ARENA 2015 ­ 93° FESTIVAL LIRICO Garda Lake ­ Regular and private excursions GARDA LAKE GARDA ISLAND Isola del Garda is a place of rare and special beauty, REGULAR EXCURSIONS Tour around the lake. Tour surrounded by the clear waters of the lake: a by coach along the romantic Gardesana, one of the picturesque rock that has welcomed ancient people most beautiful roads in Europe with its particular from the Romans to the Longobards. At long last it is vegetation like olive trees, cypresses and flowers with now possible to admire its trasures: the neogothic­ Venetian villa, the artificial caves, but above all the an extraordinary beauty. Stops on the most beautiful spots. A visit to several picturesque villages to see amazing gardens which date back to the 1880. monuments dating from the period of Roman, Scaliger, Venetian and Austrian pos­sessors. A part of the lake will be crossed by ferryboat. PRIVATE EXCURSIONS An amazing itinerary on the largest lake in Italy to visit its beatiful villages, island and to taste typical wines and products. Pick­up at the hotel with the hostess to go to Garda for a quick visit of the village. Transfer by private roofed motorboat to Punta San Vigilio and Isola del Garda. Visit of the beautiful island. Isola del Garda is a place of rare and special beauty. A precious jewel, plenty of history, memories and legends. Historical italian Gardens Experience Guerrieri Rizzardi Garden (Bardolino ­ Giardino Giusti (Verona) Garda lake) In Verona you will find one of Italy’s finest Renaissance The estate in Bardolino, on Lake Garda, dates back to gardens: Giardino Giusti. It was created at the end of the XIVth century when the Viscount and Duke of Milan the 15th­century by Agostino Giusti, a knight of the had erected city walls. Visit the historical garden located Venetian Republic and squire of the Grand Duke of within the estate of the Guerrieri­Rizzardi winery along Tuscany. The gardens were designed as a backdrop to with the Orchards of Palazzo Guerrieri and the ancient the Giusti Palace and are terraced in order to gradually cellars within the original walls of the city. The tour uncover the view of the city. It has been remodelled in finishes up at the cellar­museum where you can taste early 19th century in English countryside garden style. the wines and local products. After being destroyed during the second World War, Parco Gairdino Sigurtà (Valeggio sul Mincio) parts of the garden have been restored. More than 30.000 plants are sculptured by nature and Giardino Pojega (Negrar ­VR) the expert hand on man. Five major blossoming periods The Gardens of Pojega are situated the heart of follow one upon the other through the season, the Valpolicella Valley and cover a surface of 54.000 square water gardens and the officinal herb gardens are just a meters. They represent the last masterpiece of Italian few of the features that can be admired and enjoyed by gardens thanks to the spectacular green amphitheatre, the visitor to the Sigurtà Park. The gardens extend over the belvedere, the hornbeam alley, the stalactite 125 acres at the edge of the moraine hills that form the temple, the fountains, statues and parterre. They were southern border of the Garda Lake, just 8 kilometres commissioned in 1783 by count Antonio Rizzardi to the from the town of Peschiera. Through over forty years of architect Luigi Trezza, and are still looked after loving care, Carlo Sigurtà, benefiting from an ancient according to the original drawings. The visit is followed right to reach water from the Mincio river, performed by a wine and olive oil tasting from the Guerrieri the miracle of turning an arid hillside into luxurious. Rizzardi wine estate in the '700 old lemon houses. greenery. The park and gardens opened their gates to the public in 1978 and from then its conservation has been due in great part to the love of its visitors who have found it to be a true temple or the nature itself. The park is now considered one of the most beautiful gardens in the world. VERONA CARD The VeronaCard is an all­inclusive city­pass Available in two versions: for 24 hours after the first validation. for 72 hours after the first validation. Veronacard is an all­inclusive city­pass that gives you free or reduced entry to the city main museums, monuments and churches together with free city bus travel. Guided tour of Verona A walking tour of the old town in the main streets, squares and monuments: Piazza Bra, l'Arena, Piazza delle Erbe, Piazza dei Signori, Torre dei Lamberti, Casa di Giulietta, le Arche Scaligere, Chiesa di S.Anastasia and Castelvecchio. Osterie & taverns Tour of Verona Verona is the “great tavern of the peopleԝ. The “Caminadaԝ is a stroll through the alleys and lanes of Verona to rediscover the old taverns. A special guide accompanies the participants through the stones of the city; rustic stones with which the taverns were built, stones sculpted by artists lying in wait in the squares and the palaces, marble carpets to walk on, cellars in which to penetrate in serch of a good glass of wine. As you walk, we discuss the history of art and wine, and the artists, craftsmen and innkeepers who have contributed to these stories and narrate the tales of their lives. The guided tour takes about two hours and includes the tasting of some local veronese wines and typical cheese/salami with bread. Visits to the cellars of fine wine Visit to the most esteemed cellars of our province (the first in Italy for DOC wines production) with wine tasting of our best local wines, visiting vineyards together with selected producers of our most typical foods. Our best wines, such as Bardolino, Custoza, Lugana, Valpolicella, Amarone, Soave etc, come from the beautiful vineyards along the hills between Verona and Garda lake on one side, and from the beautiful hills between Verona and Vicenza (the so­called Val d’Alpone) on the other. AMO Arena Museo Opera Under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Luciano Pavarotti represents a milestone for the Italian Republic and international history of the opera and “AMO ArenaMuseOpera Pavarottiԝ­ the new exhibition at the groundfloor of “THE MUSEUM EXHIBITS ITSELF Arena Museo Opera in Verona ­ is just dedicated to him. ԝ Music has been the greatest passion of the Maestro for On the occasion of the Arena di Verona Centennial more than 40 years: he broadened the opera audience Festival not only reaching people already fond of this kind of On the 23rd of April 2013 the museum dedicated music, but also bringing into theatres a new and wide to the Opera inaugurates three new audience; he contributed to change the essence of the exhibitions: AMO Pavarotti, AMO L’Arena and the opera forever. In the exhibition “AMO photography exhibition ARENA DI VERONA Pavarottiԝ everyone will be able to know The Voice ENTRANCE PALAZZO FORTI On the occasion of the Arena di Verona Centennial through an outstanding path of touching and Main entrance, main ticket office: Via Massalongo 7 Festival, the AMO ­ Arena MuseOpera mission will be unmissable videos. Unreleased pictures, objects Other entrances: Via A .Forti 1 (Biglietteria e Shop), accomplished: to encourage the valorization and the witnessing the close relationship between the Maestro C.so Sant’Anastasia 43, da Volto due Mori spread of the Italian Opera Culture that the whole world and the Arena, his favorite operas, records of his 9 High ORARI April/September: everyday, from 9 a.m to 7.30 envies us. AMO, the Arena Foundation Museum, Cs, his stage costumes, the scores, the honours, the p.m. dedicated to the creativity and to the excellence of the pictures with celebrities and chiefs of states, Giuseppe October/March: from Tuesday to Sunday 9.30 a.m/7.30 Italian Opera, reaffirms its goal to reveal to the Verdi’s epistolar exchanges that were properties of the p.m ­ Monday 02.30 p.m/07.30 p.m audience “the big creative machine that lies behind ԝ Maestro: all this will be part of the exhibition giving Monday morning: closed every opera, providing the public with a unique people the opportunity to know more closely the life of experience. On the next 23rd of April, at Palazzo Forti in one of the most celebrated artists, ambassador of the Verona, AMO inaugurates three new exhibitions. On an “Bel cantoԝ and the Italian culture in the world. area of 5000 square meters­ that includes the Emotional special effects will finally enrich the Maestro's permanent exhibition DALL’IDEA ALLA SCENA (FROM timeline. “AMO Pavarottiԝ will be presented in New York THE IDEA TO THE SCENE) opened in 2012 ­ the new on April 16th in occasion of the Year of the Italian exhibitions complete the project dedicated to the world Culture in the USA and will be travelling around the of Opera, turning the ArenaMuseOpera into a place world. where multiple artistic expressions, based on creativity and on different talents, can meet. Curator: Fondazione Luciano Pavarotti, Kikka Ricchio AMO Director VENICE ­ LA FENICE THEATRE 2014 ­ 2015 Teatro La Fenice "The Phoenix" Is an opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of the most famous theatres in Europe, the site of many famous operatic premieres. Its name reflects its role in permitting an opera company to "rise from the ashes" despite losing the use of two theatres (to fire and legal problems respectively). Since opening and being named La Fenice, it has twice burned and been rebuilt.