Breakfast and transfer on your own to San Pellegrino Terme. Free time to visit San Pellegrino Terme on your own or possibility of organising a guided tour.
The town is known for its Liberty style palaces, where the vintage interiors of its Casino and Grand Hotel meet the minimal design of the brand-new spa building. Upon request, you can also visit the world-famous San Pellegrino water and soda bottling factory.
Transfer on your own to Oneta di San Giovanni Bianco, little town surrounded by the woods of the Valle Brembana that can be reached only on foot for a guided visit of Casa Museo di Arlecchino, the museum dedicated to one of the main characters of the Italian Commedia dell’Arte theatre. The Museum shows a selection of masks of the characters of the Commedia dell’arte and since 2015 is also home to a resident theatre of puppets with the Compagnia del Riccio.

Breakfast and check-out. Transfer on your own to the production area of Moscato di Scanzo. Guided visit of the Piano Nobile of a Villa, rich of eighteenth-century frescos, furniture and paintings, followed by a tasting of wines paired with local cheese and deli meats.
Lunch of your choice.
To enrich the day, we suggest to visit Bergamo Bassa, walking through the Centro Piacentiniano or visiting one of its museums.
Departure for the Piedmont region.
Arrival in the Langhe area on your own in the afternoon and check-in at the charming accommodation chosen for and with you.
Dinner at a typical Osteria and overnight stay.

After breakfast, enjoyed in the calm of your lodging, the day will be dedicated to the discovery of the hills of Barolo: we suggest an evocative and charming itinerary through harmonious landscapes, small villages perched on the hills, refined wineries and small wine shops.
Visit of the prestigious castle of Grinzane Cavour, the symbol of Langhe and Unesco site, sanctuary of history and art, and then of a famous Barolo producer, where you can learn about the history, tradition and passion behind Italy’s most valuable wines. Lunch at the winery before carrying on the exploration between the vineyard rows and castles, to later reach Alba – Unesco Creative City of Gastronomy and capital of the Langhe area. Free time to stroll enjoying Medieval towers, Romanesque churches, Liberty style palaces and elegant boutiques, as well as to sip a good aperitif outdoors. Dinner at an elegant high-end gourmet restaurant and overnight stay.

After breakfast, take your time for the check-out, then leave for the most thrilling experience for truffle lovers or for those curious to find out more about this excellent product: truffle hunting in the woods.
A truffle hunter with his loyal dog will take you hunting for the precious underground mushroom, guided only by the dog’s smell and by his intuition refined over years of experience.
Comfortable clothes and spare shoes are recommended.
At the end of the walk through the magic silence of nature, possibility of enjoying a tasting or lunch based on truffle.
Departure to the province of Parma, with stop in the Bassa Parmense area, i.e. the land of Giuseppe Verdi.

Breakfast at the hotel. Meeting with your guide. Transfer and visit to a Dairy producing Parmigiano Reggiano PDO on the hills of Parma with your private guide specialised in food and wine.
Meeting with the cheese makers, tasting of the different degrees of maturation of the cheese, visit of the amazing maturation rooms, discovery of the secrets of cheese making.
Transfer to a family-owned ham factory to learn about the production steps and the secrets to recognise the quality of Prosciutto di Parma PDO.
Tasting in a big room with a panoramic view or on an outdoors terrace: it will be a celebration of unique flavours! On the way back, photo stop at the Castle of Torrechiara, perched on the hill overlooking the valley, surrounded by vineyards as far as the eye can see or visit on your own of the Castle of Torrechiara.
Afternoon: visit of a winery producing Vini dei Colli di Parma.
The owners will explain what is behind some of Parma’s most famo us wines.
Tasting of three wines paired with local products.
Gourmet dinner in the city centre of Parma. Return and overnight stay in a hotel.

Breakfast in the hotel and check-out.
Visit of Parma, Italian Capital of Culture 2020-21.
Walk to the marvellous pristine Piazza Duomo with its Romanesque Cathedral and the Baptistery in pink marble, a masterpiece by Benedetto Antelami.
Visit of the Monumental Complex of Pilotta that houses the unique and magnificent Teatro Farnese and the important National Gallery with masterpieces by Leonardo, Correggio and Parmigianino together with other famous artists.
Optional: visit of the splendidly elegant neoclassical Teatro Regio di Parma, temple of Italian opera. Lunch of your choice.
Departure.