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CHEESE AND WINES IN TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE - weekend

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Delicious tyrolean cuisine in Trentino Alto Adige
...a week-end trekking journey to discover the famous wineries and vineyards, reknowned wine cellars, ancient castles and villages, traditions, cuisine, art and culture in the enchanting most northern region

Duration: 4 days e 3 nights
Accommodation: 3 nights in 3* Hotel or B&B with breakfast

Short description: A gastronomic journey in the most northern region, Trentino Alto Adige, near the border with Austria and Switzerland…trekking among its castles, romantic vineyards that playfully climb over the valleys and are known for their wines, renowned wineries, almost untouched villages and the beautiful mountain scenery.
It is going to be an exciting and unforgettable week-end journey... immersing yourself in the atmosphere of past days of culture, art, green hills with heroic vineyards, mountain itineraries and delicious trentinian cuisine

Information:

Trip to Bolzano and Trentino Alto Adige
Closest airport: Milan Malpensa, Bergamo Orio al Serio, Milan Linate or Bolzano Dolomiti Airport
Period: all year round
Duration: 3 nights
Flights: to book separately from our site. You can find both scheduled standard flights and low cost flights. You receive booking assistance on request
Extra days: Yes

Price with 1 day guided tour – arrival at Milan airport: 455 euro*
Price with 1 day guided tour – arrival at Bolzano airport: 405 euro*

Price without guided tour - Milan arrival airport: 405 euro*
Price without guided tour - Bolzano arrival airport: 355 euro*

*The price may be subject to slight seasonal variation
All prices include VAT
Breakfasts: all accomodation rates include a cooked or continental breakfast. Special dietary requirements need to be booked in advance

Included in the price:

Accommodation: 3 nights in centrally located 3* Hotel or B & B in double room with breakfast (supplement for single room)
Transfer to/from the airport
Welcome drink
2 dinners in restaurants
2 wine tasting and local gastronomic products
Free entrance to museums and cultural events
Extra days: Yes
Supplement: If you want to stay in 4* Hotel

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DETAILED TOUR PROGRAM

Day 1: BOLZANO
Arrival in Milan and transfer to Bolzano, the ancient old city witness of encounters between different cultures and languages.you can fly directly to Bolzano. Check-in at 3* Hotel, relax and refreshments.
Lunch in an old trattoria and you start discovering the old part of Bolzano with its elegant baroque architecture and gothic churches and the modern Bolzano with its twenty century buildings.
Waltherplatz square, the Duomo cathedral, Piazza delle Erbe/Obstplatz with the colorful fruit and vegetable market, the bridge Talvera/Talferbrucke, Mareccio castle/ Schloss Maretsch, the beautiful San Antonio castle/ Schloss Klebeinstein and Runkelstein castle that mark the entrance into Sarntal valley full of vineyards, the beautiful garden district of Gries, the renowned wineries where wine tasting is a must… Lagrein and Santa Maddalena are just some of the destinations you are going to visit in the ancient city of Bolzano.You’ll immerse yourself in ancient atmospheres in search of art, culture and local traditions.

Evening: live music in a local bar

Day 2 : BENEDICTINE ABBEY OF MURI-GRIES/ BENEDIKTINERABTEI MURI
Wine tasting and local gastronomic products
You start your morning with a visit to the benedictine abbey Muri-Gries in the main square, surrounded by ancient buildings and then the wine cellar Gries immersing yourself in wine production techniques including as well the tasting of local wines as for example Grieser Lagrein.You continue with a walk in the surrounding vineyards between romantic and charming atmosphere.
Lunch in a local trattoria tasting the local products.
BOLZANO - TERLANO 14 km of trekking
TERLANO - VILPIANO 4 km of trekking
VILPIANO - MELTIN by cable car
VILPIANO - NALLES 4 km of trekking
Your journey continues with a fantastic itinerary, trekking along a road lined with vineyards and orchards that cover the whole valley and flanked by the river Adige in the background while on the surrounding hills dotting the castles.You also visit the centenary winery cellar Produttori Terlano that will welcome you in a nice taverna for wine and local products tasting.
Then you continue with a few minutes pleasant cable car tour from the nearby village of Vilpiano / Vilpian and get to Meltin / Molten. You dine here at Vivaldi Arunda, another interesting wine cellar.From Vilpiano / Vilpian you cross the river Adige and in a couple of miles you get to Nalles / Nals.

Evening: Dinner at one of the most famous and prestigious wineries in Alto Adige, in business since 1556, the Cigno Castle / Schloss Schwanburg or in a local restaurant tasting local food & wine.
Accommodation in 3* Hotel or Farm House

Day 3: NALLES – MERANO 14 km by train
After a rich breakfast you are going to travel by train to Merano, a beautiful tourist resort, place with major spas that take advantage of the many mineral waters sources.You visit the Gothic castle with its collection of ancient weapons, the Duomo cathedral and Via dei Portici, Rametz Castle, a beautiful sixteenth-century residence, entirely surrounded by vineyards and home to a wine cellar and a wine bar.Lunch: At the visited wine cellar or in a local trattoria.
MERANO - PARCINES / Partschins 9.5 km of trekking
Your picturesque trekking journey continues traveling to Val Venosta / Vinschgau, among villas and orchards. You continue your art, culture and good food itinerary.Once in Parcines you visit the beautiful gothic church with the onion shaped tower and its castles: Stachelburg, Spauregg and Gaudententhurm

Evening: Dinner in a local restaurant
Accommodation in 3*Hotel or B & B

Day 4:
Departure to the airport and your destination

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE REGION TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE – SOUTH TYROL

Description Trentino Alto Adige: Trentino Alto Adige is Italy’s northern region that has a completely mountainous area characterized by beautiful valleys. Trentino Alto Adige borders with Austria to the north, at east and south with Veneto region, at west with Lombardy and Switzerland. Its provinces are Trento (regional capital) and Bolzano. This region has a special status and has two names because it consists of two distinct regions: Trentino (south) and the Alto Adige (north). These two areas are characterized by two different languages: in Trentino is spoken the Italian language while in Alto Adige there is a prevalence of the german language.
In this region can be found the Dolomites, a mountainous area that offers mountains, glaciers and breathtaking valleys. There are also many winter resorts such as Madonna di Campiglio, Dobbiaco and Canazei. Formerly, this area was inhabited by the reni (in the third century BC) and then subsequently conquered by the Romans and the Lombards, who founded the Duchy of Trent, which belonged to Austria until 1918.

Cuisine and Wine: The typical cuisine of Trentino Alto Adige comes from the fusion of two cuisines belonging to the area of Trento (influences from Veneto, Lombardy and Habsburg area) and area of Bolzano (german and slavic influences.) A great protagonist of trentinian cuisine is undoubtedly polenta, prepared with cornmeal as well as with buckwheat flour. The polenta often accompanies meat dishes, fish or game. Among local dishes can be found "goulash", "canederli" (made with bread, sausage, bacon and grated cheese), "stinco di maiale al forno", " raoe alla trentina" cooked with lard. Very famous are the cheeses produced in the valleys, while among the desserts can be found the famous "strudel" made with apples, almonds, pine nuts and cinnamon. Among the wines we recommend you Cabernet and Merlot.

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