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  • Friday, May 14 – Thursday, May 20 – Villas and Gardens of the Italian Lakes Como and Maggiore

    Tour Summary from GardenTours.com

    • Visit 10 exceptional villas & gardens around the Italian Lakes Como and Maggiore
    • Small Group tour accompanied by experienced tour guide with botanical knowledge.
    • Luxury Transportation by private coach.
    • Accommodation in excellent 4* star hotels : Novotel Milan Malpensa (Milan), Albergo Lenno (Lake Como).
    • Complimentary welcome drinks on arrival.  All breakfasts and lunches included.  Farewell dinner

    We start this 7 day tour of Italian gardens around the northern lakes on 14 May 2023.  For centuries this area of Italy has attracted the wealthy and famous.  It has a subcontinental climate with cold winters and muggy summers; humidity is particularly high throughout the whole year and as a result, a wide variety of plant species can be grown here.  During our tour we’ll visit world famous gardens on the islands of Isola Madre, Isola Bella and travel to the Swiss part of Lake Maggiore to visit the botanical gardens on Isole di Brissago. To end the tour we offer you a complimentary city visit to Milan and the opportunity to visit the Bosco Verticale, a vertical forest where two buildings have 730 trees, 5,000 shrubs and 11,000 perennials on their facade!   It’s an incredible sight and a fitting end to this memorable tour.

    Pricing and complete itinerary are available at https://www.gardentours.com/tours/the-villas-gardens-of-the-italian-lakes-como-maggiore-2023/

  • 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.