Corvallis Camerata Italy Performance Tour Itinerary
Wednesday, June 25 - Departure Day! J
· Depart Corvallis via bus at 8:00AM) Flight departs 1:20PM via Frankfurt, (2.5 hr layover)
Thursday 26 - Milano & Cremona
· 12:10PM arrival in Milano airport –Meet Italian tour guide. Visit the Duomo – walk to top for incredible view of Milano. Street lunch on walk to La Scala Opera House. First gelato!
· 6PM Bus to hotel in Cremona. Arrival 7:30PM -8:30PM dinner in hotel.
Friday 27 - Cremona
· 2PM Visit Stradivari Museum and Palazzo Comunale. Gelato!
· 6PM Dinner in hotel.-7-8:30PM Evening rehearsal and private practice
Saturday 28 Cremona & Montecatini Concert #1 Lucca
· 9:30AM transfer to Montecatini. Unpack, swim, rest. 3PM transfer to Lucca
· 4-6PM Bike ride around old city walls 6:30 PM dinner – Your first Italian trattoria!
· 8.15 PM set up and sound check 9:30 PM Concert #1 LUCCA Chiesa San Giovanni
Sunday, 29 Pisa + Concert #2 Montecatini Terme Tettuccio
· 10.30 AM bus to Pisa (65 km) 11.30AM estimated arrival in Pisa. Lunch on own
· Walk tour Piazza dei Miracoli (Leaning Tower) to the historical Center Piazza dei Cavalieri
· 9:15PM Concert #2 Montecatini Terme Tettuccio
Monday 30 Cortona, Lake Trasimeno & Assisi
· 9:00AM bus leaves for a day in southern Tuscany 11:00 Visit Cortona – (“Under the Tuscan Sun”) 1:00PM Visit Passignano on Lago Trasimeno for a light lunch on the lake
· 3.00 afternoon in Assisi . Visit Basilica (Home of St Francis) Gelato!
Tuesday July 1 Sienna & San Gimignano – Concert #3
· 9:00 - 10:45 AM Rehearsal with Vuurvogel Dutch Orchestra in Hotel du Park
· 11: 00 AM Bus to Siena -Free time to explore Italy’s most beautiful city. Lunch on own – find the best deli or trattoria in Siena. Gelato!
· 4PM Bus to San Gimignano -
· Concert #3 San Gimignano- Piazza de Duomo Concert with the Dutch Orchestra
Wednesday, July 2 Florence (The City of Art!)
· 12PM Bus to Florence for sight-seeing. Free time in the Piazza della Signoria
· Meet Florence mayor and delivery of Pastega gift. 3:30PM guided tour to Accademia to see the David. Florence tour
· 9:00PM Attend Festival concert in Montecatini Terme Tettuccio
Thursday 3 (Volterra & Reggello Historic Tuscan Hill Towns - Concert #4
· 11:30 AM Bus leaves for sight-seeing in Volterra. Gelato!
· 3:30PM Bus to Reggello (105 km) – a very small Tuscan hill town.
· 7PM Group dinner – Tuscan hillside picnic TBA
· 9PM Concert #4 Reggello Chiesa de Pieve – 14th century simple church
Friday 4 Florence – The Final concert!
· 1PM Bus to Florence - Walk to Duomo – possible visit to Uffizi. Final shopping
· 5.30 PM rehearsal in Chiesa Santo Stefano -7PM Farewell dinner – Restaurante Toto
· 9.30 pm Concert #5 Florence, Chiesa di Santo Stefano - International YO Festival
Saturday 5 Cinque Terre hike & Milano
· 1PM lunch in Vernazza. Bus to La Spezia, train to Riomaggiore, Hike to Vernazza for lunch and time on beach - Ferry back to Monterossa al Mare, bus pick-up transfer to airport hotel check-in by 9PM
· Dinner pizzeria Capo Nordest – Last Italian gelato!
Sunday 6 Journey back home! :(
· 4AM checkout of hotel airport. Breakfast boxes. Flight leaves 6:30 AM Arrive Portland 11:25AM.
Wednesday, June 25 - Departure Day! J
· Depart Corvallis via bus at 8:00AM) Flight departs 1:20PM via Frankfurt, (2.5 hr layover)
Thursday 26 - Milano & Cremona
· 12:10PM arrival in Milano airport –Meet Italian tour guide. Visit the Duomo – walk to top for incredible view of Milano. Street lunch on walk to La Scala Opera House. First gelato!
· 6PM Bus to hotel in Cremona. Arrival 7:30PM -8:30PM dinner in hotel.
Friday 27 - Cremona
· 2PM Visit Stradivari Museum and Palazzo Comunale. Gelato!
· 6PM Dinner in hotel.-7-8:30PM Evening rehearsal and private practice
Saturday 28 Cremona & Montecatini Concert #1 Lucca
· 9:30AM transfer to Montecatini. Unpack, swim, rest. 3PM transfer to Lucca
· 4-6PM Bike ride around old city walls 6:30 PM dinner – Your first Italian trattoria!
· 8.15 PM set up and sound check 9:30 PM Concert #1 LUCCA Chiesa San Giovanni
Sunday, 29 Pisa + Concert #2 Montecatini Terme Tettuccio
· 10.30 AM bus to Pisa (65 km) 11.30AM estimated arrival in Pisa. Lunch on own
· Walk tour Piazza dei Miracoli (Leaning Tower) to the historical Center Piazza dei Cavalieri
· 9:15PM Concert #2 Montecatini Terme Tettuccio
Monday 30 Cortona, Lake Trasimeno & Assisi
· 9:00AM bus leaves for a day in southern Tuscany 11:00 Visit Cortona – (“Under the Tuscan Sun”) 1:00PM Visit Passignano on Lago Trasimeno for a light lunch on the lake
· 3.00 afternoon in Assisi . Visit Basilica (Home of St Francis) Gelato!
Tuesday July 1 Sienna & San Gimignano – Concert #3
· 9:00 - 10:45 AM Rehearsal with Vuurvogel Dutch Orchestra in Hotel du Park
· 11: 00 AM Bus to Siena -Free time to explore Italy’s most beautiful city. Lunch on own – find the best deli or trattoria in Siena. Gelato!
· 4PM Bus to San Gimignano -
· Concert #3 San Gimignano- Piazza de Duomo Concert with the Dutch Orchestra
Wednesday, July 2 Florence (The City of Art!)
· 12PM Bus to Florence for sight-seeing. Free time in the Piazza della Signoria
· Meet Florence mayor and delivery of Pastega gift. 3:30PM guided tour to Accademia to see the David. Florence tour
· 9:00PM Attend Festival concert in Montecatini Terme Tettuccio
Thursday 3 (Volterra & Reggello Historic Tuscan Hill Towns - Concert #4
· 11:30 AM Bus leaves for sight-seeing in Volterra. Gelato!
· 3:30PM Bus to Reggello (105 km) – a very small Tuscan hill town.
· 7PM Group dinner – Tuscan hillside picnic TBA
· 9PM Concert #4 Reggello Chiesa de Pieve – 14th century simple church
Friday 4 Florence – The Final concert!
· 1PM Bus to Florence - Walk to Duomo – possible visit to Uffizi. Final shopping
· 5.30 PM rehearsal in Chiesa Santo Stefano -7PM Farewell dinner – Restaurante Toto
· 9.30 pm Concert #5 Florence, Chiesa di Santo Stefano - International YO Festival
Saturday 5 Cinque Terre hike & Milano
· 1PM lunch in Vernazza. Bus to La Spezia, train to Riomaggiore, Hike to Vernazza for lunch and time on beach - Ferry back to Monterossa al Mare, bus pick-up transfer to airport hotel check-in by 9PM
· Dinner pizzeria Capo Nordest – Last Italian gelato!
Sunday 6 Journey back home! :(
· 4AM checkout of hotel airport. Breakfast boxes. Flight leaves 6:30 AM Arrive Portland 11:25AM.
1 comment:
I'm here looking for updates on all the fun you guys are having...
I'll check back another day!
ciao!
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