IFRAO 2018’S TRIPS
In the end of the IFRAO 2018 Congress, the Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici (Camunian Centre for Prehistoric Studies) and the Coop. Archeologica “Le Orme dell’Uomo” (Archaeological Cooperative “The Footsteps of Man”), in collaboration with Cristallo Tour Travel Agency, are pleased to invite you to lengthen your stay in Valcamonica and in the bordering regions.
The people, which are interested in this trip, are asked to complete the registration form. The payment request will be forwarded only upon reaching the minimum number of 30 participants. The costs indicated may be subject to slight variations that will be promptly reported to members.
If the minimum number of 30 participants will be unreached, the trip will be canceled.
Registration deadline: June, 7th, 2018.
Click here to register: https://form.jotformeu.com/80162499732361
Policy in the case of recession:
- the recession before June 7th, 2018 will not result in any debit;
- from June 7th to June 30th, 2018: there will be a penalty of 30% calculated on the amount of the trip;
- from July 1s to August 1st, 2018 the penalty will increase up to 50%, calculated on the amount of the trip;
- after August 1st, 2018: it will no longer be possible to withdraw and the full amount of the trip must be paid.
Technical notes:
The guided tours will be held in English.
Please, check that your documents are valid for the entrance into Switzerland and France
Capo di Ponte
Monday, 3 September 2018
9:00 Leave Darfo Boario Terme (entire visit is by bus)
9:30 Arrive in Capo di Ponte
Chiesa delle Sante Faustina e Liberata
Pieve di San Siro and Monastero di San Salvatore—pearls of Romanesque art
12:00 Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici (ccsp.it)
Scientific archives and library of CCSP.
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Massi di Cemmo (www.parcoarcheologico.massidicemmo.beniculturali.it)
15:30 Rock art of Seradina and Bedolina map (parcoseradinabedolina.it/indexe.html)
18:30 Return to Darfo Boario Terme
Brescia
Monday, 3 September 2018
9:00 Leave Darfo Boario Terme (entire trip is by bus)
10:00 Museo di Santa Giulia (www.bresciamusei.com/santagiulia.asp)
Capitolium, Foro and Teatro Romano
Archaeological remains in the historic centre of Brescia have a connection with monumental buildings of the Capitoline area of this ancient city that was later occupied by Longobards. Brescia is a UNESCO World Heritage: “Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power” (whc.unesco.org/en/list/1318, longobardinitalia.it).
13:30 Lunch
15:00 Chiesa di San Francesco d’Assisi
Collegiata dei Santi Nazaro e Celso
Piazza della Loggia
Duomo nuovo (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Cathedral,_Brescia)
Duomo vecchio (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Cathedral,_Brescia)
Pleasant walk among churches and squares of Brescia that retain mediaeval traits and traces Venetian dominance.
18:30 Return to Darfo Boario Terme
Tour 1. Valtellina and Canton Grigioni (Switzerland)
Monday, 3 September 2018
Choice of visit to Capo di Ponte or trip to Brescia
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
8:30 Leave Darfo Boario Terme (entire tour is by bus)
10:00 Palazzo Besta (a beautiful 16th century residence that houses Copper Age statue stele in the Antiquarium Tellinum)
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Short bus trip to Grosio
14:35 Parco delle Incisioni Rupestri di Grosio (parcoincisionigrosio.org)
The visit to “Dosso dei Castelli” starts with the renown prehistoric rock engravings of “Rupe Magna”, followed by the Chiesa di San Faustino (X‑XI century) and ends at the XIV century Castello Visconteo.
16:00 Bus trip to Zillis
18:40 Arrive in Zillis
Hotel
Self-guided visit of the town
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
9:00 Chiesa di San Martino in Zillis
This church’s renown painted ceiling has 153 perfectly preserved wood panels
10:00 Rock art site of Carschenna (easy walking route)
12:00 Packed lunch at a panoramic spot
13:30 Return (by foot) and leave for Coira
14:30 Museo retico (www.raetischesmuseum.gr.ch)
A museum about the history of the Grigioni .
16:00 Return to Valcamonica (estimated arrival time is 20:00)
Tour 2. Trentino and Alto Adige
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
7:30 Leave Darfo Boario Terme (entire tour is by bus)
9:30 Castello Scaligero di Torri del Benaco
One of the castle’s rooms is about the rock art of Lake Garda.
10:30 Short bus trip to reach the municipality of Brenzone
10:50 Castelletto stone in the municipal building of Brenzone
11:00 Short bus trip to Ledro
12:10 Museo delle Palafitte del Lago di Ledro (www.palafitteledro.it)
13:20 Lunch in Ledro
14:30 Short bus trip to reach Riva del Garda
15:00 Museo Alto Garda (www.museoaltogarda.it/en/)
Statue stele, displays on Polada culture and Busa Brodeghera.
16:30 Short bus trip to Bolzano
17:40 Arrive in Bolzano
Hotel
Self-guided visit of the city
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
10:00 Museo Archeologico dell’Alto Adige (www.iceman.it/en/)
This museum is about Ötzi the Iceman, a 5300-year-old glacier mummy from the Copper Age that was naturally preserved by ice.
12:00 Messner Mountain Museum (www.messner-mountain-museum.it/en/)
Designed by the famous climber Reinhold Messner, the museum addresses the subject of man’s encounter with mountains.
13:30 Lunch
15:00 Bus trip to Rovereto
16:00 MART (www.mart.trento.it)
The Contemporary and Modern Art Museum of Trento and Rovereto (MART)
is one of the most important of its kind in Europe.
16:00 Return to Valcamonica (estimated arrival time is 20:30)
Note: the bus will stop in Brescia at approximately 19:40; trains to Verona (Catullo airport) leave Brescia every 2 hours.
Tour 3. Piedmont, Valle d’Aosta and Vallais (Switzerland)
Monday, 3 September 2018
6:00 Leave Darfo Boario Terme (entire tour is by bus)
10:00 Museo Egizio di Torino (www.museoegizio.it/en/)
This recently redesigned museum has one of the world’s largest collections on ancient Egypt. The Egyptologist, Jean-François Champollion, once wrote, “The road to Memphis and Thebes passes through Turin”.
13:30 Lunch
15:00 Bus trip to Aosta
16:30 Roman and mediaeval city of Aosta
A visit on foot to see the arco d’Augustus, ecclesiastical area of Sant’Orso, early Christian basilica of San Lorenzo, Porta Praetoria and Teatro Romano.
19:00 Hotel
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
9:00 Area megalitica di Saint-Martin de Corléans
An archaeological museum and park contains one of the greatest collections of megalithic monuments in Italy.
11:00 Bus trip to Sion, through the Gran San Bernardo pass
11:45 Museo del passo
12:45 Lunch
14:00 Bus trip to Sion
15:00 Musée d’Histoire du Valais
Megalithic area of Sion
Chemin des collines
17:30 Return to Aosta (estimated arrival time is 19:10)
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
9:00 Bus trip to Forte di Bard
9:40 Musei del Forte (www.fortedibard.it/en/)
12:00 Return to Valcamonica (a short stop for lunch at an Autogrill is planned)
Note: The bus will stop in Novara for transfers to Milan (Malpensa airport) and Bergamo (Orio al Serio airport).
Tour 4. Mont Bégo
Monday, 3 September 2018
7:30 Leave Darfo Boario Terme (entire tour is by bus)
13:00 Arrive in Tende, France
13:30 Lunch
15:00 Musée des Merveilles (www.museedesmerveilles.com)
18:30 Hotel
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
9:00 Vallée des Merveilles (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallée_des_merveilles)
The area of rock engravings will be reached by off-road vehicles. Museum staff will guide the visit.
19.00 Return to hotel
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
9:00 Return to Valcamonica (estimated arrival time is 20:30)
Note: The bus will stop in Novara for transfers to Milan (Malpensa airport) and Bergamo (Orio al Serio airport).
