From April to September 2022, the Italian Environment Fund (FAI), offers a series of events dedicated to culture, art and nature... all this in Varese (province)

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Proposed events:

Villa Della Porta Bozzolo

• 25 June - Friday 1, Saturday 9, 16 and 30 July - Saturday 6, 20 and 27 August - Friday 2 and Saturday 10 September 2022: Picnic at sunset - For the occasion the monumental Italian garden, characterized by scenic terraces carved in stone, flower beds and a panoramic viewpoint, will become an ideal place for picnics to enjoy at sunset. For those who wish, the restaurant "I Rustici" inside the Villa offers the possibility to book a picnic basket for two people. For information and reservations daniela@schiaffi.it

Villa + park + guided tour: 18:30 - 19:30 - 20:30 - 21:30

Park entrance only: 19:00 -20:00- 21:00 - 21:30

 

• 25 April - 1 May - 2 June - 15 August 2022: Picnic in Villa - A day to spend with the family in the name of relaxation and fun! From 10:30 am you can participate, by reservation, in guided tours to discover the frescoed rooms of the Villa, country residence in the sixteenth century and then stately home in the eighteenth century, and then enjoy a picnic on the lawn. The indoor restaurant "I Rustici" will be open offering the opportunity to book a basket full of delicacies for a tasty picnic among the flowers of the park of Villa Bozzolo.

Hours:

Villa + park + guided tour: 10:30 am -11: 30 am - 12:30 am - 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm - 4.30 pm
Villa and park entrance: 11.00 am - 12.00 am - 1.00 pm - 1.30 pm - 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Park entrance only: 10:15 pm - 11.00 am - 12.00 am- 1.00 pm- 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm- 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm

Villa and park entrance + guided tour: FAI members, Reduced Residents (Municipality of Casalzuigno), disabled: € 6 / Full: € 18 / Reduced 6-18 years: € 11 / Students 19-25 years: € 12 / National Trust Convention, the 200 of the FAI, FAI Donor Card, Corporate Golden Donor, Louvre Convention, Musei Torino VDA, Trentino Card, Musei Lombardia and other Conventions € 6,00 / Family (2 adults and children 6-18 years):  € 47 / Reduced 0-5 years: free
Villa + park ticket: FAI Members, Reduced Residents (Municipality of Casalzuigno), disabled: free/ Full: € 12.00 / Reduced 6-18 years: € 5 / Students 19-25 years: € 6 / National Trust Convention, the 200 of the FAI, FAI Donor Card, Corporate Golden Donor, Louvre Convention, Musei Torino VDA, Trentino Card, Musei Lombardia and other Conferences free / Family (2 adults and children 6-18 years): € 30 / Reduced 0-5 years: free

Park ticket only: FAI members, Reduced Residents (Municipality of Casalzuigno), disabled: free / Full: € 5 / Reduced 6-18 years: € 3 / Students 19-25 years: € 4 / National Trust Agreement, the 200 of the FAI, FAI Donor Card, Corporate Golden Donor, Louvre Convention, Museums Turin VDA, Trentino Card, Musei Lombardia and other Conferences free / Family (2 adults and children 6-18 years):  € 13 / Reduced 0-5 years: free                                                                                                                     

For information +39 0332 624136 / faibozzolo@fondoambiente.it

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Monastero di Torba:

• Monday 18 April, 2 June, 15 August 2022: Picnic at the Monastery - A day to spend at the Monastery of Torba between breakfast on the grass, games for adults and children, guided tours, walks and much more.  Visitors can spend the day relaxing and fun. The large lawn in the shadow of the imposing tower is the ideal place for a picnic, which does not include the lighting of fires, enjoying the packed lunch brought from home or, on reservation, buying exquisite baskets prepared by the restaurant. In addition, at 11 and 15 will be organized team games in the open air and throughout the day guided tours that will allow you to discover the thousand-year history of this charming place.

Hours: 10:00 - 18:00 

Ticket - The ticket allows access from 10.00 am and up to an hour before closing, on time of your choice. The ticket is valid all day.
FAI members: € 6 / Full: € 14 / Reduced Residents (Municipalities of Gornate Olona and Castelseprio): € 6 / Family (2 adults and children 6-18 years):  € 36 / Reduced 0-5 years: free 

Takeaway proposal by the restaurant Antica Torre:
Sandwich + water + small dessert 10€ 
First course + water + small dessert 15€ 
On request: anticatorre.torba@gmail.com - 348 8687196

 

• Saturday 2 July, 6 and 27 August: Aperitif at sunset - In the pleasant atmosphere at sunset, there is a guided tour to retrace the events of soldiers, nuns and farmers, and an aperitif by the restaurant, to enjoy in tranquility in a place of great charm.

Admission, aperitif and guided tour: 18.30 / 19.30 / 20.30

ENTRANCE AND GUIDED TOUR - FAI members: € 6, Full: € 14, Residents (Municipalities of Gornate Olona and Castelseprio): € 6, Family (2 adults and children 6-18 years): € 36, Reduced 0-5 years: free
APERITIF - 14€

If you sign up for the FAI on site or renew on the day of the event, enter for free and we refund your ticket.

 

 

• Saturday, June 25, 2022: Summer Solstice Festival - The program of the evening includes the opportunity to make a guided tour in the interior rooms of the tower and in the austere church. Afterwards, at 8.30 pm, dinner will be served in the courtyard courtyard, where guests can spend a pleasant evening immersed in the nature and the thousand-year history of the Monastery. 

Entrance, guided tour and dinner: 18.30 / 19.30

Entrance and guided tour: 21.00

ENTRANCE AND GUIDED TOUR - FAI members: € 6, Full: € 14, Residents (Municipalities of Gornate Olona and Castelseprio): € 6, Family (2 adults and children 6-18 years): € 36, Reduced 0-5 years: free
DINNER - 35€

 
Contacts - For information and reservations: 0331 820301 / faitorba@fondoambiente.it

 

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Villa e collezione Panza: 

• Monday 18 April, Sunday 29 May and Sunday 26 June 2022: Villa Panza in&out - A series of events dedicated to families to get to know the area around Villa Panza through a special guided tour and fun and creative outdoor activities. The common thread of the story will be the gardens, undisputed protagonists of the city of Varese.  Event for adults and families with children aged 6 and over.

Timetable 

For the day 18/04 appointments are scheduled at 10.30 - 14.30 - 16.30.
For the days 29/05 and 26/06 the appointment is only at 16.30
All meetings will have a duration of 1h15 each.

Tickets: FAI members (adults and children): 5€ / Full (adults and children): 10€

 

• Sunday 24 April, 8 May, 5 June 2022: Special Lab. Exhibition "Giorgio Colombo for the Panza Collection" - An opportunity to discover some great artists collected by Panza through the shots of the famous photographer and experiment with an exclusive photographic printing technique: cyanotype.  Event for children from 8 years. Duration: 2 hours.

Each appointment will be structured as follows:

• experiential and interactive path to discover the photographs of Giorgio Colombo and the environments of Villa Panza
• focus on an artist (10/04 Sol lewitt - 8/05 Weiner - 5/06Long)
• laboratory of cyanotype (ancient method of photographic printing characterized by the typical color Prussian Blue) modulated on the artist protagonist of the focus

Opening hours: 15,30

Tickets (for children): full € 15 / members € 10

 

• Tuesday 5, 12 and Wednesday 20 July 2022: Operas on stage - Through some literary and musical pieces selected and interpreted by a theatre director, Andrea Chiodi, an actress, Federica Fracassi, and a conductor, Alessandro Cadario, the audience will be involved in a traveling and immersive story that, suggesting connections and integrating different disciplines, will rework in a historical-artistic, theatrical and poetic this perfect union between art and nature.

Meeting time: 19.00
Opening of the Villa: from 19.00 to 22.30

Tickets - FAI Members: €6 / Full: €15 / Reduced Residents: €6 / Reduced 0-5 Years: free / Reduced 6-18 Years: €7 / Students 19-25 Years: €10 / Convention National Trust, Sponsor, Convention Louvre, Convention Abb Museums Lombardy: €6 / Disabled: free

If you sign up for the FAI on site or renew on the day of the event, enter for free and we refund your ticket. For all evenings possibility of Aperitif from 17.30 to 19.00 by Ristorante Luce on reservation at 0332 242199.

 

 

• Wednesday 3 August and Sunday 7 September 2022: Aperitif at sunset - It will be an opportunity to discover the permanent collection, site-specific installations in the rustic of the Villa and the exhibition "Giorgio Colombo. Photographs from the Panza Collection". 

Meeting Time: 19.00
Opening of the Villa: from 19.00 to 22.30

Tickets - FAI €25, Full €35, Student (19-25 years) €30, National Trust €25

Aperitif by Ristorante Luce on reservation at 0332 242199.

 

 

• Saturday, July 2: Burraco under the hornbeams - All lovers of burraco are invited for a summer tournament in the garden of Villa Panza! For the occasion, the game tables will be under the shadow of the corridor of hornbeams, a suggestive place where you can find yourself with the cards in hand.

Hours: 2.30 pm

Contribution: free from € 20.00

Info and reservations at 3398354112

 

For more information: Tel. 0332 283960 / faibiumo@fondoambiente.it

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For further information: varese@delegazionefai.fondoambiente.it