HISTORY
NATURE& FOOD
5 days

The perfect mix of elements, like a magical potion to nd all the beauty of Italy inside a very small territory: Friuli Venezia Giulia. Come and see how easy is to get amazed in this place!

DAY 1. SPORT ON THE BEACH

Arrival at the Venice airport in the morning.
Our sta will welcome you at the arrivals area.
Transfer to Lignano Sabbiadoro.
Check in in hotel and lunch.
In the afternoon sport activity on the beach: windsurf lessons, beach volleyball, frisbee.
Dinner in hotel and overnight.

What you do: beach sports

Lignano Sabbiadoro is a real paradise for beach sports thank to the 8 km long golden beach and to the breeze blowing during the whole year. In particular in april and may it is possible to enjoy the beach by trying di erent sports with our expert teachers! In the other months, you could safely jump from a tree to the other in our adventure park facing the sea. An extraordinary experience!

DAY 2. VENICE

Departure from Lignano Sabbiadoro to Venice.
Transfer to Punta Sabbioni Port. 40 min. Cruise to Venice. 2 hours guided tour in the city center (walking tour). Lung box included.
In the afternoon visit of a glass studio in Murano.
In the late afternoon departure to Lignano Sabbiadoro. Dinner in hotel and overnight.

What you see: Venice

One of the most romantic and evocative places in the world, a priceless treasure: the Venetian Lagoon.
At the heart of this legendary Province is the Serenissima or Most Serene Republic, with its characteristic bridges spanning the canals navigated by gondolas, its monuments, piazzas, narrow lanes and silent waters.

In the afternoon you will visit the island of Murano.

Venice was the epicenter for creative glassmaking for centuries. Artisans lived and worked in the city until leaders decided the re risk was too great and moved the glassmakers to Murano. Over centuries, creative glassmaking became Murano’s legacy. The island lled with furnaces pumping out heat and smoke, glassblowers worked in shops and studios molding and shaping swirls of colored glass into spectacular chandeliers, vases, gurines, beads and jewelry.

DAY 3. NATURAL BEAUTY

Departure from Lignano Sabbiadoro to Magredi Area.
Visit of a farm and cooking class with traditional products. Italian style food!
Lunch included in the farm.
In the afternoon guided tour in Valvasone, medieval village.

What you see: Magredi Area

Magredi are on the high plain of Pordenone’s province where rivers Cellina and Meduna sink into the aquifer. In this area you will nd a wide variety of typical ora and fauna.
“Magredo” means “barren land”, an arid and poor land because because of its pebbles, although the frequency of precipitation makes Friuli-Venezia Giulia the rainiest region in Italy. In the summer, dry meadows of Magredi look barren and burnt by the sun and create a landscape similar to some wastelands of the South or the continental steppes of Eastern Europe.

What you do: cooking class

Learn how to do pasta, bread or gnocchi and enjoy your experience of beeing a chef for one day!

What you see: Valvasone

Valvasone is one of the most beautiful villages in Italy. In particular, the small wooden theatre, in private hands, is the smallest in Italy and is the main reason for our outing today. In this fascinating hamlet you can nd also the old fteenth-century water mill, the Romanesque Duomo with neo-Gothic rebulding, hosting an enchanting Venetian organ of the sixteenth century still in working condition, the Dominican Monastery with the stream, he public wash house, the narrow lanes, the large restored porticos, the palace of Count Eugenio and the beauty of Casa Fortuni with its fourteenth-century well.

DAY 4. TRIESTE

In the morning departure to Trieste.
Half day guided tour in the city center.
Lunch box included.
In the afternoon visit of the Miramare WWF Sea Reserve. In the evening departure to Lignano Sabbiadoro. Dinner in hotel and overnight.

What you see: Trieste

Trieste, one of the most fascinating Italian cities, the crossroad of the Latin, German e Slavic worlds. Cities with numerous boundaries, not merely geographical but also cultural and historical. The atmosphere of the city can be traced back to its Austrian roots. The “Piazza dell’Unità d’Italia” or square dedicated to Italian Unity, o ers a majestic panorama of the sea. Opposite we can nd the 18th-century Municipal Building, whose style recalls the distant Byzantium, the baroque pillar on which stands the statue of Charles VI and the fountain of the Four Continents. Along the right side of the square there are a row of interesting buildings such as the Lloyd Triestino building, the proverbial and ancient navigation company with two allegorical fountains on its facade, a majestic hotel and the 18th-century Palazzo Pitteri.

What you see: Miramare WWF Sea Reserve

Miramare marine reseve is located in the municipality of Trieste. The reserve, with a depth of up to 18 meters, protects the waters that bathe the famous Miramare Castle. It lies at the foot of the Miramare promontory. The area is in fact a coastal marine habitat: the inland is rocky but gradually declines to rocks and muddy shores. This area conserves a rich underwater environment and represents a management example for marine protected areas. Among the many marine habitats particular importance is played by the area between the low and high tide limits; this is a very hostile habitat that can be colonized only by marine organisms that have adapted to survive out of water for short periods of time. The rocky promontory is home to a rich biodiversity of marine organisms; here the rocks are important anchoring sites for many algae and marine invertebrates. It also provides the necessary substrate for egg deposition and a refuge for many species of sh.

With an extra charge you can also: sailing in the Trieste Gulf / snorkeling in the sea reserve (with teachers) / guided tour of the Miramare castle.

DAY 5. FISHERMEN AND SWANS. THE MARANO LAGOON

Check out and short walking to the Lignano old port.
2 hours boat tour trough the lagoon of Marano and visit of a traditional sherman house.
Lunch when back in Lignano Sabbiadoro (lunch box or lunch in hotel).

After lunch departure to the airport.

What you see: Marano Lagoon

The Marano Lagoon, contained between the last coastal point of Lignano Sabbiadoro and the Grado Lagoon, is a landscape of extraordinary beauty that hosts unique fauna and ora of signi cant naturalistic importance. Protected from the open sea by a series of islands and islets, like Sant’Andrea, also known as Isola delle Conchiglie, it is characterised by swampy vegetation and the unique shermen’s lodgings, the typical “casoni”, built with cane and wood, that make Marano Lagoon one of the most interesting places in the Upper Adriatic Sea.

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