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Food & Music on Lake Lugano including Orchestre de Paris /Mäkelä/Rana plus concerts in Valsolda and Como

7 Nights: 7 - 14 May 2023

£2145 per person sharing superior twin or double
£2295 per person sharing deluxe twin or double
£2245 standard double sole use, £2395 superior double sole use
£2495 deluxe double sole use

Includes: flights from the UK to Milan, 7 nights at the Hotel Stella d'Italia, San Mamete, 3 dinners, 2 suppers, 2 lunches, two private concerts in Valsolda, stalls seats (keyboard side) for Beatrice Rana & Orchestre de Paris, a concert with the Valsolda Filarmonica and a concert at the Teatro Sociale in Como plus a full programme of sightseeing on Lake Lugano & Lake Como
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We return to beautiful lakeside setting of the Hotel Stella d'Italia, Valsolda this May for our ever-popular Maestro! Food & Music on Lake Lugano. We are joined by the wonderful pianist of the Delta Trio Vera Kooper, who will give a recital and duo performance in the glorious setting of the Caravina Church. Across the border in the new Swiss LAC Concert Hall, we have secured excellent stalls seats for the 'highlight' concert of the season with the Orchestre de Paris and superstar artists of their generation Klaus Mäkelä & pianist Beatrice Rana. To top out our week full of music we have an evening at the Teatro Sociale in Como with the Wind Orchestra of the Conservatorio di Como and a concert in on of the villages of Valsolda with the Valsolda Filarmonica

We have four days of organised sightseeing visits to the beautiful Villa Carlotta on Lake Como, Villa Fogazzaro on Lake Lugano, the lakeside towns of Bellagio & Menaggio on Como and the city of Lugano itself. We also include three dinners, two suppers and two lunches (all with wines included).

Lake Lugano is 70% in Switzerland and 30% in Italy. We stay on the Italian shore of the lake at a hotel that has become a firm favourite with Maestro clients over the past fifteen years, the enchanting Albergo Stella d'Italia situated on the lakeside in San Mamete, one of the seven little villages that make up ‘Valsolda’.

“Piccolo Mondo Antico” (“Little old-fashioned world”) is how Italian author Antonio Fogazzaro described Valsolda in his novel of 1895 and little has changed since! The ‘Stella’ opened in 1910 and remains owned and managed by the Ortelli family. It is unique in our experience of Italian lakeside hotels in that ALL rooms face the lake and the only difference between 'standard', 'superior' and ‘deluxe’ is really the decor and size of the room. It has an idyllic setting besides the lake just 2km from the Swiss border and 7km from the centre of Lugano. San Mamete is a small lakeside hamlet with just one square but has a bank, baker, general store, pharmacy and hair-dresser as well as a few bars & cafes.

The hotel and its beautiful garden invite you to relax and enjoy the lake. If you want to explore independently a bus runs several times a day between Lugano and Menaggio on Lake Como, stopping outside the hotel in each direction. The hotel also has a once a day visit from the traditional lake steamer as it traverses the lake from Lugano to Porlezza.

The superstar perfomance at the LAC Concert Hall in Lugano
Orchestra de Paris
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor
Beatrice Rana, piano


Flights from Manchester (Ryanair) & Gatwick (Easyjet) inc. forward seats (rows 6 - 10) 20kg baggage and small carry on item. We also include fast-track security at Manchester, Gatwick and Milan to ensure a smooth journey. Departures from London Heathrow (BA)carry a supplement but include a private one way transfer to the hotel on arrival.

Flight times:

Sunday 7th May
Manchester - Milan 1150 - 1500 (Ryanair)
Gatwick - Milan 1120 - 1425 (Easyjet)
Heathrow- Milan 0910 - 1225 (BA) £100 supplement

Sunday 14th May
Milan Malpensa - Manchester 1530 - 1640
Milan Malpensa - Gatwick 1525 - 1630
Milan Malpensa - Heathrow 1540 - 1635

Deposit £500 per person. Balance due 19th March.

The Berlin Strauss tour was marvellous and many thanks for putting together another fascinating week. The welcome dinner on the roof of the Reichstag was a great surprise and a real bonus! We are so pleased to have another Maestro holiday to look forward to in June.
M & V H, Surrey

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