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Meet with our Tour Manager at the arrivals hall
Board on your private deluxe bus and start your transfer toward Lake Maggiore
Destination of the Grand Tour of European intellectuals and aristocrats since the nineteenth century, Lake Maggiore still fascinates visitors from all over the world.
History, art, botany but also splendid natural landscapes where to practice sports. These are the mainingredients of a holiday to discover the Terre Borromeo destinations, a cultural and natural heritage that belongs to the Borromeo family.
Lake Maggiore is located in northern Italy, between Lombardy and Piedmont and extends as far as Switzerland, in the Canton of Ticino, in what the Americans call the Italian Lake District. It is the second largestItalian lake after Lake Garda.
Isola Bella, in the archipelago of the Borromean Islands, was conceived in 1650 by Count Vitaliano VI Borromeo. It took four centuries to complete this magnificent work that includes Palazzo Borromeo and the spectaculargardens: a real baroque casket suspended over the water. Palazzo Borromeo includes over 20 rooms and thesuggestive Galleria dei Quadri with a collection of 130 paintings mainly from the seventeenth and eighteenthcenturies, with some works also from the Renaissance period. Known throughout the world, the Italian baroquegarden is a perfect combination of art and nature. Since 2002, the Isola Bella garden has been part of the authoritative English Royal Horticultural Society
The Rocca Borromeo di Angera, or Rocca d’Angera , also called Borromeo Castle, is a castle that stands on a lake side hill top in the limits of the town of Angera in the Province of Varese on the Southern shores of Lago Maggiore. It is visible from across the lake from Arona, where originally stood another castle formerly owned by the Borromeo family.
Before 1227, the castle belonged to the Della Torre family, who lost the possession to the Visconti after the Battle of Desio (1277). In 1449, it passed into the ownership of the Borromeo family. It once belonged to the Visconti family, beginning with Bernabò Visconti and his wife, Beatrice della Scala, but it was purchased by the Borromeo family who expanded and refurbished the castle over the centuries. It still belongs to the Borromeo family. It is best known for it Hall of Justice (Sala di Giustizia) which still contains its original late 13th centurydepicting the victory of Ottone Visconti, archbishop of Milan, at the Battle of Desio. The castle suffered damage during bombardment in the second world war.
The castle also contains a Museo della Bambola (Doll Museum), founded in 1988 by the wish of Princess Bona Borromeo Arese, and displays over a thousand dolls made between the 18th century and the present day.
Start your afternoon discovering on your own, through a pleasent easy walk, the Tortona Riot, famous for iconic fashion designer and contemporary art.
First stop is the Armani Silos Fashion Museum, a few steps from your selected hotel.
Entrance tickets included in our program.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION SPACE
On April 30th, 2015 Giorgio Armani opened Armani/Silos in Milan’s Via Bergognone 40 to mark 40 years of his career. Originally the granary of a major international company constructed in 1950 and measuring around 4,500 square meters on four levels, ‘[he] decided to call it silos because this building used to store food, which is, of course, essential for life. For [him], just as much as food, clothes are also a part of life.’
THE BACKGROUND ON ARMANI/SILOS
The search for simplicity, eliminating unnecessary ornamentation and everything that is superfluous, coupled with a preference for regular geometric shapes and a desire for uniformity have produced a sober yet monumental building based on the rule of order and rigor: a rational response to practical needs, with spaces demonstrating respect for the original architecture. By preserving the building’s unusual established form, recalling a beehive, a metaphor for industriousness, the renovation of the exhibition space reinforces the designer’s aesthetic philosophy and creative dynamism.
The space includes not only the exhibition areas but also a gift shop and an open-plan indoor coffee shop, as well as housing a digital archive.
Armani/Silos offers an overview of over 40 years of the designer’s career, including 400 outfits and 200 accessories from Giorgio Armani’s ready-to-wear collections from 1980 to the present.
Giorgio Armani has said: ‘setting up Armani/Silos, deciding what to exhibit and how, focusing on the themes that best represent a way of thinking and a style – all this helped me look back on my 40-year career in a passionate but balanced way. Because fashion, which seems to want to live in an eternal present, needs to reflect on itself and its own roots in order to face the future. Through this process of reflection, we see how fashion accompanies and often anticipates important social changes. Remembering what we were like in the past can help us understand what we might be in the future.’
The collection permanently on display showcases a selection of over forty years’ worth of unique Giorgio Armani fashion creations grouped around three recurring themes, central to the designer’s work and that continue to shape his collections: Androgynous, Ethnicities and Stars.
ANDROGYNOUS
As simple, pure and clean-cut as possible: this is what fashion means to Giorgio Armani.
In his thorough exploration of the jacket, which is a must-have everyday item, Armani reinterprets the original concepts of androgyny, yet stays true to a style that conveys understated, discreet femininity and elegance.
Renowned for his neutral colours and his reinterpretations of traditional male fabrics, Armani loves to blend rigorous male tailoring and soft female dressmaking, elements that give life to a wardrobe designed with an unprecedented fluidity.
Over the years, Giorgio Armani’s suit has evolved but it has essentially remained true to the original.
ETHNICITIES
The strong influence of non-western cultures can be seen in Giorgio Armani’s creations, for which he uses elements inspired by far away ethnicities and interprets them with his signature style.
Africa, China, Japan. Persia, Arabia. Syria and Polynesia are some of the places that have inspired the designer.
STARS
There is a strong bond between Giorgio Armani and cinema.
Male and female celebrities alike have decided to wear his clothes, both on screen and on the red carpet, and over time have become friends.
After the visit, turn back toward Tortona Street and stop at the iconic MUDEC: the Museum of Design & Creativity.
Ticket entrance included
Enjoy some contemporary art, before tasting an amazing dinner at Enrico Bartolini BEST OF tasting menu (drinks and beverages not included, to allow you the perfect pairing on site) included in our offer.
After dinner, walk back toward your hotel ( 100 mt), or enjoy a vibing night at the Navigli District.
After lunch, your private driver will escort you to the Dome Square. Meet with your private English-Speaking guide nearby the Dome and start to discover the Cathedral, the Square and admire the 360 ° panorama of the city and stroll through Galleria Vittorio Emanuele the hub of Milan, before arriving at the temple of the music ” La Scala Theatre”, to come back to the Dome Square.
Your guide will leave you at the Terrazza Duomo 21, for you to enjoy a typical aperitif in Milanese style, from the iconic terraces facing the Cathedral and the Dome Square, the very heart of Milan!
Lunch at own leisure.
Welcome aperitif followed by an exclusive farewell dinner
THE BEST ITALIAN TASTES
Selected ingredients and labels of excellence for a supreme quality cuisine where the chef rather than a cook, is a couturier of taste. Who embroiders, dish after dish, a rich à la carte menu of international specialties and recipes of the highest Italian tradition.
While in the lounge fantasy goes on stage, with an exclusive selection of eclectic dishes and cocktails with a high creative content.
After your check-out, private transfer to Milan Malpensa in time to board on your flight back home
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