What to do near Grontardo, CR

Appointment with Stradivarius

In Cremona, to the Violin Museum to hear the instruments of the city's unsurpassed violin makers

The Rope Museum of Castelponzone

A small museum celebrating the ancient tradition of hemp rope spinning, an important part of Casale's history and cultural heritage.

The Culatello Museum

A day on the Po: first a visit that ends at the tavern, then on the embankment on foot or by bicycle

Descent down the Po River - Day 1

Here we go!

Three men in a boat

Prologue: he who begins well, is already half done

Padernello Castle

Vanity, mirrors himself in the waters of the moat

Villa Medici del Vascello

A villa, a garden, a lady living there, and immediately you are off on a Renaissance journey. If then the Dame is the one with the ermine, Cecilia Gallerani, the charm is irresistible!

Martinengo Castle of Villachiara, Brescia

Plain castle, surrounded by a moat turned into a meadow, in the center of the village. Built in the late 1300s, it has a square shape with beautiful cylindrical towers at the corners.

Busseto, small capital of Terre Verdiane

A city by imperial decree, it has fame for Giuseppe Verdi, but also for great works of charcuterie art

Pieve di santa Maria in Carpino, Carpenedolo, Bs.

Small but charming Romanesque church, lost in the Brescian countryside among oleander and corn, in the shade of a large tree.

The historical center of Orzinuovi

The small town of Orzinuovi with its large porticoed square, overlooked by beautiful historic buildings such as the Gothic Palazzo podestarile, and enclosed at the end by the castle, is well worth a stop.

Parmesan Cheese Museum

The appropriate place to follow Boccaccio into the land of Bengodi