Italy trips: Delta Po - Borghetto - Verona

The reason of my trip this time was the concert of the Italian musician and composer Giovanni Allevi & the All Stars Orchestra held last September 1st at the Arena of Verona.

I'm a fan of this artist and I had the tickets since last May. So,why do not take the opportunity to visit new and places I have already seen but ever beautiful?

Adria was the base of my trip. It is a small and pretty town from where you can plan easily your visit of the Veneto region. I stayed…


at the Hotel Leon Bianco which is located in the center, next to the Theater. It is the second time here for me. The Hotel opened a year ago. It is modern and comfortable. I have assigned both times the room with a balcony overlooking the Canal. Breakfast is a bit low quality but ultimately the value for money is good.

I arrived in Adria on August 31st early in the afternoon and after a small rest I went with a friend of mine to Park of Delta Po.

We stopped at Barricata and we had a nice and long walk along the seashore. There were still some tourists althouth it was September. The beach is free, there are some Bars where you can have also small meals and also rent beach umbrellas, deck chairs and sun beds. Nearby there is a holiday village from where you can reach the beach on foot, it is called Villaggio Barricata.










From Barricata we went to see the Sacca(=lagoon) of Scardovari: beautiful and full of 'trabucchi', the houses of fishermen.

In the evening we came back to Adria and ate there a Pizza.

On the morning of September 1st we went to Borghetto di Valeggio, one of the most beautiful Villages in Italy according to the online guide I borghi più belli d’Italia. It is a village which lies on the river Mincio. The road to this village is full of vineyards of Custoza. We stopped for lunch at the restaurant Divinosteria where I drank a glass of the great red wine Valpolicella Superiore.

After lunch we took a walk along the river, we went over the Bridge Visconti and then, from Park Segurtà, we went up to the Castle Scaligero.

Around 5 p.m. o'clock we drove back on the way to Verona. Once parked, we took an ice cream and made a stop at Piazza Bra, the square in front of the Arena. We checked which was our entry to the Arena and after that we made a walk and see Piazza dell Erbe, Ponte Pietra, one of the bridges which are over the Adige river, Piazza Signori and, of course, Juliet's balcony. By the way, in the building in front of the house of Juliet there is a Relais de Charme called Il sogno di Giulietta (The Dream of Juliet). It should be very romantic.

At 8 p.m. after eating some pizza and fruit salad we went to the Arena where we waited until 9:25 pm the concert started. The Arena was nearly sold out, the atmosphere like that of a rock concert, the location very attractive and he, Giovanni Allevi, was gorgeous, as always, especially when he played his compositions for piano solo.

Next day I returned to Siena very happy for this short trip and... thinking about the next :-)

by Amina

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