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Parma Verdi music tour

Verdi Music Tour 
Parma, Cremona

Music Tour to Italy 
all year around

IN VERDI'S FOOTSTEPS

Daily departures 8Jan-8Dec 2007
from Euro or US$*1435

On this music tour to Italy we are celebrating several giants of the music world, including Monteverdi, the father of Opera and Verdi, the most dramatic composer of the Italian operas. Learn the secrets of violin making in Cremona, the charming city of Stradivarius, travel to Parma, famous for its opera house where several of Verdi’s works were premiered and also for Toscanini whose modest birthplace shows many important memorabilia form the famous conductor’s life. Visit nearby Roncola, the house where Verdi learned to love music in his mother’s womb and Bussetto where he created his first famous operas. We included lunch for you in a typical pub where delicious prosciutto and bubbling wine is served with Verdi’s operas. Continue as an optional tour with visits to nearby medieval castles.

Package includes:

  • One way rail ticket (first class for first class package and 2nd class for standard package from Cremona to Parma 

In Parma:

  • 3 nights hotel accommodation at 3 or 4star hotels with daily breakfast and taxes
  • Full day private guided tour with private car and driver in Parma area (including Roncole, visit Verdi House where Verdi was born, St Michaels Church, Villa Verdi in St. Agatha, visit the Casa Barezzi Museum and Teatro Verdi in Busseto, lunch at the Salsamenteria Baratta in Busseto center

Optional visit with tasting at the Parmesan cheese factory: Euro 10 per person

  • Guided private music tour of Parma (4 hours) visiting Cathedral, Baptistery, House of Music, Farnese Theatre, Regio Theatre, Verdi Monument, House in which Toscanini was born 
  • One concert or opera ticket in Parma - good category (extra surcharge for tickets during Verdi Festival - October 2007)

In Cremona:

  • 2nights hotel accommodation at 3 or 4star hotels with daily breakfast and taxes
  • Cremona card (discounts for cultural performance tickets and entrance fees) 
  • 1 concert ticket (good category)
  • Private guided walking tour of Cremona for 3 hours including a visit to the violin makers
  • Entrance to Stradivari Museum , Civic Museum, Palazzo Comunale and the Historical Collection of Ancient Instruments
  • One dinner at a typical local restaurant (4 course)

Package price in Euro or US$*:

Hotel category Price per person based on double occupancy Single supplement** Price per person based on triple occupancy 
3 star - standard 1087 164 1079
4 star - first class 1188 189 1162

* US$ rate varies depending the exchange rate   

* *Add to package price Euro 405 if passenger is traveling alone 

Entrance fees in Parma are extra: approximately: Euro 30 per person


Extensions to other cities in Italy or in other European countries are available on request!

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