Accommodation in hotel, dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel. We will leave this morning in the direction of Valsesia, a Piedmontese alpine valley in Vercelli, crossed by the river Sesia, from which it takes its name, and overhung by the Monte Rosa Mountain Massif. Visit of a dairy with «gorgonzola» tasting. Late in the morning, ascent by cable car to the Sacro Monte di Varallo and lunch. In the afternoon, visit of this extraordinary monumental complex protected by UNESCO since 2003 composed of 44 chapels and a basilica, a real fortified citadel surrounded by walls and characterized by streets, squares, palaces and gardens. Inside the chapels statues and paintings that tell the life, passion and death of Christ. Return to hotel, dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel. Visit of the historic center of Turin. We will start from Piazza San Carlo one of the most beautiful squares in the city nicknamed “the Salotto di Torino”, then Piazza Carignano where we can admire the splendid facade of Palazzo Carignano home of the National Museum of the Italian Risorgimento, and the Palace of the Academy of Sciences, which houses the Egyptian Museum. Passing through the Galleria dell’Industria Subalpina, nineteenth century commercial gallery dedicated to the bourgeois pastime, we finally arrive in Piazza Castello, the second largest square of Turin, with its characteristic porticos with historic cafes where you can taste the typical delights of the Piedmont capital, here are some of the most important attractions of the Piedmont capital: Palazzo Reale, the Teatro Regio, among the most important opera houses in Italy, The Palace of Madam… Lunch during the visit. In the afternoon we will reach the Palace of the Academy of Sciences that houses the Egyptian Museum, the most important Egyptian museum in the world after that of Cairo, inside it are about 6,500 finds among statues, sarcophagi and funeral kits, mummies, papyri, amulets, jewelry. An immense treasure to see and discover the history and mysteries of this ancient civilization. Dinner and overnight in hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning, after a boat trip on Lake Viverone ( 40 min ) we reach the castle of Montecavallo, a small neo-Gothic jewel, on the green hills of Biella where we will visit its cellars and taste 2 wines produced in the estate. We then take the road to the region of Vercelli, land of great agricultural traditions, where the paddy fields extend as far as the eye can see. We reach the «Castello Estate» in Desana, a farm founded in 1883 on an area of 320 hectares of which 120 are rice fields. Typical lunch at the estate. After lunch guided tour of the rice paddy that will let us discover the history of rice, the method of cultivation in the rice fields, the use and importance of water, attention to the biodiversity of the rice paddy. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel. Checkout formalities. Departure and end of our services.