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"Drinking engines"
Day 1
The adventure of the "Motori da bere" tour begins at the Milan Central Station, which will be the place of arrival and meeting, and then we will immediately get to the heart of the experience, leaving for Arese, a place of great importance in the motoring world, in fact it is there that the museum dedicated to the history of the "biscione" is located, the morning will be dedicated purely to an immersion in the world of Alfa Romeo; at the end of the visit we will go to lunch...
Once lunch is over, the tour continues and we will stop off at a place that marked the history of GT road cars and Formula 1 in the 1960s, but which is still making waves!
Then it's back to Milan for a tasty stop at one of the city's oldest patisseries, a place where you can sample sweet delights from a tradition that has been handed down since 1817.
Here the first day ends, but the tour continues...
Day 2
On the second day, the first stop is a visit to a place that is very dear to motoring enthusiasts: one of the most famous circuits in Italy, which hosts the Formula 1 Grand Prix every year... [*]
[*] Alternative: you can visit a place where you can immerse yourself in the world of aviation, the largest Italian museum and one of the largest in Europe, in fact we can find more than 100 aircraft; in addition to the aircraft there are more than 76 cars from the special Nuccio Bertone collection.
You can take a guided tour of the circuit and thus drive on the same as your beloved single-seaters...
After a tour of the track we go for lunch.
After the lunch stop, the second stage will take us to the museum that praises the quality and initiative of Italian design and made in Italy, with over five thousand square metres and no less than eight in-depth exhibitions, including an exhibition dedicated to the historic collection of the Compasso d'Oro Award; an important recognition awarded by the Association for Industrial Design with the aim of rewarding the quality of Italian design.
The third stage will take us to a place rich in motoring culture and history, where this second day will end...
Day 3
The third day will take us to the Veneto region. Our first stop in the Veneto region is in Villafranca di Verona, where there is a private collection of vintage cars and motorbikes, bicycles, small vehicles and other special items from the last century.
The collection boasts 200 vintage cars, 110 bicycles, 100 motorbikes, 500 cameras, 100 musical instruments, 100 typewriters, several aircraft; there is also a special collection of F1 single-seater steering wheels...
After this immersion in our recent past, we leave for Bassano del Grappa where we will have lunch. We will then go to another museum renowned in the automotive sector, dedicated to the restorer Luigi Bonfanti, where the most iconic cars of the last century are preserved with the aim of praising the ingenuity of the automotive pioneers...
Before heading to Verona, there is the last stop of the third day that offers an experience like no other, in fact you will be able to taste various typical Venetian liqueurs, such as grappa, but with the peculiarity of tasting it in the place where the first grappa in Italy was produced! [**]
[**] Alternative: On the last stage of the third day you can visit a winery founded in 1898 and which over the years has developed more and more, where you can taste its wines are produced from five vineyards located in the valleys of the Veronese; it has the merit of having three DOC: Soave, Valpolicella and Durello.
We head towards the last day of our adventure...
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Day 4
The last day will take us back to Lombardy, to Brescia to be precise, where we will make our first stop, at a place dedicated to the Italian motor sport event par excellence in which motoring legends and historically interesting grand tourers have taken part.
After this enthralling visit into the world of the Mille Miglia, we will stop for lunch...
To continue the culinary adventure In order to continue the culinary adventure of the last day, we will go to a unique place, where we will be able to taste the delights of a legend of confectionery, the famous Iginio Massari!
Finally, to complete our adventure, the last stop of the tour in a place that will allow us to relive the emotions of motor racing of the last century, in fact we will visit the museum of the Mantovano Volante!
Here ends our experience...
