Val D'Arda
In Val d’ Arda you will find a lot to learn and to visit, since it is the biggest valley in our province.
The nature lovers will appreciate Parco Monte Moria: peace and relax are mixed together with fun and excitement. The Adventure Academy trainers will be with you while walking on hanging ropes and trunks; they will teach you how to identify animals tracks, to shoot a bow and to climb.
For romantic people the medieval burgs of Castell’ Arquato and Vigoleno are really worth a visit: summer gives life to fairy-tale nights with jesters and minstrels during ‘
Ricordanze di sapori ’ . Veleia, the enchanting archaeological site, becomes the setting of Teatro Latino (
1.2.3 ) in July and August: the great Classics will entertain, move and touch you.
The castles tour is perfect for everybody: you can start discovering the ancient rural civilizations or the Po River, going on visiting contemporary art exhibitions or the Fairy-tales Park. You can also take part in medieval banquets, where recipes and clothes are taken from the Middle Ages traditions.
If you’re looking for a spiritual and artistic visit, the perfect place is the abbey of Chiaravalle della Colomba, jewel of Cistercian architecture, still inhabited by monks. Fond of classical music? In Sant’ Agata a visit to Giuseppe Verdi’s Villa becomes one of the best ways to understand the genius of the great composer.
If you love this valley, you will also fall in love with those nobility palaces and country houses that have become producing firms or ‘agriturismi’, where hospitality is tradition. A stop in a good restaurant to taste ‘chisolini’, delicious with cured pork meats or cheese, while sipping a glass of wine, is for all of you, sportsmen, romantic, intellectual…