La Serenissima! with Classical KING
Music and Art in Milan, Verona, Vicenza and Venice

Join Classical KING, in partnership with The Grand Tour Travel Company, for a spectacular 11-day trip of music, art and architecture encompassing four beautiful cities in Northern Italy. The tour begins in Milan, where we will admire masterpieces by Michelangelo and Leonardo and attend a performance of Puccini’s Turandot at La Scala. After a guided tour and private concert at Villa Medici Giulini, we move on to Verona, one of Italy’s loveliest cities, home to the grand, 1st-century Roman Arena and the splendid Romanesque church of San Zeno. A day trip takes us to Vicenza for a tour of the whimsical Villa Valmarana ai Nani and visits to two famous villas designed by the great Renaissance master Andrea Palladio; a second private concert also awaits us there. Then we embark for Venice, making our way by private boat down the Brenta Canal and into the lagoon.

For 1,000 years, the Venetian Republic dominated world trade on the Adriatic and Mediterranean seas. Its wealthy merchant class patronized art, architecture and music to make la Serenissima one of the most beautiful cities in the world. With eminent art historian Antonio Mazzotta as our private guide in Milan and at the Gallerie dell’Accademia and elsewhere in Venice, we will spend time with the masterpieces of Titian, Tintoretto, and Bellini, visit the colorful islands of Murano, Burano, and Torcello, and enjoy more musical performances in sublime settings. Great art, world-class music, majestic architecture, and expert guides, not to mention delicious local cuisine, fine wines, and deluxe lodging everywhere we go—this tour promises to be an unforgettable 11 days in Italy.