In the native land of the Gonzaga

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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