Mantuan Wine and Flavour Route

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Mantuan Wine and Flavour Route

09.06.2010 - 11.09.2010

Mantua, 19 June to 11 September – the town is hosting a series of events starring the flavours of this area of Lombardy

Vini e sapori mantovani – Poster

You have lots of chances to get to know the good and the beauty of this land that belonged to the Gonzagas: from taking part into “Golosaria del mantovano” (“Tasty Morsels from Mantua Area”, 12 - 13 June), to the 8 sailing and tasting trips on Mincio river (19 June - 11 September). During “Il piacere dei sensi navigando sul far della sera” (“Sensual pleasures sailing at dusk”), Mincio Boatmen will offer a sailing trip of about 2 hours, leaving from the small harbour of Grazie di Curtatone and arriving at Mantua, during which you will be able to taste 3 local DOC wines. This event follows (one week after) the participation of Mantuan Wine and Flavour Route to “Golosaria del Mantovano”.

Useful information

Strada dei Vini e Sapori Mantovani (Mantuan Wine and Flavour Route)
Tel. 0376 234420
email: barcaioli@fiumemincio.it - info@mantovastrada.it

Reservation is compulsory, please call 0376349292 or send an email to barcaioli@fiumemincio.it.

How to get there

By car:
Coming from the North: A22 motorway Modena-Brennero; A4 motorway Milan- Venice; A1 motorway Autostrada del Sole

By train:
Modena-Verona and Milan lines.

By plane:
Villafranca airport in Verona, 33 km far from Mantua.

Further information

Mantua

Mantua and Sabbioneta, both united by the inheritance left to them by Gonzaga, are the main centres of Italian and European Renaissance. Mantua has recently been accepted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Piazza delle Erbe, a place of trade since time immemorial, opens to the South with the House of Giovan Boniforte of Concorezzo (or the Merchant's House) built in 1455 then continues with the Romanesque Rotunda of St. Lawrence, the Clock Tower, the Palazzo della Ragione and ends with Palazzo Broletto (or del Podestà) built in the twelfth century which gives its name to the adjacent square and separates the two.

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