On the way of Peppone and Don Camillo
CREMONA - LUZZARA duration 3 days
Departure from Cremona.

Navigation coasting the river, in order to admire the typical habitat of “golenali” territories with forests of willows and poplars, and extended of water at local fauna disposal . Passage in the Verdiane lands, touching the small centers of Busseto, Roncole Verdi, Zibello, until arriving to the berthing of Torricella. Lunch in the surroundings . The travel resumes in order to arrive to Colorno, important citizen on the road that connects Parma to Sabbioneta and Mantova, called the " small Versailles" for the presence of the prestigious Villa Farnesiana, where it is possible to admire the gorgeous halls and the beautiful garden brought back to old splendors. Continued in boat until Brescello, where the church receives the tourists , the Town Hall and numerous cinematographic memories conserved in the Museum of Peppone and Don Camillo. Supper and night's passing in boat. The morning begins with the arrival to Boretto, locality linked with Venice, show in its public square the column with the winged lion; visit to Museum of the Po. Navigation resumes in order to arrive to Gualtieri, visiting the splendid reinassance public square, the Bentivoglio Palace that guards the Antonio Ligabue Museum with works of the great naif painter . Continuing the course of the river, it is arrived to Guastalla, ancient village fortified from the Gonzaga. The travel is concluded with the arrival to Luzzara, small locality that takes name from the lucci, fish that a time the Po offered abundant in its waters. It is proceeded to re-enter, coasting in houseboat the river, where you can find manifestations of torpedo fishing, a fish of enormous dimensions that can arrive to 100 Kg of weight and two meters of length. Berthing to Casalmaggiore , in order to visit its characteristic historical center and in little minute you arrive to ancient Sabbioneta village enclosed in XV century walls. Arrival to Cremona at the evening.

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