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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