4° DAY After breakfast, transfer to Besenello, to visit Beseno Castle (open from April to October), very evocative and enchanting. Lunch free. Continuation to Rovereto, pretty little town where Mozart, when very young, performed at his first public concert. The main attractions are: the Castle, which dates from the XIV century, where you can visit the Historical War Museum, and the monumental war memorial bell. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

5° DAY Departure after breakfast.

TOUR CODE: INC-05 - BOLZANO AND THE ALTO ADIGE CASTLES TOUR 3 NIGHTS / 4 DAYS WITH OVERNIGHT STAY IN LAIVES

 

1° DAY Arrival in Laives (9 km south of Bolzano): accommodation in hotel and lunch. In the afternoon guided visit of Roncolo Castle, where the Vanga family built the first walls in 1237. It’s called the “Illustrated Manor” because of the frescos still preserved; very interesting the “Tristano and Isotta” poem representation and the games and tourney scenes.
Return to the hotel, dinner and overnight stay.

2° DAY After breakfast, visit some of the most famous castles in the area, starting with Forte Castle; then visit of the Velturno castle, where you can admire a lovely panoramic scene of the valley. Leave for Bressanone, lunch in a restaurant and visit of the town. You’ll see: the baroque Cathedral, the Romanic-Gothic Cloister, the Diocesan Museum, with one of the richest ecclesiastical art collection and the Novacella Abbey, inside which there’s one of the most beautiful baroque churches of the region.
Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

3° DAY After breakfast departure for Tirolo, delightful village with Tirolo Castle: built in XII century, it became the symbol of this land. The city of Bolzano, which is now the owner of the castle, directed a thorough restoration and transformed it into a museum. Nearby is the Scena Castle, which characterises one of the most popular places of the area. Lunch in a restaurant in Merano. In the afternoon visit of the town, elegant resort, called “The Alto Adige pearl”.
Return to the hotel, dinner and overnight stay.

4° DAY After breakfast leave for Bolzano, modern city situated in the Adige and Isarco Valley. You’ll see: the Gothic Cathedral, the Dominican Church, half-destroyed by the bombs, and then re-built, the Benedictine monastery, with the S. Agostino Church, the archaeological museum, where Otzi’s mummy, “the Iceman”, is preserved. Return to the hotel for lunch. In the afternoon departure for re-entry.