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Hidden Italy & Verona Opera Festival with Oberammergau
8 days from £1,469
Itinerary#
Day 1 – Fly to Italy
We take our scheduled flight from London to Italy (regional flights available on request – please call) where we are met by our tour manager who will accompany us throughout our time in Italy. Transfer in our private executive coach to the 4* Terme Roma Hotel in the charming spa town of Abano Terme near Padua (or similar) for a five night stay on half board basis.
Day 2 – Vicenza, Teatro Olimpico & Padua
This morning we visit Vicenza and the Teatro Olimpico, Europe’s oldest surviving indoor theatre designed by Andrea Palladio in 1579. The afternoon is at leisure in nearby Padua. An optional guided tour explores one of Italy’s oldest university towns and the setting for Shakespeare’s ‘Taming of the Shrew’.
Day 3 – Asolo, Villa Barbaro & wine tasting
We spend the morning in Asolo, one of Italy’s most beautiful hill towns. This afternoon we enjoy a guided tour of Villa Barbaro at Maser designed by Palladio in collaboration with Veronese whose wonderful frescoes adorn the walls, followed by time to relax and enjoy an included tasting of wines from the Villa’s own vineyards.
Day 4 – Abano Terme & Verona Opera Festival
The day is free to relax at our hotel and to explore the spa town of Abano Terme. For those who choose to do so, this afternoon you have the option of travelling by coach with our tour manager to Italy’s fourth classical city, Verona, and then this evening enjoying the spectacle and theatre of the Verona Opera Festival at the Arena (programme to be confirmed).
Day 5 – Ferrara
In Ferrara you have free time to relax or join our optional guided tour introducing us to one of the region’s greatest walled towns and one of Italy’s hidden gems, with many attractive streets and medieval houses, a 12th century cathedral and the palaces of the d’Este dynasty.
Day 6 – Innsbruck & Oberammergau
We leave Italy today and travel to Oberammergau. En route we stop at Innsbruck, home to Cathedral St Jacob, the Imperial Palace and the Golden Roof. We then check in to our allocated Category C hotels and guesthouses in and around Oberammergau for a two night stay. Dinner is included this evening.
Day 7 – Oberammergau Passion Play
This morning you have time to explore the village, visit the Oberammergau Museum and for lunch before we take our Category 1 or Category 2 seats for the Passion Play. The performance runs from 2.30pm till 10.30pm until 16th August and from 1.30pm till 9.30pm from 18th August, in each case with a three hour interval for included dinner.
Day 8 – Fly home
After breakfast in Oberammergau we transfer to Munich Airport for our scheduled flight home.
NB: Prices based on two sharing in a twin or double room. We reserve the right to alter the above itinerary if required for operational reasons. Given the historic nature of the places visited, a certain degree of walking will be involved, and this holiday may not be suitable for those with mobility problems. Minimum numbers required.
Featuring#
Category 2 Passion Play ticket (upgrade to Category 1 for £29)
2 nights half board accommodation in Oberammergau
5 nights half board accommodation in Italy
Full programme of included excursions
Return scheduled flights from London (regional flights available on request)
Professional tour manager
Executive coach in Italy & Germany
If you can get together a group of 16 or more on this tour, we will give you one free place for every 15 paying passengers
Accommodation#
Abano Terme – five nights on half board basis at the 4* Terme Roma Hotel in the spa town of Abano Terme near Padua (or similar). Facilities at the hotel include a restaurant and a bar and all rooms are en suite.
Oberammergau – two nights in Category C accommodation (equivalent to 3* hotel or 4* guesthouse) in various hotels and guesthouses in and around Oberammergau. Dinner and breakfast are included for each night’s stay.
NB: The availability of single rooms in Oberammergau is extremely limited and, once any availability is used up, those requesting single rooms will be accommodated on a twin share basis.
Sights#
Oberammergau Passion Play
Vicenza & Teatro Olimpico
Padua
Asolo
Villa Barbaro, guided tour & wine tasting
Ferrara
Innsbruck
Extras#
Upgrade to Category 1 Passion Play ticket £29
Insurance
Single room supplement £69
Entrance fees to places of interest
Regional flight supplement (if any) – call for details
Optional Verona opera & guided tours: opera performance at the Verona Opera Festival, guided tour of Padua, guided tour of Ferrara
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Payment terms#
Your deposit is refundable
As you may not be able to obtain insurance this far in advance, if at any time before the date that is 12 months prior to your departure you have to cancel for reasons which would otherwise have allowed you to successfully claim on our comprehensive travel insurance policy, we will refund your £400 per person deposit in full. After that date the deposit becomes non-refundable.
Free places for groups
If you can get together 16 or more from your club, society or church to travel on any of our Passion Play tours, we will give you one free place for every 15 paying passengers, yours to spend as you see fit.
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