The trip
DAY 1: BRESCIA - historical centre sightseeing tour
Arrival for lunch at Loggia Square or surroundings - Panoramic sightseeing tour, along Via Musei – the Roman Decumanus Maximus – starting from Forum Square, with Capitoline Temple, remains of the Roman Theatre and remains of lateral Porticoes. An impressive archaeological reality.
The second stop in Paul VI Square, where three monuments stand: The Medieval Communal Palace (Broletto) and the Old Cathedral, both built between XII and XIII centuries, and the New Cathedral, a real contrast, on the same side of the square, because built in XVII century.
The tour finishes in Loggia Square, where the Town Hall is one of the most important examples of Renaissance Style in Brescia and the Palladian influence is still visible.
Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
DAY 2: LONATO DEL GARDA – SIRMIONE
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfert to Lonato and visit to the House of the Podestà (Major): it has been built in the middle of the XV century, as a seat of the Representative of the Republic of Venice in Lonato, whose duty was to control the territory. It is a monumental complex of extraordinary beauty, dominated by the great Visconti-Venetian Fortress.
Transfer to Sirmione for lunch.
Guided tour of Sirmione: it has been described in the 1st century B.C., by Catullus, a Veronese Poet.
Sirmione stands out from other lake resorts for its historical patrimony like the Medieval Scaliger Fortress, the local parish church, Saint Mary the Greatest, the smaller San Pietro in Mavino Chapel and the large and imposing Roman Villa, called: "Catullus’ Grottoes.
Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
DAY 3: LAKE ISEO - MONTISOLA
Breakfast and departure for Sulzano, private boat to Montisola, the greatest island of the lakes in Europe, with natural beauties, with a typical landscape, where a lot of traditions will be discovered: those linked to the production of fishing nets, the manufacturing of boats and the fish conservation technique and also historical events and local legends. (Possibility to make the “tour of three islands”, Montisola and smaller islands Saint Paul and Loreto).
Lunch in a typical restaurant in Montisola.
Back to Sulzano by boat, panoramic tour through the hills of Franciacorta, stopping at a winery for a tour and tasting of wines and local products.
Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
DAY 4: DAY 4 : DEPARTURE
Breakfast and departure.