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Earth Water and Skies of the Magical Venetian I T I N E R I S V E N E T O H O L I D A Y S I N V E N E T O PACKAGES Town of artistic interest Culture Sport Nature The Po Delta’s Therme Health & Wellness Sea Mountain Lakes Hills Food and wine’s tasting STAY The most beautiful villas & country houses CONTACTS 24h Ilaria +39 346 4904660 ASSISTANCE 24h Italian, English, Earth Deutsch, Francais, Russian water and skies WEB www. of the magical Venetian itinerisveneto .it Email: info@ itinerisveneto.it ITINERIS - Holidays in Veneto - www.itinerisveneto.it 1 PACKAGES Town of artistic interest ABOUT US Culture Sport We are a group of touristic operators who loves its Nature lands and who wish to let it be known in through The Po Delta’s its knowhow. Therme Health & Wellness Sea We have more than 20 years’ experience in the Mountain touristic field. 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The admirable style of these magnificent villas has been copied and recreated all over the world. 1st day: ROVIGO Arrival of participants on the premises by 12:00, check in and at 14:30 meeting with the guide and transfer to Rovigo to visit the city which was the main center of the Polesine. In particular, a visit to the Santa Maria del Soccorso church, also know as the “Rotonda” due to its’ characteristic octagonal form. The inside of the church is architectonically very simple, but the walls are covered with a spectacular series of paintings, sculptures and decorative elements. The elegant Campanile (bell tower), which emerges alongside the church, was built based on the project designs by Baldassare Longhena. Guests are then guided on a brief walk through G. Garabaldi Square, where they can see the façade of the historic theater, il Teatro Sociale. Participants are then brought into Vittorio Emanuele II Square, the most important square of the city that has conserved its’ noble and elegant configuration where we can admire the grandeur of the Roverella Palace and the exquisite Notary’s Lodge under the Municipal building. The tour of Rovigo continues with a visit to the famous Accademia dei Concordi (Academy of Agreements), gallery with an extraordinary collection of Venetian Art dating back to 1580, considered by historians to be one of the most important in the region. Followed by a visit to the castle towers, transfer back to the hotel, dinner and overnight stay. 2nd day: THE CASTLES AND THE POLESINE VILLAS After breakfast in the hotel, transfer of the participants to Lendinara, and a visit of this tiny city which is the home of the Santuario del Pilastrello (Pilastrello Sanctuary), where thousands of devote believers come in pilgrimage every year, as well as the Cà Dolfin. The fourteenth century architecture of the residence of the Dolfin family in Lendinara presents notable Venetian characteristics, the wall facing the street has embellishments that offer the observer the impression of a city palace while the posterior sides demonstrate more subtle suburban villa decorations. On this part of the building Giuseppe Jappelli created and developed a romantic park in the 1800’s. Participants are then brought to Fratta Polesine to visit The Unique Polesine Palladian Villa: Villa Badoer, commonly referred to as the La Badoera, which has recently been recognized as a World Heritage Site. Lunch in a restaurant. Afternoon visit to the Villa Pepoli called the “Palazzon”, residence of the Counts of Pepoli at Trecenta which was erected in the second half of the 1600’s on the site of an older pre-existing castle. The austere aspects of the outside of the fortress contrast with the richness of the internal rooms, finely decorated with elaborate plaster “stucco”. Followed by a brief stop at the Arquà Polesine for an external view of the Castle, a defensive structure dates back to the XII century, which was the site of the struggle for rule of the city Ferrara to begin later in the XV century a Dominican Residence at the head of a vast agricultural estate. Transfer back to the hotel, dinner as the guest chooses, overnight stay. 3rd day:CASTELFRANCO, CITTADELLA, MAROSTICA AND BASSANO DEL GRAPPA After breakfast in the hotel, departure for an excursion to visit some of Veneto’s medieval walled cities, beginning with Castelfranco Veneto.
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