CREMONA - MANTOVA duration 3 day
Departure from Cremona.
Navigation coasting the river, admiring its
rivers that still conserve a inestimabile
green patrimony. Berthing to Casalmaggiore, in order to visit its center and the characteristic
Garibaldi square, the communal palace and
its churches; little far away from the citizen,
you can arrived, with a short excursion in
bicycle, to the small center of Sabbioneta, ancient and beautiful village enclosed
in XV century walls. Lunch in one of the
old trattorie or one of the restaurants,
along the routes of wines and flavours .
The travel resumes, in order to land to the
ancient Catena port in the historical center
of Mantova .Visit to the ancient reinassance
city, native land of the Gonzaga; not to lose the visit to Palazzo Te, Castle of Saint George, with the famous
" Room of the Spouses " painted from the Mantegna. Supper
in one of the typical premises of the zone,
and night's passing in houseboat. The morning
begins with navigation from the Po to the
Mincio. Lunch in the surroundings . It is
proceeded towards the return, coasting the
river with its shores marked from high poplars
and shadowed paths, stopping a little to
admire white beaches and the natural reservoirs
that they offer, to eyes patients, the sight
of many animal species . It is arrived until
the citizen of Luzzara, small locality that takes the name from
the lucci, fish that a time the Po offered
abundant in its waters. Little far away we
arrive to Boretto , locality linked with Venice show in its
public square the column with the winged
lion . It is continued until Brescello, where the cinematographic Museum dedicated to Peppone and Don Camillo. The travel continued, passing in Verdi
lands, touching the places where the memories
of great Master Giuseppe Verdi are found
(Busseto, Roncole Verdi, Zibello ) . Return
in houseboat to Cremona to decreasing of
the evening.
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