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Small & Traditional

8 Days From £3,765pp

HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
■ Wonderful alpine scenery
Renon tramway © Ramona Cazacu ■ Rural accommodation throughout the holiday
■ Home cooked meals
■ Narrow gauge Trento to Mezzana Railway
■ Renon Tramway
The Italian Dolomites ■ Historic cities of Verona, Mantua, Trento and Bolzano
■ Two wine tastings, olive oil tasting and cheese tasting
■ Apple harvest

SELECTED HOTELS
Wednesday 1 October to Wednesday 8 October 2025 Valpolicella Tenuta le Cave
Mezzana Hotel Eccher
Renon Gasthof Wunder
Known for their stunning Alpine scenery, we take you off the beaten track in the Dolomite
Please note - hotels can be subject to change
Mountains to stay in small villages and enjoy the unique culture of this German speaking part of
Northern Italy. PRICE INCLUDES
■ Flights in Economy Class by scheduled airline
Day 1 - First Stop Verona sample the local Teroldego red wine before reaching ■ Rail travel as specified
Afternoon flight from London to Verona and short the city of Bolzano on the main road and rail route ■ Other travel by private coach
transfer to Tenuta le Cave, a vineyard set amongst from Verona over the Brenner Pass to Innsbruck. On ■ Accommodation in good quality guest houses or
lovely rural scenery in the Valpolicella region, for a a plateau, high above the city, sits the village of Renon private hotels with en-suite facilities
2-night stay. (Ritten in German) and this is where we head for a ■ All breakfasts, 3 lunches and 4 evening meals
3-night stay. ■ Admissions and tastings as specified
Day 2 - Verona & Mantua
Visit the historic cities of Verona (famously the home Day 6 - Renon Tram & Val di Fassa ■ Airport and other transfers
of Romeo and Juliet) and Mantua before returning to The villages on the plateau are served by a short ■ Services of a tour leader from London and throughout
the tour plus local professional guide
Tenuta le Cave for a wine tasting and evening meal. narrow gauge electric tramway and linked to Bolzano
by cable car and we ride both. Our bus will meet
Day 3 - Narrow Gauge Train to Mezzana us in the valley and we now head east through Price per person:
Drive north to Trento for a short, guided walk in the wonderful Alpine scenery to Malga Pie to enjoy a Escorted holiday £3,765
old city before taking the scenic narrow gauge train farm lunch, where everything on the menu is from Single room supplement £615
through the Val di Sole to its terminus at Mezzana. the farm itself or very close by. Later we drive to the Deposit for this holiday £300
This is skiing country in winter but October is apple resort of Canazei and Carezza Lake before returning
harvest time. 2-night stay here.
to Renon.
Day 4 - Val di Sole Day 7 - Glorenza & Malles centre and there is a little free time to look around
We enjoy the tasty flavours of the Val di Sole starting Drive to the fortified village of Glorenza and Resia before the transfer back to Renon.
with a cheese tasting at a local factory making the Lake, very close to the Swiss and Austrian borders. Day 8 - Lake Garda & Home
local Casolet cheese. This is followed by a farm lunch Nearby is Malles, at the end of the branch rail line On our return to Verona, we deviate via Lake Garda
and an afternoon amongst the apple harvest.
from Bolzano and Merano and where we catch the for an olive oil tasting before continuing to the
Day 5 - Renon train back to Bolzano. Here the station is in the city airport for an evening flight to London.
Driving north once more we call at a winery to
Due to the limited number of rooms in rural
accommodation, this tour will be limited to 15 persons.

Merano, Italy (Caldana) Valle Dell Adige (Paulo Cipriani)

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