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On this music tour to Italy we are celebrating several giants of the music world, including Monteverdi, the father of Opera and Verdi, the most dramatic composer of the Italian operas. Learn the secrets of violin making in Cremona, the charming city of Stradivarius, travel to Parma, famous for its opera house where several of Verdi’s works were premiered and also for Toscanini whose modest birthplace shows many important memorabilia form the famous conductor’s life. Visit nearby Roncola, the house where Verdi learned to love music in his mother’s womb and Bussetto where he created his first famous operas. We included lunch for you in a typical pub where delicious prosciutto and bubbling wine is served with Verdi’s operas. Continue as an optional tour with visits to nearby medieval castles.
Package includes:
- One way first class rail ticket from Cremona to Parma
In Parma:
- 3 nights hotel accommodation at the 3star superior
Hotel Astoria or 4star
Hotel Stendhal or Hotel Toscanini with daily
breakfast and taxes
- Full day private guided tour with private car and driver in Parma
area (including Roncole, visit Verdi House where Verdi was born, St
Michaels Church, Villa Verdi in St. Agatha, visit the Casa Barezzi
Museum and Teatro Verdi in Busseto, lunch at the Salsamenteria Baratta
in Busseto center (supplement on Sundays: Euro 65 per tour)
Optional visit with tasting at the Parmesan cheese factory: Euro 10 per
person
- Guided private music tour of Parma (4 hours walking tour) visiting Cathedral,
Baptistery, House of Music, Farnese Theatre, Regio Theatre, Verdi
Monument, House in which Toscanini was born
- One concert or opera ticket in Parma - good category (extra
surcharge for tickets during Verdi Festival - October: Euro 45 per
person)
(Optional round trip private car transfer from hotel to Theater if
performance is in Bussetto or other theater not in Parma center: Euro
370 per car) - Teatro Regio is in Parma center and walking distance from
the centrally located hotels (Astoria/ Stendhal/Toscanini)
Entrance fees in Parma are extra (approximately 40Euro per person)
In Cremona:
- 2nights hotel accommodation at 3 star Hotel Astoria or Hotel
Visconti or at 4star
Hotel Impero or Hotel Palace with daily
breakfast and taxes
- Cremona card (discounts for cultural performance tickets and
entrance fees)
- 1 concert ticket (good category to Monteverdi Festival or any other
cultural performance)
- Private guided walking tour of Cremona for 3 hours including a visit
to the violin makers
- Entrance to Stradivari Museum , Civic Museum, Palazzo Comunale and
the Historical Collection of Ancient Instruments (entrance fees are
extra, discounted with Cremona card aproximately 15 Euro per person payable
locally)
- One dinner at a typical local restaurant (4 course)
Package price 2011 in Euro based on 2 people traveling together ($ rate
varies depending the exchange):
| Hotel category - Parma 3nights / Cremona 2nights
Package |
Price per person based on double
occupancy |
Single supplement** |
Price per person based on triple
occupancy |
| 3 star - standard / superior standard |
1322 |
219 |
RQ |
| Extra nights in Cremona |
63 |
25 |
RQ |
| Extra nights in Parma |
92 |
57 |
RQ |
| 4 star - first class |
1418 |
149 |
RQ |
| Extra nights in Cremona |
88 |
32 |
RQ |
| Extra nights in Parma |
107 |
29 |
RQ |
* US$ rate varies depending the exchange rate
* *Add to package price Euro 635 if passenger is traveling alone
*During holidays, special fair period surcharge may apply!
The fairs and congresses already confirmed in Parma in 2011 are
(rates availability on request only):
Fair: 24/26 March
Fair: 15/17 April
Congress: 26/29 May
Congress: 09/11 June
Congress: 16/19 October
Fair: 18/21 October
Congress: 15/18 November
Hotel category - Parma 3nights Package only (no
Cremona)
no rail ticket included |
Price per person based on double
occupancy |
Single supplement** |
Price per person based on triple
occupancy |
| 3 star - superior standard |
957 |
169 |
RQ |
| 4 star - first class |
1002 |
87 |
RQ |
Add to package price (Parma only) if passenger is traveling
alone: Euro 529
Hotel category - Cremona 2nights Package only (no
Parma)
no rail ticket included |
Price per person based on double
occupancy |
Single supplement** |
Price per person based on triple
occupancy |
| 3 star - superior standard |
336 |
50 |
RQ |
| 4 star - first class |
384 |
63 |
RQ |
Add to Package price (Cremona only) if passenger is
traveling alone: Euro 107
Extensions to other cities in Italy or in other European countries are available on
request! |
