Sant'Agata, Roncole and Busseto: the three houses of Verdi

Visit “live” and totally safe the places of the costume-drama "La vita di Verdi", famous all over the world, and breath the intact authenticity of these places.

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We offer you a private and tailor-made tour, organized in compliance with the regulations to make you live your experience in safety and serenity. Ask for your customized tour.

Where

In a 10 Km area there are the three houses of “Maestro” Giuseppe Verdi. In Roncole, where he was born, in Busseto where he learned to play thanks to his patron Antonio Barezzi and in Sant'Agata, the house where he lived in adulthood with his beloved Giuseppina Strepponi.

Duration

2 days/1 night

Validity

every day except Monday from March to November; every weekend from December to February

Suggested for

For Giuseppe Verdi’s life lovers, for those who want to know all nuances of his incredible and fascinating life.

The tour foresees:

1 night in hotel or farmhouse with breakfast
2 lunches in restaurant, drinks included
1 visit with tasting at a dairy
1 entrance to Giuseppe Verdi's birthplace and San Michele's Church
1 entrance to “Barezzi Museum”
1 entrance to Theater “G. Verdi” with special "Enchantment Visit"
1 entrance to “Villa Verdi” and private rooms (temporarily closed)

Services on request:

transfers, guided tours, not included meals, tourist tax.

Safety protocols observed by our selected suppliers for this itinerary are available on request.

First day

It starts from where it all began, the Birthplace in Roncole, evoking the simplicity of life in the early 1800's, when the “Maestro” was born. Alongside, San Michele's Church, guardian of the organ where Verdi learned to play, thanks to Pietro Baistrocchi. “Gourmet stop” in the adjacent restaurant where you can taste the delicacies of “Bassa Parmense” : “Culatello” of Zibello, Parma ham, Salame from Felino, “Culaccia”, “Torta fritta”, Parmigiano Reggiano, “anolini”...
The historic hall of Barezzi Museum, head-seat of Filarmonica Bussetana founded by Antonio Barezzi, welcomed the first compositions and public performances by Verdi student and then young “Maestro”. It also saw the rising love for Margherita, who would become Verdi's first wife. Visiting the Museum today, it allows to admire a wide exposure of Verdi memorabilia, with autograph letters, portraits, documents and posters. A walk along Via Roma in Busseto, where the Maestro's music often comes out of the windows of the houses, brings back in time with the precious shops and the towering “Palazzo Orlandi” where the “Maestro” lived together with Giuseppina Strepponi. Relax, free dinner and overnight at the hotel or farmhouse.

Second day

A plentiful and tasty breakfast to start the day and visit a cheese factory producing “Parmigiano Reggiano” which, as they say, "is not made, it's done!". In Busseto, accompanied by Giuseppina Strepponi... friend, mate, wife, confidant and inspiring muse of the “Maestro”, you visit the Teatro Verdi discovering a story full of episodes of private life and historical facts, almost through a secret door, in the heart of Verdi's places and story .
Have you not yet tasted the sauces and pickles, fit to accompany meats and cheeses? A quick, convivial and amusing lunch in the heart of Busseto cannot be missed!
Villa Verdi in Sant'Agata is guardian of Verdi's and Giuseppina's rooms, of their beloved, tidy and innovative garden, of the collection of vintage carriages. You will find all the locations of Renato Castellani's script and you can walk in the private rooms usually not accessible to the public: the billiard room where the “Maestro” entertained his guests and the dining room from which the “Maestro” admired and controlled the garden.