An attractive choice of guided tours has been prepared for all delegates and accompanying persons. Below you will find the respective schedule and short descriptions. Please note that during all tours youwill be accompanied by knowledgeable, English-speaking guides. The organiser reserves the right to cancel any tour in case of less than 25 registered persons. Full refunds will be made if an activity is cancelled due to lack of participants. On-site requests for tours are welcome but cannot be guaranteed. If you require further information on any of the tours below, please contact the tours and travel desk in the entrance hall.

Tour 1: Milan City Tour

Date/Time: Sunday, 8 May 2011, 09.00
Length: approx. 3.5 hours
Meeting point and departure in front of Castello Sforzesco – main entrance
Price: € 34 per person
(incl. guide, entrance fee to Duomo, Musei Civici Castello Sforzesco, Teatro alla Scala)

The walking tour starts at the Sforza Castel, Castello Sforzesco, leads through the pedestrian area of Via Dante, a large street full of shops and restaurants, and reaches Milan’s cathedral, “Duomo”, that is,with its 134 steeples and 3’400 statues, themost important Italian Gothic monument. Through Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery it stretches to the Scala Square – Piazza della Scala. A visit to the lyrical theatre is possible.

Tour 2: Naviglio Grande

Date/Time: Sunday, 8 May 2011, 14.30
Length: approx. 3 hours
Meeting point in front of Porta Genovametro Station
Price: € 36 per person
(incl. guide, entrance fee to Church of San Lorenzo)

In this tour of one of the most characteristic areas in Milan, you experience both past and present. A visit in the surrounding area of Naviglio Grande reveals its characteristic lanes and yards, the Darsena and the nearly unknown Conca di Varenna through which at the end of XIV century the marble used to the build the Duomo got to town. During the tour therewill be a visit to the Columns of San Lorenzo, the Church of San Lorenzo and the Sacello of San Aquilino.

Tour 3: Verona, Borghetto and Sigurtà Park

Date/Time: Monday, 9 May 2011, 09.00
Length: approx. 9 hours
Meeting point and departure in front of Castello Sforzesco
Price: € 162 per person
(incl. guide, coach, lunch, entrance fee tomonuments and garden)

Begins with a guided walking tour in the historical centre starting from Piazza Brà and the Arena. The tour will go all through the Piazza delle Erbe and Piazza dei Signori. The programme also includes on-foot sightseeing of many historical monuments, ancient yards, hidden building beauties aswell as Giulietta’s House with its famous balcony. Lunchwill be served in the centre of town. In the afternoon the tour leads to Borghetto by bus. Borghetto is an ancient medieval village with original still-functioning water mills. The tour ends with the visit of Sigurtà Botanical Park.

Tour 4: The Da Vinci Last Supper, the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie and Sant’ Ambrogio

Date/Time: Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 15.30
Length: approx. 3.5 hours
Meeting point and departure at Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie,
at the entrance of the church
Price: € 51 per person
(incl. guide, entrance fee to church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, the Last Supper and S. Ambrogio)

A guided walking tour to the church of SantaMaria delle Grazie and viewing of the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. Afterwards there is a visit to the church of Sant’ Ambrogio. The church of SantaMaria delle Grazie’s construction started in the second half of the XV century and was ordered by the Black Friars. In 1492, Ludovico ilMoro, Lord of Milan, entitled Donato Bramante as master of the works. Leonardo painted “The Last Supper” from 1494 to 1497 in the dining hall of themonastery of SantaMaria delle Grazie as ordered by Ludovico il Moro. Sant’ Ambrogio Church, founded by Bishop Ambrogio between 379 and 386 in the area of “Church yard of Martyrs” outside Porta Vercellina, the ancient Basilica Martyrum called “Ambrosiana” is universally considered the most important example of Romanesque Lombardy architecture.

Tour 5: Brera

Date/Time: Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 14.30
Length: approx. 3 hours
Meeting point and departure in front of Pinacoteca di Brera – Via Brera, 28
Price: € 51 per person
(incl. guide, entrance fee to Pinacoteca di Brera and Basilica di San Simpliciano)

A wonderful collection of fine art from Caravaggio to Bramante, often considered Lombardy's finest art collection. The Pinacoteca was first a collection of paintings for students of the Accademia di Belle Arti in the same building; the paintings were harvested from churches andmonasteries suppressed by the Napoleonic regime. Although it cannot compete with the Louvre or London's National Gallery, the Pinacoteca is of a size thatmakes for an easy visit. The collection is modest in breadth, but exquisite in quality, and covers works by major Italian artists from the 13th to the 20th century. From Brera the tour leads on foot to the Basilica of San Simpliciano. The site of the present churchwas occupied in the 3rd century AD by a Pagan cemetery. Here Saint Ambrogio began the construction of the Basilica Virginum “Basilica of the Virgins”, which was finished by his successor Simplicianus Soresini who was buried here.