What to do near Isola Dovarese, CR

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!

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.

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.

Parish Church of Medole

Inside the building, which is the result of a harmonious combination of parts and styles, we find important works of art such as the altarpiece by Titian and the Mantegnesco-style Lamentation.

Appointment with Stradivarius

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

The Old-Fashioned Theater of Sabbioneta

Worthy rival of Palladio's Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza

The Ducal Palace of Sabbioneta

Sumptuous palace of representation, emblem of ducal power

The Gallery of the Ancients of Sabbioneta

Built by Duke Vespasian to house his art collection, it is a very long gallery, now empty but offering an extraordinary perspective, concluded by a tromp l'oeil of faux architecture.

Sabbioneta, the ideal city

Jewel of the Renaissance, an outstanding urban planning and artistic testimony to the Italian 500s

The Garden Palace of Sabbioneta

The Villa di delizia of Vespasiano Gonzaga is a hymn to classical antiquity.

The red walls of Sabbioneta

The city is surrounded by impressive brick walls dating back to the founding in the 1500s; they are interspersed with six mighty bastions, with two openings, Imperial Gate and Victory Gate.

Descent down the Po River - Day 1

Here we go!