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The Itineraries a Sample of a Cultural Tour Around Cremona (Catchment Area 1 Hour by Coach) Music&Culture www.cremonahotels.it Museo del Violino Groups visiting MDV Audioguides and guided tours. A de- tailed audioguide and multimedia sta- tions in every room will accompany visitors along their journey through the world of string instruments, allowing them to develop their own modular, flex- ible itineraries. As sensory experiences and the transmission of knowledge in- tersect, both laypeople and expert con- noisseurs will find new material and new inspiration for further investigation. The audioguide in Italian or English is pro- vided free at the entrance, and special- ist guides are available upon request, if booked in advance. Children. At the Museo del Violino, even mino boiocchi © copyright photo: the youngest visitors can discover the world of precious and unusual musical instruments and curious objects with a touch of magic about them. A special multimedia itinerary will reveal the fascinating skill of the violin maker, who today, just as in the past, is able to take wood and varnishes prepared with special alchemy and draw from them a sound as sweet, melodious and expressive as the human voice. Workshops and education. The MdV offers a wide range of educational activities and workshops for children and teenagers, who can explore the fascinating world of Cremo- nese string instruments and the artisans who made them. The thematic visits and pro- grammes are based around itineraries differentiated by age and skill level, allowing every- one to discover the pleasure of learning though fun and enjoyable activities. photo: mino boiocchi © copyright photo: Booking essential. Performances on historical violins. Why do the world’s most famous musi- cians choose instruments made by Strad- ivari, Guarneri and Amati? Because of their excellent sound. At the Museo del Violino, it is possible to hear – live – the voices of these masterpieces, entrusted to the expert hands of skilled soloists, offer- ing visitors an experience of intense and unforgettable poetry. Booking essential. Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 10 am - 6 pm Ticket Office: Tel (+39) 0372 080809 Booking: Tel (+39) 0372 801801 mail: [email protected] photo: mino boiocchi © copyright photo: Strategical position Cremona is situated in a strategic position because of its centrality compared to the great cities of northern Italy: - 70 km from Garda Lake; - 85 km from Milan; - 70 Km from Parma; - 42 km from Piacenza - 210 km from Venice - 184 km from La Spezia - 150 km from Maggiore Lake The hotels Fitness area and relax, art gallery A courtyard garden reserves another and free wifi area. Loading and un- surprise: conceptually it has no walls; loading area. Private and covered three big screens covers the wall with garage 10 meters far away. images. Dellearti Design Hotel is located in via The hotel’s adjacent area populated Bonomelli 8, only 50 meters far from with typical restaurants, bar, confec- “Torrazzo” highest medieval bell tower tioneries and violin making labs. in Europe, alongside the cathedral and the magnificent Duomo square. All rooms equipped with led tv with mediaset premium channels, fast in- ternet connection via fiber optic, work- Dellearti design Hotel desk, mini-bar and safe. A comfortable Via Bonomelli, 8 breakfast room in an exhibition space tel. +39 0372 23131 that houses modern and contemporary fax +39 0372 21654 works, center of an artistic hub that [email protected] winds throughout the hotel and the in- www.cremonahotels.it ner courtyard. Mezzanine with library and reading Stars: 4 superior Number of rooms: room and business center. 33 including 01 junior suite, 02 pent- Guests have access to a meeting room house suites and conferences with 28 places and re- Ideal for: business stay, holidays, wee- lax services like “Physiotherm” Infrared end, for individual guests and little woody Cabin, Jacuzzi and fitness room. groups. Just 50 m. from Duomo and Torrazzo Meeting rooms: 2 The hotels Position: (PalaRadi) and the railway station. 800 meters from the historical Centre; In front of the Hotel the greatest free 1 km from the highway; public parking for cars and touristic 1 km from the Trade Fair; busses. Hotel Continental is the best Loading and unloading area: opportunity to lodge big groups. in front of the Hotel. The modern Congress Centre offers a Big and free public parking 50 meters big meeting room that can accommo- from the Hotel (for cars and touristic date up to 100 people and three small busses) rooms for assemblies. All rooms are bright, have panoramic The new Hotel Continental proposes view and modern equipment. big news for all needs. From the historic Hotel in Cremona, a very new Design Roof garden Restaurant offers to our Hotel, business type, built according to guests a suggestive panorama view Hotel Continental the criteria of the most innovative ener- of the Torrazzo and the flavors of a Piazza Libertà, 26 gy savings with minimal environmental traditional local way of cooking. Open to tel. +39 0372 434141 impact and minimal consumption and anyone, is ideal for a business breakfast, fax +39 0372 454873 the following characteristics: 4 inches a romantic dinner or an important [email protected] coat on all facades, photovoltaic system, celebration, from the birthday party to www.cremonahotels.it heat pump, lift with energy recovery, the wedding. furniture made with environmentally Our staff service is always attentive Stars: 4 friendly glue. and friendly and the creativity of our Rooms Number: 63 including Hotel Continental, is in a strategic chefs and pastry masters will make any 7 Studios for Families. position at the entry of Cremona, near occasion a success. Ideal for: Businesses stay, Holiday, the historical center, the highway, the Connected to Hotel Hall, Our Kind week-end, for individual and groups Trade-fair, the football stadium (Zini Customer can have a smart stay at our Meeting Rooms: 2 stadium), the basketball stadium welcoming Pizzeria La Pizza d’Autore. Wi-fi area: free Roof garden Restaurant at 4th floor La Pizza d’Autore: Small Pizzeria at Hall/entrance level Breakfast Room at “Bistrot” Honesty Bar Lenny’s The hotels The hotels end, for individual and group-tours Marconi or private car parking 300 Meeting rooms: 1 - FreeWi-fi area meters away. WI-FI free in all rooms and Position: heart of historical centre “Fondriest” bicycles renting . The meeting with Cathedral and Torrazzo view room Monteverdi can accommodate Loading and unloading area: in up to 60 people in theatre style or can front of the Hotel. be organized in U Shape Style. It is New and central covered parking equipped with speakers, microphones, (Piazza Marconi), 50 meters from flipchart, fast internet connection and the hotel. video projector. Breakfast Buffet with typical local products, and awarded Hotel Impero is located in the medieval cold cuts as prosciutto cotto stella from heart of Cremona, 50 meters from the Negroni. Hotel Impero is the perfect famous Piazza del Duomo, the Torraz- location to know the refined architectonic zo and the same distance from MDV beauty of the town and to appreciate the Hotel Impero Piazza della Pace, 21 International Museum of Violins extraordinary welcome of its historical, tel. +39 0372 413013 (www.museodelviolino.org) the best monumental and cultural centre, the fax +39 0372 457295 restaurants of the historical center. violin maker workshops, the Café, the [email protected] The Hotel hosts 53 rooms all decorated pastry stores with their delicious selection www.cremonahotels.it in the Imperial style and new parquet of traditional taste and the old trattorias floorings. Smart and bright, they where you can taste the fine local food. offer a dignified warmth to the most 50 meters from the Torrazzo, 50 meters Stars: 4 exigent guests and a suggestive view from the Violin International Museum Rooms: 53 of the Cathedral and the picturesque and from the covered parking in Piazza Rooms Types: 12 single classic, pedestrian square in front of the ancient Marconi. 17 double superior, 19 double classic, Municipal Building. 3 triple classic, 2 triple superior. Services: car parking 50 meters far in Ideal for: business stay, Holiday, week- the modern covered parking in Piazza Foto di Ernesto “Liutaio al lavoro” di Fazioli Foto The Itineraries A sample of a cultural Tour around Cremona (catchment area 1 hour by coach) Verona's Arena The River Po Parma's Duomo Milano's Duomo made by Stradivari, Amati, Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, audition of an an- cient violin and to discover the secrets neristic: it’s one of the most outstanding of the ancient art of violin making also cycles of Renaissance painting, that was following the skilled hands of one of the called “the Sistine Chapel of Northern numerous craftsmen of Cremona, the The following is a sample of our sug- Italy” by the famous history of arts critic most important market place for vio- gested guided (with the assistance Roberto Longhi. lin-making worldwide of our experienced professional Palazzo Comunale (Town Hall touristic guides) tours in a catch- Palace) and its free entrance halls, Day 2: Parma ment area of at least 1 hour by coach small picture gallery of the 17th Cen- Morning around Cremona. tury, featuring the masterpiece of the The romanesqueCathedral with The length and days of this experi- most important painter of the period: the dome decorated by Correggio and ence will be tailored made to the re- Luigi Miradori. the famous Deposition: the first dated quests of the customers due to their Cooking school: how to make sculpture of Benedetto Antelami job schedules at EXPO 2015 in Mi- marubini (typical local filled pasta) The Baptistery, well-known world- lan. and ... enjoy eating them! wide for the wonderful decorations Afternoon both in- side and outside Day 1: Cremona Theatre Ponchielli: the stage, the TheRegio Theatre Morning galleries, the “ridotto” (hall for resting Cooking specialties of the Emilia The Cathedral, to be astonished by and chatting after the performances), Romagna Region: torta fritta (fried the frescoes of the central nave dating the royal box, the dressing rooms ..
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