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  • Thursday, April 28 – Saturday, May 7 – Lombardy Garden Tour

    WhatsCookin’ Italian Tours announces its Spring 2016 Garden Tour of Lombardy. The tour includes a villa stay on Lake Como, and trips to Lake Maggiore, and to Milan, Bellagio, & Piacenza, among others. Gardens to be visited include the Borromeo islands, Villa Monastero, Sforzesco Castle, Royal Gardens at Monza, including the Roseto of the Italian Rose Society, Villa Melzi, Villa Carlotta, and the Grazzano Visconti Castle.

    In keeping with their background, chefs Marco Giusti and Claudio Bernardoni will conduct several cooking classes, as well.

    The price, based on today’s rate of exchange ($ 1.08 per euro) comes out to approximately $2800 per person, based on double occupancy, or to approximately $3240 for single occupancy. This includes essentially everything but airfare, i.e., accommodations, breakfast and either a large lunch or dinner daily, land transportation, cooking classes and garden admissions. The brochure looks fabulous – contact whatscookininfo@gmail.com, or Barbara DeRiso at barbaraderiso@gmail.com.

  • Tuesday, June 11 – Friday, June 21 – Gardens of the Northern Italian Lakes

    Join the American Horticultural Society and host Katy Moss Warner, along with tour leader Susie Orso of Specialtours, June 11 – 21 for the Gardens of the Northern Italian Lakes. This region of Italy is well known for its great natural beauty, with lakes and mountains that are regarded as some of the most beautiful places in the world. Your travels among the Italian lakes — with excursions from Stresa (below), Verona, and Bellagio — will not only allow you to experience firsthand the works of many famous Italian architects and garden designers but will also include numerous sites of historic significance.  To see the complete tour details, visit www.ahs.org/events/travel_study.htm.