PACKAGE DURATION: 3 days / 2 nights

DEPARTURE: Central Varese

RECOMMENDED PERIOD: All year round

LANGUAGE: ITALIAN, ENGLISH AND FRENCH

Detailed travel program:

Day 1: VARESE HISTORICAL CENTER AND SACRO MONTE

Gathering of the participants in Varese, in the central station. Meeting with the guide for a walking tour of the Garden City: fascinating palaces, narrow streets of the historic center, "secret" courtyards, bell tower, civic tower and baptistery. Walking we reach Palazzo Estense, which was nicknamed the little "Versailles of Milan". By funicular, we reach the Sacro Monte and have lunch in a typical Lombard tavern, with a breathtaking view. In the afternoon visit of the devotional complex consisting of 14 Chapels, the Sanctuary and the Crypt, erected between 1604 and 1698 and which since 2003 is part of the assets registered in the UNESCO list of world heritage sites along the way to reach the Via Sacra , numerous Art Nouveau villas are visible where we will stop to enjoy a good tea. Return to Varese, hotel accommodation, dinner and overnight stay.4 * Hotel / Villa in Art Nouveau style

Day 2: VILLA PONTI, VILLA PANZA, ISOLINO VIRGINIA

Breakfast at the hotel and meeting with the guide. Visit to the Ville Ponti park: a botanical park of 56,000 square meters in English style with a structured path that allows the visitor to enter the historical places of the estate, to discover the tree species of greatest interest. The park is the setting for the splendid Villa Andrea, the Villa Napoleonica and the stables, a complex that was the historic home of illustrious citizens of Varese. Continue on to visit the nearby VILLA PANZA (FAI property), an eighteenth-century villa that opens its windows to a magnificent Italian garden and houses one of the best known collections of contemporary American art in the world. Lunch in a risotteria in the historic center of the beautiful town. In the afternoon departure for Lake Varese. Guided tour of the Borgo di Mustonate, a magical place where you can rediscover the country pleasures and the beautiful atmosphere of the Lombard countryside. Then transfer to Biandronno from where the boat departs from which, with a pleasant navigation on the waters of Lake Varese, leads to Isolino Virginia: the oldest pile-dwelling settlement in the Alpine Arch on the list a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Dinner in a restaurant overlooking the lake. Overnight at Hotel.4 * Hotel / Villa in Art Nouveau style

Day 3: ROCCA DI ANGERA, HERMITAGE OF SANTA CATERINA DEL SASSO AND END OF SERVICES

Breakfast at hotel. Meeting with the guide and departure for the Lombard shore of Lake Maggiore to reach La Rocca di Angera, one of the few fully preserved medieval fortified buildings. Impressive frescoed rooms, the towers and the palace as well as the collection of period dolls. Departure for the Hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso which, perched on a sheer rock face overlooking the lake, is undoubtedly one of the most evocative scenarios of Lake Maggiore (UNESCO SITE). Lunch in a restaurant based on fish from the lake. End of services.

PRICE PER PERSON 750 € Minimum 10 participants

All group travel is carried out in compliance with current covid-19 regulations. The same could undergo changes on the basis of the new ministerial decrees

THE JOURNEY INCLUDESMEALS

Menus treated in detail for both lunches and dinners.½ mineral and ¼ of wine at the table always available

TRANSPORT

Comfortable Mini Buses

INSURANCE

The policy protects you in the event of accident, illness or theft of your baggage

GUIDED TOURS AND RADIOGUIDING

We will be followed by expert local guides using radio guides for all visits, allowing a better understanding of the excursion and the right social distancing

ENTRANCES INCLUDED

Estense PalaceVilla PontiVilla PanzaRocca of AngeraHermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso

ITINERARIES

Our itineraries are just some of the possibilities for visiting the city offers. You can customize your itinerary for groups, single visitors, families, companies in the languages ​​you want, according to your interests and the time you have available.

SPECIAL EXPERIENCE:

Carriage ride to discover the Borgo di Mustonate 60 € (30 minutes)