Lago d’Idro Lago d’Iseo Lago Valle Trompia ✈ BG di Garda Milano VALLE TROMPIA ✈ MI Irma ✈ VR Venezia MASTERPIECES Tavernole S/M

HOW TO REACH US BY CAR: Lodrino Motorway A4 Milan-Venice: TRAVELLING THROUGH LANDS exit recommended from Milan “” Gardone V.T. exit recommended from Venice “Brescia Ovest” i AND ARMS COMPANIES follow the road signs “Valle Trompia” BY TRAIN: 2 days / 1 night Railroad station “Brescia” on the line Milan-Venice Brione A journey in the “land where the Mella river BY BUS: Ome Public transport station S.I.A. - Direction S.Colombano - LINE S201 flows, rich in honour, iron and courage..” http://orarilinee.trasportibrescia.it/web/aera_valle_trompia.asp BY PLANE: Nave Airport: Bergamo (Orio al Serio) i BRESCIA Verona Milan

PRICES FROM 120 € PER PERSON Price includes: Price does not include: INFO AND RESERVATION: - Accomodation in double room with private - Transfers; Via N. Tommaseo 2/a, Brescia facilities on bed and breakfast basis; - Personal extras; ph. +39 030 280 95 56 - Two lunches and a local food dinner; - Whatever else not mentioned under e-mail: [email protected] - Tastings, activities, guided visits, entrance “price includes”. website: www.bresciatour.it fees in companies, churches, museums as per program; Transfers to be organized upon request. Reservations should be confirmed - Technical assistance during the stay; 20 days before the visit. - Health Insurance.

The visit at the arm companies are kindly offered by:

In cooperation with: Technical organization: THE VOLCANO SMITHY First day (Friday) Second day (Saturday) Ideal for 25 participants • Guided tour of the Private Collection, the • Breakfast in the hotel Fabbrica d’Armi Pietro Beretta Spa and the • Visit with a guided tour of Mining Industry Marzoli Just like the work in the smithy of the Greek God Hephaestus Casa Natale Beretta in of Pezzaze (for Italians the volcano), it also was for workmen in Valle • Possibility to buy clothes and equipment • Typical lunch in a restaurant or in an agritourism Trompia and still it is and stays a place where iron is important for hunting in special shops • Visit of the Smelting Furnace Museum for every work. Come and see the iron smithy, mining industry • Light lunch in a restaurant or in an of Tavernole s/M and arms manufacturer as well as the international well- agritourism known business: the armaments factory Pietro Beretta Spa. • Visit with a guided tour of the Museum I Magli (heavy hammers) of Sarezzo • Typical dinner in a restaurant • Overnight stay in a hotel

“INSIDE AND OUTSIDE” OF THE MOUNTAINS First day (Sunday) Second day (Monday) Ideal for 10 participants • Trekking in Maniva on the Path of the • Breakfast in the hotel Big War • Practical exercises in shooting under the National This trip in the centre of Valle Trompia with its traditions and • Typical lunch in a restaurant or agritourism Sign (T.S.N.) of Gardone Valle Trompia (only for adults) mountains is perfect for those, who love the nature and sport. • Visit of the Mining S. Aloisio of Collio • Typical lunch in a restaurant or in an agritourism Discover the secrets of the Triumplino mountains with an (Mining trekking or Mining adventure) • Visit with a guided tour of armaments factory exciting trekking tour through mining or with a hanging iti- • Relaxing in a hotel with spa Zoli Antonio Srl nerary full of adrenalin in the Mining S. Aloisio of Collio while • Typical dinner and overnight stay passing the Path of the Big War on the Mountain Maniva with a phase of shooting under the National Sign of Gardone in Valle Trompia and visit of armaments factory of Zoli Antonio Srl, which produces sport-guns for three generations for Olympic competitions.

BETWEEN TASTE AND TRADITION First day (Friday) Second day (Saturday) Ideal for 15 participants • Visit with a guided tour of the armaments • Visit of the places where the Valtrompia Cheese This voyage will take you back in the past and takes you on factory Pedersoli Davide & C. of Gardone Valle D.O.P.* is left ripen with the possibility to buy cheese a fantastic sensory experience. The first day is dedicated to Trompia • Typical lunch in a restaurant or in an agritourism traditions of triumplinis as well as a visit to the armaments factory • Typical lunch in a restaurant or in an • Visit of the historical mill of the 15th century Pedersoli Davide & C., which is well-knowm for its reproduction agritourism • Walks through the Path of Val delle Melle of of historical guns that are also used in Hollywood films or in • Visit with a guided tour of the Mining S. Marmentino the Mining S. Aloisio. The second day is dedicated to cooking Aloisio of Collio (Mining Trekking or Mining traditions and a visit to an agricultural factory, where you can adventure) taste the Valtrompia Cheese (self-made and tested for its quality: • Relaxing in a spa hotel D.O.P.*) as well as a visit of an historical mill, where you can • Typical dinner and overnight stay taste local products too and enjoy walks in the green atmosphere. *Protected Denomination of Origin

ON TRAIL OF DAMASK First day (Friday) • Tasting of typical local products of the firm Ideal for 4/5 participants • Visit with a guided tour to armaments factory • Typical dinner Fratelli Piotti of Gardone Valle Trompia • Overnight stay in a hotel, bed&breakfast or in an agritourism “Because of interweaving of iron and steel rods the brescian • Light lunch in a restaurant or in an agritourism damask came to existence”. From this antique work, valuable In alternative to that you can walk through Second day (Saturday) production of guns got produced and today they are protected by Valle D’Inzino along the torrent Re with snack • Breakfast in the hotel, bed&breakfast or in the agritourism smithies in the village Maglio of Ome, in Franciacorta. The factory • Visit of the exhibition “The Big War – • Visit with a guided tour of the Village of Maglio of Ome Fratelli Piotti of Gardone Valle Trompia took some own guns to Collection Araldo Piotti and Fausta Melzani” with a presentation of smith work heart in its collection, true and own craft jewelry which are self- in Collio • Typical lunch in an agritourism with a visit of a teaching made, thanks to pass on as a passion between father and son. • Visit of the place where the Valtrompia farm as well as its wine cellar Cheese D.O.P.* is left ripen with the • Visit of the botanic vegetable garden of Conifere possibility to buy cheese. In alternative to in Ome. In alternative to that, visit of The Holy Shrine that, activities in the nature for children and Madonna dell’Avello (built in the 11th century) of Ome adults in a teaching factory

ART OF WORK & ART MASTERPIECES First day (Friday) in an agritourism Ideal for 15 participants • Visit with a guided tour of the workshop Second day (Saturday) “To expect to pass the passion for engraving only in oral way on, of engraving Cesare Giovanelli Srl in Gardone is like to expect to eat one’s fill by just looking at bread”. With this V.T. • Breakfast in the hotel, bed&breakfast or in the motive the itinerary starts at the workshop for engraving Cesare • Walk on the Plateau of Caregno agritourism Giovanelli Srl, which transmits the passion for engraving for over • Visit of an agricultural factory • Visit with a guided tour of the Birthplace from 50 years to the young generation. The trip continues with a visit • Light lunch in a restaurant or in an agritourism Beato Paolo VI in Concesio of a museum for weapons and tradition of weapons in Gardone • Visit with a guided tour of the Weapon • Visit with a guided tour of the Contemporary Art Val Trompia and ends with an unforgettable view of the birthplace Museum and Tradition of Weapons of Gardone Collection of Paolo VI from Beato Paolo VI as well as of his contemporary art collection that Val Trompia • Typical lunch in a restaurant or in an agritourism includes artists like Matisse, Chagall, Picasso, Dalí and Magritte. • Typical dinner in a restaurant • Visit of the Parish of Mitria of Nave • Overnight stay in a hotel, bed&breakfast or program