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Italy by Design Tour 2010

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An exclusive tour escorted by Kate St James, FDIA.

27 September – 10 October 2010

13 nights in Italy

Tour Leader:  Isabella Dusi

Commencement Malpensa Airport, Milan and departure Marco Polo Airport, Venice.

Tour Price on Application.

Exposing the scintillating heights of current design trends in Italy, studying on-site projects with designers and architects, visiting a marble mine and furniture and textile manufacturers – as well as sightseeing and savouring the fabulous food and wine of Italy.

Highlights:

On-Site project visit with Italian Interior Designer

The Factory Floor and Textile Mills

Tour La Scala Opera Theatre

Carrara Marble Mines

On site visit to renovating a Tuscan farmhouse

The Genius of Andrea Palladio

Problem solving in architecture in Venice

Murano and the true Masters of Glass

Visit to a palace on the Grand Canal, Venice

Visits:

Lake Como, Bellagio, Milan, Cinque Terre, Lucca, Florence, Padova, Vicenza, Venice.

Gastronomic Highlight

7 fabulous meals with wine included

Gourmet dinner at Villa d’Estate, luxury hotel at Lake Como.

Hotels:

4 nights in ***family boutique hotel at Moltrasio on the shore of Lake Como

4 nights in ****Hotel, Lucca

2 nights in ****Villa Hotel near Vicenza

3 nights in ***Hotel, Venice.

Includes: 

Buffet breakfast daily plus 7 meals

White or red wine with all meals

Boating on Lake Como

Boating at Cinque Terre

All water transport in Venice

Eurostar train to Padova

Water taxi to Venice airport or railway station at end of tour

Air conditioned touring coach

All entry fees and guide fees as per itinerary

Gratuities to driver restaurants and hotels

Porterage in and out of hotels

Optional visits:

Florence – Uffizi Gallery and Accademia Gallery

Padova – Scrovegni Chapel