About your tour
The spectacle of open-air
performances in the majestic Arena di Verona is one of life's 'must
do' experiences!
Tour includes...
- Travel by Silver Service luxury coach
- 8 nights' accommodation with continental
breakfast
- Gradinata ticket for Aida (La Traviata - Aug 4
departure)
- Porterage in all hotels
- Smaller, more personal group
- 5 evening meals and 1 lunch
- Excursions and visits:
Flight Options
If you prefer you can choose to travel by air. Take a 'flying
start' and join the tour directly on day 2, and/or choose a 'flying
return' departing for home on day 8.
Flights to/from Milan - Bergamo or Bressia.
Flying Start Airports:
- Gatwick
- Liverpool
- Luton
- Stansted
Flying Return Airports:
- Gatwick
- Leeds
- Liverpool
- Luton
- Newcastle
- Stansted
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Your itinerary
4-Day Classical Break
- Day
1 - To Belgium for an overnight stay.
- Day
2 - To Lake Garda and our hotel for six nights.
B,D
- Days 3-7 -
At leisure in Lake Garda with the following excursions
available. The order of the days each excursion operates will be
arranged to fit in with the Opera schedule each week. B
- LAKE GARDA INCLUDING CRUISE (optional). See
some of the picturesque villages around the lake and also take a
cruise on the lake from Sirmione to Gardone passing the private
island of Garda, with its Venetian Villa inhabited by the Countess
Borghese and her sons.
- VENICE (included). A wonderful excursion to
Venice, the largest city in the Veneto area. Enjoy the famous
sights such as the Bridge of Sighs, St Mark's Square and the Doges
Palace.
- VENICE LAGOON CRUISE (optional). The best way
to gain a true flavour of this wonderful region. Enjoy a view over
St Mark's Square, then relax as you drift past the Giudecca Island
and Lido seaside resort, made famous by the International Film
Festival.
- GONDOLA RIDE IN VENICE (optional). The
ultimate way to view the enchanting city of Venice. Meander around
the network of canals, past elegant palaces and ornate bridges in
the hands of your own experienced gondolier.
- VERONA (included). Visit the home of Romeo and
Juliet and one of Italy's most ancient cities, ahead of tonight's
included Opera performance.
- DOLOMITES (optional). A spectacular day giving
you the opportunity to see the breathtaking scenery of the
Dolomites. A wonderful scenic drive through the magnificent
mountains with their fantastic shaped pinnacles and dramatic
pillars. Don't forget your camera to capture the unsurpassable
views and colours in this rugged limestone massif.
- Day
8 - To northern France for an overnight stay.
B
- Day
9 - Homeward bound. B
B=Breakfast Br=Brunch L=Lunch
D=Dinner
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