The Italian Historic Houses are jewel inside which are guarded treasures. Through private tours you can learn about important art collections. The mansion owners will gladly show you the masterpieces of their collections. In the frame of these residences will be able to know the Italian culinary excellence through tour of the cellars and tasting the best products DOP and DOC of the Country. Like the French chateaux, the Italian Historic Houses, offices of large agricultural properties, represent a real stronghold of the territory. Traditions, crafts, ancient knowledge of rural culture and art sites are everyday kept alive by the intense activity of the owners who continue to remain custodians of a key asset for the protection of the country’s landscape and
identity. So, at the next Vinitaly (from April 10th to 13th, Verona) 30,5 millions of bottles 15000 hectares of untouched landscape will represent the Associazione Dimore Storiche Italiane (Italian Historic Houses Association) through the presence of 40 members’ wineries, historic buildings owners. “A journey through our wine cellars – says Moroello Diaz by Vittoria Pallavicini, National President of A.D.S.I. – is a journey through time and taste that unfold through the Italian traditions: from the fine DOC Euganean hills of the Veneto Palladian villas to Nero d’Avola Sicilian Baroque mansions, the Chianti Tuscan castles
to ancient Frascati Tusculum residences”. It is in this context that, starting this upcoming spring, the Association – engaged now for almost 40 years in the preservation of national historical and cultural heritage – will organize trips and unprecedented itineraries for visitors to relive the flavours, atmospheres and secrets places that over the centuries have made Italy what it is today. A Grand Tour for all those who want to know and experience the history and cultural heritage of the country through travels in the most beautiful palaces, castles, villas and others historic residences. Unique experiences of stays, weddings, events
and visits in prestigious residences allow you to know the hidden treasures from all regions of Italy. Overnight accommodation in a villa of Palladio, spend a weekend in an old farmhouse in the Tuscan countryside, get married in a historic villa on Lake Como or stay in the places of “Il Gattopardo” in Sicily. Travels in Italy, from North to South, in the wake of the Grand Tour through castles, palaces, villas, relays and other historical residences. You can plan trips with exclusive hospitality and gourmet within the most beautiful historic houses of the Italian aristocracy.
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