ITALIAN LAKES & PIEDMONT GOLF TOUR 
12 Days / 11 Nights    From/To  Milan
5 GOLF VENUES 
LAKE MAGGIORE - LAKE COMO - SIRMIONE - MILAN - TURIN
ISOLA BELLA - BAROLO WINE REGION
Wine & tasting - Boutique Hotels - Castles & Lakes
Tour limited to max 12 participants
Tour is available excluding Golf

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ITINERARY

    12 DAYS / 11 NIGHTS 

 * BAVENO  LAKE MAGGIORE  
   4 NIGHTS 

 * COMO   
   2 NIGHTS 

 * SIRMIONE LAKE GARDA 
    2 NIGHTS

 * PIEDMONT   
   3 NIGHTS

TOUR PARTNER 
Unique European Travel LLC

Day 1   Milan - Baveno (Lake Maggiore)

• Transfer from Milan airport to your hotel in Baveno (Lake Maggiore). Relax and refresh after your flight. Welcome dinner

Day 2   Golf & Cable Car - Botanical Garden

• Golfers: round of golf at "Golf des Iles Borromees" course in the morning 
• Non Golfers: late morning transfer to the town of Stresa and take the cable car to Mottarone mountain from where you willl enjoy a wonderful view of the lake below. 

• Enjoy hiking the easy walking trails around the top and lounging in the restaurant, then take the car back down to the mid station to visit the Botanical Garden with acres of endless varieties of plants and flowers.Return to the hotel in the afternoon
• Both the golfers and non-golfers will return to Baveno and be free to relax and enjoy the hotel pool and lakeside activities

Day 3   Borromees Islands

• Transfer to Stresa and take a boat to the Borromees Islands. Isola Bella showcases a Baroque Palace with artistic themed rooms and terraced majestic gardens. These 17th Century "Italian" gardens contain rare exotic plants, pairs of strolling peacocks, an open theater, and statues.
• "The Fisherman's Island" is the only Island that is inhabited year round. A promenade circles the island and a street running along the center spine is flanked by cobblestone alleys. On these streets and along the waterfront you will find interesting shops and restaurants
• Return to your hotel in Baveno in the afternoon

Day 4   Golf & Angera Castle

• After breakfast the golfers will join their driver for a short trip to Golf Club Castel Conturbia. Dating back to 1898, the current layout, one of Robert Trent Jones, Sr.'s best designs, winds through trees, over streams, around ponds and has been the venue for the Italian Open. 
  

• This morning your guide will transport the non-golfers to Arona, a wonderful lakeside village. You will have time to stroll the promenade and small streets filled with shops and restaurants or visit La Rocca-Castle Park and a small 1492 Church featuring paintings of the Virgin Mary
• After this brief stop you will depart to village of Angera and see the castle recently selected as one of Italy's most beautiful. The castle sits high on a cliff with an imposing view of the lake below and is approached through a forest of lovely chestnut trees. 
• Later you will rejoin the golfers at the hotel and will be free to relax and have dinner on your own

Day 5  Golf & Como

• After breakfast everyone will check out of the hotel and depart with your guide. The golfers will be dropped off at "Circolo Golf Villa d' Este". This club, built in 1926 with its' incomparable natural beauty of fairways cut out of the birch and chestnut forest, features strategic bunkering around the greens. Throughout the years it has been the golf venue for the rich and famous and has been the site of the Italian Open. 
  
• The non-golfers will continue on with their guide to Como Today you can stroll through the historic Como city center, along the waterfront promenade.
• The golfers will join you in the afternoon and you will be free to continue exploring the town and have dinner on your own. Check in at your hotel in Como city center.
  

Day 6   Bellagio - Lake Como

• Boat trip to Bellagio, the Pearl of Lake Como! Bellagro is a maze of small stone lanes, alley ways, and stairways filled with shops, gelato bars, cafes, and restaurants. 
• Visit Villa Carlotta museum with its art masterpieces and the Botanical Garden with the centuries old cedars, sequoias, tropical plants, rock garden, and fern valley
• Travel back to Como for the evening and dinner on your own

Day 7   Milan - Sirmione

• After breakfast and checkout you will depart with your guide for a tour of the Italian financial and international fashion capital-Milan. Visit the Cathedral, the Sforzesco Castle and all the main attractions of the city.
• Continue to Sirmione on Lake Garda and settle at your hotel 

Day 8   Golf & Free day in Sirmione

• After breakfast a driver will transport the golfers to play either Arzaga Golf Club or Garda Golf and Country Club. The beautiful Arzaga Golf Club, with two 18 hole courses designed by Jack Nicholas II and Gary Player, plays against a backdrop of the towering Alps.
  
• Garda Golf and Country Club has 27 holes that wind through the olive and cypress trees. This course has been the site of many men and women's Italian Opens.
• The non-golfers will have the day to wander through historic Sirmione and visit the Roman thermal baths and the Castle

Day 9  Piedmont

• Departure for Piedmont region. Stop in a local winery and have a wine tasting and a wine cellar tour in the area of Barbaresco wine. Visit the Castle of Grinzane Cavour, home of the first Prime Minister of Italy and settle at a local country farm. Dinner at the resort.

Day 10  Golf & Turin

• The golfers will be driven to play Royal Park I Roveri plunged inside an age-old forest and surrounded by the Olympic Mountains. There are two courses designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. and Michael Hurdzan. It was voted "Best Italian Course" and has hosted the Italian Open 4 times

• The non-golfers will join their guide for a tour of Turin. This vibrant city with its Baroque architecture museums and promenades is a great city for wandering and exploring
• After the city tour you will join the golfers back at the Relais to relax and have dinner at the resort

Day 11  Barolo Region & Cooking Class 

• Your guide will take you though the countryside to visit the area famous for "Barolo" wine. You will visit a historical wine cellar and a small corkscrew museum showcasing the history of various wine opening tools. Your group will then return to the Relais for a fun Italian cooking class followed by a farewell dinner. 

Day 12   Departure to USA

• Transfer to Malpensa airport and departure to your destination 

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