2015 World Expo Milano GGrouproup ttravelravel ttoo IItalytaly ssinceince 11985985 Gadis Italia Since 1985 Travel Ideas 2015 This is the 30th Gadis catalogue. Soon we will be New tours and evergreens celebrating our 3rd decade of business in the Group Incoming industry. Our clients often com- pliment us on how we are just as enthusiastic and New ideas for your travel excursions passionate about what we are doing today, as we were when we started 30 years ago. The best of Italian We feel honoured and even more motivated to Food and wine tradition keep doing our very best to share our knowl- edge and appreciation of Italy: the marvellous, Music related extraordinary, and (at times) complicated coun- Program try that it is. With help from the entire team, we wanted the new catalogue to emphasise fresh Art cities of Italy ideas and newly inspired itineraries for our cli- ents; now more than ever it is important to off er tantalising products that whet tourists’ appetites Active travel for exploration. We believe we are headed in the right direction; especially considering the growing success of our Our favourite hotels suitable for groups specially crafted - sometimes exclusive - itinerar- ies for groups and events. We accompany you on your journey through Italy’s regions with more Selected Events than 200 travel ideas. If you don’t fi nd one that interests you, please do call us: we have plenty more ideas that we haven't yet published! S Travel slowly, enjoy fully lo w Happy reading from your Gadis Team! News, curious facts and useful information World World Expo Milano 2015 2 tel +39 0183 5481 • fax +39 0183 54 82 22 • [email protected] • www.gadis.it Italien Inhalt IndexIndex World World Expo 2015 4 www.gadis.it/expo more info Piemonte 6 Liguria & Côte d’Azur 10 Lombardia 14 Lago Maggiore & Lago di Como 18 Lago di Garda & Trentino 24 Aosta Veneto & Friuli Venezia Giulia 28 Piemonte Lombardia Trentino Emilia Romagna 32 Liguria Veneto Friuli Toscana 34 Emilia Romagna Umbria 38 Toscana Corsica Lazio 42 Umbria Marche Marche & Abruzzo 46 Lazio Abruzzo Campania 48 Sardegna Molise Puglia & Calabria 52 Campania Puglia Sicilia 54 Basilicata Sardegna & Corsica 58 Calabria Tour Italia 62 Sicilia Good to know & TOS 66 tel +39 0183 5481 • fax +39 0183 54 82 22 • [email protected] • www.gadis.it 3 World World Expo Milano 2015 st st May 1 - October 31 , 2015 Gadis has been active in Milan and the Lombardy re- gion for many years: our of- Extraordinary fi ce in Baveno is just 1 hour drive from the Expo and we and unique... are taking prepared in terms of allotments and ticketing. This is how Expo Milano will introduce itself from To keep yourself up to date, May 1st to October 31st, 2015. please visit gadis.it/expo . And it will indeed be a Universal Exhibition with entirely innovative characteristics. Not only a col- lection of exhibits, but more an intense process of participation that will ac- www.gadis.it/expo tively involve the interest- more info ed parties – the organis- ing country, participating nations, international organisations, civil soci- ety, visitors, partners, scientifi c and International economic communities – to focus on one central theme for the fate of humanity: „Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life“ See Expo off ers See Expo off ers Expo Tour Italia World Expo and Hotel in Milan 7 Nights HB 3 Nights BB 3 Nights BB Good middleclass hotel Excursions Excursions + Coach Excursions programme World Expo Ticket World Expo Ticket Package price per person, 4 days Package price per person, 4 days World Expo Ticket Good 4 Hotel Good 4 Hotel Package price per person, 8 days in Milan Around Milan in Milan Around Milan from € 549 from € 339 from € 209 from € 407 from € 279 4 | Contact: Lucia & Noemi +39 0183 548 410 - [email protected] Gadis Tips & Off ers See Expo off ers See Expo off ers Lake Maggiore Lake Como Garda Lake 5 Nights HB 3 Nights HB 4 Nights HB 3 Hotel, Lake Maggiore 4 Contract Hotel 3 Hotel, Garda Lake area Excursions Excursions Excursions World Expo Ticket World Expo Ticket World Expo Ticket Package price per person, 4 days Package price per person, 4 days Package price per person, 5 days from € 384 from € 277 from € 299 Contact: Lucia & Noemi +39 0183 548 410 - [email protected] | 5 TTravelravel IIdeasdeas WWhathat eelselse ttoo ddoo iinn PiPi emonteemonte PPiedmontiedmont Here is a list of Ideas you can insert in your Piedmont tour programs: S lo w Piedmont - The "Slow Food" phenomenon: know what you eat! Eating in a conscious way that is the antithesis of fast food: this is the motto of Slow Food movement, founded in 1986 in Bra, in the region of Piedmont. As an an- tidote to hectic daily rhythms and mass produc- tion, Slow Food promotes small producers off ering local, carefully processed products under the "Slow Food" logo. The Slow Food movement is clearly in favour of biodiversity and against mass production and genetically-modifi ed food. This ensures the survival of local products, supplied carefully se- lected and vetted local farmers. Large events - such as the "Taste Show in Turin", the "Bra Cheese Festi- val" and Slow Fish in Genoa - have become estab- lished in record time. Many restaurants, farms and wine cellars off er products and guided tours of their farms. These can be incorporated into the ex- cursions. Turin - "Choco card" Make your visit to Italy's former capital even sweet- Tour er with the ChocoPass, your ticket to nine amazing Example Grand Torino samplings of world-famous Turin chocolate spe- The homonymous car achieved cult status in Hollywood with Starsky & Hutch at the end of the 60es cialties. Spend two days revelling in Gianduiotti and even Clint Eastwood's fi lm was inspired by this wonderful car. Today Turin, once considered the and hot chocolate. "Italian Detroit", is a marvellous city that deserves to be discovered. Where to begin? ...the Venaria Reale, Palazzo Madama, with the magnifi cent staircase by Juvarra, its Turin - Caff è Platti, emblem of coff ee Roman ruins, Palazzo Carignano, the Mole Antonelliana, the Royal Palace... You would need to spend culture What better way to enjoy classic choco- much more time to visit this city, but even a couple of well-planned hours are enough to reveal the late specialities or a good cup of coff ee than in the beauty of the old Italian capital. Immerse yourself in a past that has left its traces here: churches, pleasant, friendly surroundings of an historic café cloisters and the real jewels - its Romanic and Baroque castles that open their doors to those who in the heart of Turin. want to discover the secrets of this period. Day 1 Arrival at the hotel for a 3-night HB stay. Day 4 After breakfast, departure. Torino - the Via Francigena Day 2 After breakfast, sightseeing in Turin, the Walk along the Via Francigena, a centuries-old pil- former capital of Italy. A full day to admire this beau- Programme details grim route, to the Novalesa Abbey. Then visit Susa and admire the city which embodies over 2000 tiful city, visit the Venaria Reale and its breath- 3 nights HB in a 4 hotel in the Turin area years of history. In the afternoon, the Sant'Antonio taking gardens. Take some time out to sit in one of 1 full-day guided tour of Turin the coff eehouses whose chocolate has made Turin di Ranverso Abbey awaits you. Here you can admire 1 visit to the Venaria Reale famous. the church with the splendid Giacomo Jaquerio 1 chocolate tasting in Cafè Platti Day 3 Breakfast in the hotel. Today you will visit frescoes in the presbytery and sacristy. 1 full-day guided tour of Chieri and Vezzolano Ab- Chieri, a town that was very renowned for its fabrics bey in the Middle Ages. Visit the Duomo, Santa Maria The ice-cream factory in Pianezza delle Scale, one of the most famous cathedrals in 1 wine tasting in Cantina Balbiano From milk to ice cream. Follow the entire process, Piedmont! You will also have the opportunity to join Package price per person, 4 days from milking to processing of milk and wool! At the a wine-tasting session. The highlight of the day will conclusion, an ice cream tasting. be Vezzolano Abbey, a masterpiece of Romanic from € 249 and Gothic art! 6 tel +39 0183 5481 • fax +39 0183 54 82 22 • [email protected] • www.gadis.it S lo w Tour Excursion Gourmet Hotel Cities Music Active Events Slow Info Tour Example Torino - the Venaria Reale Wine and food tour in Piedmont Thanks to the recently completed renovation of the The land of wine and excellent cuisine, Langhe and Roero off er a wide range of memorable activities. Palace of Venaria in Venaria Reale, one of the most The rolling hills of the Bassa Langa, the Rocche del Roero, and the green Alta Langa are the backbone important residences of the Royal House of Savoy, of an area which off ers views out over the native land of the noble vineyards of Piedmont and the the Baroque castle on the UNESCO Heritage List with great D.O.P cheeses. extensive gardens can now once again display all of Day 1 Arrival in Piedmont. world of luxury cars, there is nothing better than a its former glory. A recovered artistic and architectural Day 2 After breakfast, depart for Alba, the capital of visit to the National Automobile Museum in Turin.