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The Valpolicella, an area which lays north-west of Verona and stretches between Garda, the Lessini Mountains and the Valdadige, offers splendid naturalistic itineraries, immersed in the greenery of the Lessinia Regional Park, where nature also reveals precious historical and archaeological sites. Inevitable is a visit to San Giorgio. In Valpolicella, famous for its wines, especially for Amarone, a visit to a local winery is not to be missed, for a wine-tasting and a degustation of some typical products.
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Duration: 8 to 9 hours
Starts: Milan, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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The Valpolicella, an area which lays north-west of Verona and stretches between Garda, the Lessini Mountains and the Valdadige, offers splendid naturalistic itineraries, immersed in the greenery of the Lessinia Regional Park, where nature also reveals precious historical and archaeological sites. Inevitable is a visit to San Giorgio. In Valpolicella, famous for its wines, especially for Amarone, a visit to a local winery is not to be missed, for a wine-tasting and a degustation of some typical products.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Verona, Verona, Province of Verona, Veneto
Verona is located in the plain at the mouth of the Adige valley, at the foot of the Lessini mountains. You will meet your tour guide and depart to Valpolicella area.
Stop At: San Giorgio di Valpolicella, San Giorgio di Valpolicella, Sant’Ambrogio di Valpolicella, Province of Verona, Veneto
The landscape of Valpolicella, mainly hilly, is extremely varied morphologically, ideally, it presents itself as a range of valleys that depart from Verona, a sliding of the Lessina mountains, towards hills and plains. Everywhere, in Valpolicella, it is possible to observe vineyards, interspersed with olive and cherry trees. This immense area, however, is not only full of splendid landscapes and suggestive natural beauties, but also architectural sites of immense cultural and artistic value, as evidenced by the villages, churches and Venetian-style villas that enrich the area with evidence of years of history.
Among them you, In the heart of San Giorgio, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, an ancient religious center, you would admire an ancient barbaric-Romanesque parish church, dedicated to the homonymous saint.
Adjacent to the parish church, on the northern flank, there is the suggestive 12th century cloister, and the small museum which preserves numerous archaeological finds and an ethnographic section, where a typical Valpolicella house from previous centuries has also been rebuilt.
Duration: 4 hours
