If you are interested in booking a personal pre- and/or post-conference tour, please contact the official travel agency of WCTE 2010:
Rivatour Agency
Tel.: +39 0464 570370
Fax: +39 0464 555184
E-mail: info@rivatour.it
Pre-conference tour
June 18th, 2010
| 12:00 | Departure by bus from Verona Airport Valerio Catullo to Venice |
| 14:00 | Arrival in Venezia Mestre and hotel check-in |
| 15:30 | Transfer with the bus to Tronchetto. From there you will catch the ferry to San Marco place where you will meet your "Cicerone" who will guide you to discover the treasures of Venice. The tour will take around 2 hours after which you will have free time to find a delightful restaurant to have a dinner. You can also opt to have a dinner on return to the hotel. |
| 21:00 | Return to the hotel |
June 19th, 2010
| 9:00 | After breakfast and check-out you will catch a vaporetto to reach Venice where you can enjoy a Venetian summer day. You will be free to explore the city by yourself and to taste a fresh aperol spritz or a good gelato walking along the canals or just after visiting Palazzo Ducale. |
| 16:00 | Departure from Venice. |
| 18:00 | Arrival in Verona. |
| 21:00 | In company of a guide you will enter the Roman times, having the opportunity to watch the opera "Aida" by Giuseppe Verdi in the Arena of Verona. The performance will start around 21:00 and the end is estimated around 24:00. |
| 24:00 | Afterwards, a bus will drive you to the hotel you reserved in Riva del Garda. |
Price of pre-conference tour (accommodation included):
290.00 euro
Services included:
Bus: Verona-Venezia-Verona-Riva del Garda
Ferry from Venezia Mestre and Venezia Centre
English-speaking guide and accompanying hostess
Accommodation in a four-star hotel including breakfast
Open-Seating ticket for the opera "Aida"
Additional cost to reserve a seat in the Arena: 84.00 euro
Additional cost for a single room: 30.00 euro
(Reduction for those who do not attend the opera: 35.00 euro)
Post-conference tour & technical visit
The post-conference tour offers a good mix between technical visit and Italian cultural heritage.
The tour will start on 25th and will continue on 26th of June.
June 25th, 2010
Friday 25th of June will be dedicated to technical visits in two different companies
| 9:00 | Departure by bus from Riva del Garda |
| 10:00 | Cortaccia/ Kurtatsch - Visit of the head office of the Company Rothoblaas (production of self-tapping screws for timber connections – www.rothoblaas.com). A visit of the Rothoblaas building from the architectural and structural point of view is included. |
| 12:00 | Lunch. |
| 13:00 | Bolzano/Bozen – Visit of a maintenance centre of the highway authority "Autostrada del Brennero SpA" (glulam building) |
| 14:30 | Bressanone/Brixen – Visit of the Company Holzbau SpA (glulam plant) – www.holzbau.com |
| 18:00 | Back around 18:00 In order to end this day a special dinner will be organised in the Marzadro distillery, located in Nogaredo, very close to Riva del Garda. The complex building of the distillery, made by Holzbau SpA, has been built in stone, wood and glass and is surrounded by rows of vines. |
| 23:00 | Departure to Riva del Garda around 23:00. |
June 26th, 2010
| 10:00 | Departure by bus from Riva del Garda |
| 11:30 | You will arrive in Verona at 11:30 and after a tour with a guide that will explain the story and the architecture of the city, you will have time to visit Verona, to go shopping in Piazza delle Erbe or to do a romantic walk to the balcony of Juliette. |
| 18:00 | At 18:00 you will meet with the guide in order to reach the Arena. The opera on stage is "Madame Butterfly" by Puccini. |
| At the end of the show, a bus will drive you back to Riva. If you prefer you can reserve a room directly in Verona so that you can reach the airport more easily the morning after. |
Price of post-conference tour (accommodation excluded):
25th 102,00 Euro vat included
26th 80,00 Euro vat included
Services included:
All transfers
Lunch and dinner on 25th
English-speaking guide and accompanying hostess
Open-Seating ticket for the opera "Madame Butterfly"
Additional cost to reserve a seat in the Arena: 84.00 euro
26th June additional cost for those who need to book a room in Verona:
1 double room in a four-star hotel near the airport with breakfast included: 55.00 euro each
1 double room for single use in a four-star hotel near the airport with breakfast included: 99.00 euro each