The LOC is sharing with you the excursions proposal in conjunction with the IAU 24H European Championships
LOC partner “Ippogrifo Tourist Guide Association” suggests four excursions:
VERONA (half day) City tour through the most important and famous monuments of the different periods. Castelvecchio, Piazza Bra and Arena, Piazza delle Erbe, Juliet's House, Piazza dei Signori, explanation of the Adige river from a viewpoint by the Roman Theater and the Roman bridge “Ponte Pietra”.
- Duration: guided tour 2,5 hours about + free time at leisure.
- The tour is on foot.
- Guide fee: 5 euro per person, minimum 30 people and maximum 40 people.
- For a better service you could rent the tour guide system (“whispers”): 2 euro per person.
LAKE GARDA (half day) By coach you can reach Peschiera del Garda. You'll drive through the center with explanation of the walls and fortified structures – declared Unesco World Heritage Site in 2018. Along the southern part of the lake you’ll get to the village of Sirmione and enjoy a walking tour through its monuments: the Medioeval Castle, the holiday house of Maria Callas, the "Grotte di Catullo (one of the largest Roman villas in northern Italy). We can also visit the church of San Pietro in Mavino (free entrance).
- Duration: 4 hours.
- Guide fee: 5 euro per person, minimum 30 people and maximum 50.
- Unlike the guided tour of Verona (on foot), many explanations will be provided on board. So we will not use the whispers, but, as in Verona, for a better service you could rent the headsets (2 euro per person).
VENICE (full day) By bus, reached the parking place on the Tronchetto island, you will enjoy a 25 minutes mini-cruise on a private boat along the Giudecca Canal, admiring the Giudecca Island, Mulino Stucky, San Giorgio island and many churches. Arrived in Saint Mark square you go on with a walking tour: external explanation of the Antonio Vivaldi's church, the famous "Bridge of Sighs", the Prisons, the Doge’s Palace, the Basilica of Saint Mark, the monumental complex around Saint Mark Square. Then you'll go through the picturesque area of the Mercerie up to the “Grand Canal” and the famous Rialto Bridge. There is also the option of having lunch in a partner restaurant by the Grand Canal (23 euro per person). Free time at leisure.
- Duration: 9-10 hours.
- Guide fee: 22 euro per person, minimum 30 people, maximum 50 people.
- The price includes: guided tour, whispers, round trip by private boat bus parking-Saint Mark square.
GARDA LAKE (full day) By coach you can reach Sirmione. Walking tour with explanation (from outside) of the Medioeval Castle, the holiday house of Maria Callas, the "Grotte di Catullo” (one of the largest Roman villas in northern Italy). We can also visit the church of San Pietro in Mavino (free entrance). Then, sightseeing tour by coach along the east coast, more scenic than the west coast, passing from Peschiera del Garda (Unesco site), Lazise, the area of the famous amusement parks, Bardolino, Garda, Torri del Benaco, Brenzone and Malcesine. On the way, at least two stops, with a short guided tour, of Lazise and Malcesine. There is also the option of having lunch in a partner restaurant (20 euro per person).
- Duration: 8 hours.
- Guide fee: 8 euro per person, minimum 30 people, maximum 50 people.
- Unlike the guided tour of Verona (on foot), many explanations will be provided on board. So we will not use the whispers, but, as in Verona, for a better service you could rent the headsets (3 euro per person).
On behalf of LOC
Jacek Bedkowski
IAU Communication Director
