Route B · Extended format
The Triangle: Rome, Bologna, Florence
Institutions in Rome, engineering and food industry in Emilia, luxury craftsmanship and wine in Tuscany. The broadest view of the Italian economy in nine days.
- Duration
- 9 days · 8 nights
- Hotels
- 4★ central hotels in Rome, Bologna and Florence
- Arrival / departure
- Rome in, Bologna out
- Company visits
- 4–5, plus wine estate and dairy
Day by day
9 days, 4 of them inside companies.
- 01
Day 1 · Rome
Arrival in Rome
Airport welcome, transfer and check-in at a central 4★ hotel.
Evening welcome aperitivo and program briefing.
Transfer - 02
Day 2 · Rome
Rome with a guide
Historic centre with a licensed guide.
Free afternoon; on request, the Vatican Museums or a business meeting in the capital.
CityCulture - 03
Day 3 · Bologna
Transfer to Bologna
Journey north and check-in.
Afternoon guided walk: the porticoes, Europe’s oldest university and the food market.
TransferCity - 04
Day 4 · Modena · Maranello
Motor Valley
A precision-engineering supplier of the Motor Valley: plant tour and a session with management.
Afternoon at the museum of Maranello’s sports-car maker, and the brand as a business phenomenon. Supercar factory visits on request.
Company visit - 05
Day 5 · Reggio Emilia · Parma
Emilia’s food industry
A Parmigiano Reggiano dairy: production cycle, the consortium system and protection of the designation of origin, tasting across ageings.
After lunch, a leading tomato processor: vertical integration from field to shelf, export strategy and quality control.
Company visit - 06
Day 6 · Florence
Transfer to Florence
Into Tuscany with a stop at a designer outlet. Check-in in Florence and a free afternoon.
Transfer - 07
Day 7 · Florence
Florence and luxury craftsmanship
Morning in the historic centre with a licensed guide.
Afternoon with a Florentine luxury watchmaking house: the economics of craftsmanship. On request, a leather workshop.
CityCompany visit - 08
Day 8 · Chianti · San Gimignano
Chianti
A Chianti estate: technical tasting with the owner or winemaker and the structure of the sector, from vineyard to distribution.
Stop in San Gimignano.
Company visit - 09
Day 9 · Bologna
Departure from Bologna
Check-out and transfer to Bologna airport according to flight times.
Transfer
Good to know
- Hotel changes are timed so that no company visit falls on a transfer day.
- Each company accepts the delegation individually. If a visit becomes unavailable, it is replaced with one of equivalent content.
Adapted to your MBA
An operations track adds a packaging-machinery plant in Bologna. A wine track extends Tuscany to Montalcino or Bolgheri.
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