Overview

Cradle of the Renaissance, romantic, enchanting and utterly irresistible, Florence (Firenze) is a place to feast on world-class art and gourmet Tuscan cuisine.

Few cities are so compact in size or so packed with extraordinary art and architectural masterpieces at every turn. The urban fabric of this small city, on the banks of the Arno river in northeastern Tuscany, has hardly changed since the Renaissance and its narrow cobbled streets are a cinematic feast of elegant 15th- and 16th-century palazzi (palaces), medieval candle-lit chapels, fresco-decorated churches, marble basilicas and world-class art museums brimming with paintings and sculptures by Botticelli, Michelangelo et al. Unsurprisingly, the entire city center is a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Accommodation

The price of registration fee is 115 euros.

The arrangement price includes:
- Hotel accommodation with three stars in Hotel“s like Augustus ***, Impero ***, Internazionale ***, TermePrestige ***, Tonfoni***, Europa ***, Innocent*** ... in Montecatini Terme based on 3 half board service: breakfast and dinner in 1/3 and 1/4 rooms
- Organization expenses
- Degrees
- Program leading
- Inviting letter
- Additional seat on every 25 member

The arrangement price doesn't include:
- Tourist tax for hotels in Montecatini Termeis from 1 e depending on Hotel category per person per day
- Facultative tours like the tour to Pisa 12 €, “Sea of Tuscany”- Livorno and Viareggio (beach) 12 €, Florence 15 € - the price of the tour depends exclusively on the number of interested in some of the tours
- Additional day ( half board ) is from 30 euros per person
- Visa and insurance (for cultural-art societies visas are free with an inviting letter which gets every ensemble from the Italian cultural-art society which also takes part in this manifestation)

Dates

  • 15/06/2023 - 18/06/2023

Pricing

15/06 - 18/06
  • 4 days (3 nights) = 115 € per person

Itinerary

Participants are ensembles from Italy, Slovenia, Poland, Ukraine, Greece, Turkey, Serbia, Indonesia, India, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech, Slovakia, Romania, Russia, Armenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Hungary…

Festival Program

1st Day - 15th June

Italy – Pisa - Montecatini Terme Tuscany is one of the most beautiful regions of Italy, known for its art (Renaissance in architecture and painting), wines, cuisine, fashion brands, beautiful landscapes and the legacy of the Medici family. Interested groups can go on an optional excursion to Pisa. Upon arrival, the tour will start with the "Field of Miracles" where the Duomo, the Baptistery, and the symbol of the city, the leaning Tower of Pisa which has attracted visitors from around the world for centuries, is located... Leisure time for individual activities. Departure for Montecatini Terme, is the most famous spa town in Tuscany, with a central position in this Italian region. Accommodations in a selected Hotel. Leisure time. Dinner. Overnight stay.

2nd day - 16th June

Montecatini Terme - Livorno - Viareggio –Montecatini Terme Breakfast. After breakfast, we will organize an optional excursion to the “Sea of Tuscany" which fits ideally into the beginning of the summer bathing season.
The excursion will take us to Livorno, the largest port of Tuscany, a city with a tradition and a beautiful old center. Leisure time for walking along the seaside and downtown area. The excursion continues to Viareggio, the largest and most famous Tuscan resort and a favorite resort of the Florentines. Every year, the Festival Puccini is held in Viareggio at a specially built theater in the open. A walk through the central part of the old town leads to mile-long beaches. Leisure time for beach activities. Return to Montecatini Terme. Dinner. Overnight stay.

3rd day - 17th June

Montecatini Terme – Festival day
Breakfast. Preparations for Defileand performing of all Ensembles. Defile from Terme Tettuccio till square Piazza del Popolo. Opening of II International FolkloreFestival in Montecatini. Performance of
Folklore Ensembles.
Dinner. Possible friendly night for all Festival groups. Overnight stay.

4th day -  18th June

Montecatini Terme - Florence
Breakfast. After breakfast, all interested groups can enjoy an optional, educational, all-day excursion in Florence. Tour of the capital of the Renaissance: the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Florence Baptistery, Campanile, Piazza Della Signoria, the Fountain of Neptune, the Uffizi Gallery, the River Arno, the Ponte Vecchio - the Old Bridge, the Palazzo Pitti... Leisure time for individual activity, visiting the Uffizi Gallery, the Accademia Gallery, Palazzo Pitti, Boboli Gardens, restaurants, shopping...

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