Workshop visit with a luthier
Wood, varnish and forty hours of carving explained by hand.
Why only here
More than 150 workshops still carve violins in the city of Stradivari, and UNESCO protects the craft itself. You can hear a 300-year-old instrument played in the afternoon and smell fresh spruce shavings an hour later.
- Best season
- SpringAutumnWinter
- Suggested stay
- 1–2 days
- Capital
- Cremona · 45.133, 10.023
Highlights
Violin making
UNESCO intangible heritage, alive in city workshops.
Museo del Violino
Stradivari and Amati instruments, played daily.
Torrazzo
Europe's tallest brick bell tower and its astronomical clock.
Po river
Sandbanks, poplars and the slow great river.
For you
Two ideas for every way of travelling
Auditorium listening session
A single Stradivari played in a hall built for it.
Where it is
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