Nicolis Museum, mark it on the map...

A visit, a day out or a weekend, a stop off during a holiday, alone or with the family, for curiosity or for passion … The Nicolis Museum in Villafranca is exciting and entertaining for adults and children alike. It’s easy to get there by car, train, motorbike or bike. It is clearly signposted. It can be included in an art itinerary, rediscovering history and nature or “something just different”.
You don’t have to wait for a special occasion to visit the Nicolis Museum in Villafranca: any time is right to sample the endless surprises it holds.
Don’t be led on by the word “Museum”, there is nothing conventional, old or dusty about this culture box in its futuristic glass and steel structure. If the weather is good, the discoveries can continue, with Verona and its surrounding rich in fascination. Within just a few kilometres there is the sparkling beauty of Lake Garda or the majestic River Mincio, which will lead you to the Sigurtà Park in Valeggio, one of the 5 most beautiful natural parks in the world. Or even … but come to the Nicolis Museum, and from here you can go and discover the wonders of the surrounding areas.

The Museum is easily reached from the centre of Verona or from the Milan – Venice motorway, exiting at Sommacampagna Verona South or Verona North. The signposts for the Museum are very clear and frequently positioned making it very easy to find! A holiday of just one day to Verona and its surroundings will be really enjoyable.

a really different and unforgettable experience!

ART AND CULTUR

Villafranca di Verona
Scaligero Castle, Palazzo Bottagisio, Oratory of San Rocco

Valeggio sul Mincio
Scaligero Castle, Borghetto sul Mincio, Visconteo Bridge, Church of San Marco Evangelist

Verona
Arena Amphitheatre, Piazza Brà, Roman Theatre, Piazza Erbe, Castelvecchio, Piazza dei Signori, Home of Juliet, Arche Scaligere

Garda Lake
Catullo Caves and Scaligero Castle (Sirmione), the Vittoriale degli Italiani (Gardone), Salò, Oil Museum (Bardolino)

Mantova
Palazzo Te, Doge’s Palace, Basilica of St. Andrew, Piazza Erbe, Home of Mantegna

Vicenza
Basilica by Palladio, Olympic Theatre, “Villa Capra Valmarana“, Loggia del Capitanato, P.zza dei Signori, Sanctuary of Madonna Berico

Padova
Basilica of St. Anthony, Scrovegni Chapel, Palazzo della Regione, San Lorenzo Bridge, Home of Petrarca (Arquà Petrarca)

WINE AND FOOD

Villafranca di Verona
Historic Fantoni Café, The Silk Mill, Don Giulio, Scalo, Ristor. Ciccarelli... & the Custoza Hills

Valeggio sul Mincio
Osteria al Ponte “Bottega, Salumeria e Drogheria” (Borghetto), Divinosteria (Borghetto), Antica Locanda Mincio (Borghetto)

Verona
Bottega del Vino, Al Pompiere, Il Desco, Locanda di Castelvecchio, Al Calmiere, Caffè Coloniale, Caffè Tubino, Caffè Mattei

Garda Lake
The Esperidi Garden (Bardolino), Vecchia Malcesine, Taverna da Oreste (Lazise), Ristor. Gardesana (Benaco Towers)

Mantova
Aquila Nigra, Il Cigno-Trattoria dei Martini, Hosteria dei Canossa, Due Cavallini, Bar Caravatti, Enoteca Buca della Gabbia

Vicenza
Antico Guelfo, Da Biasio, Enoteca Berealto, Cà Daffan (Arzignano), Al Castello (Gambellara)

Padova
Enot. Angelo Rasi, Al Cancelletto (loc.Camin), Osteria Dal Capo, Per Bacco, Trat. San Pietro, Caffè Pedrocchi

NATURE

Villafranca di Verona
Botanical Park Tione & le Risorgive “Fontanin” (until Povegliano V.se)

Valeggio sul Mincio
Sigurtà Park & Garden, Mincio Natural Park

Verona
Lessinia Natural Park, Molina Waterfalls Park, Valpolicella “wine land”, Rice fields in Isola della Scala

Garda Lake
Live Nature Park (Pastrengo), Wine Road (Bardolino), Garda Fort, Mount Baldo cable car (Malcesine), Navigarda

Mantova
Teaching Farms, Sailing on the rivers, Cycling tourism, Virgiliano Park, Science Park, Moraine Hills “Riserva di Castellano”

Vicenza
Altopiano di Asiago, Casale Oasis, Berici & Breganze Hills “areas of DOC wines “, Tonezza del Cimone

Padova
Botanical Gardens, Euganean Hills Regional Park, Butterfly Arc (Montegrotto Terme), Faunistic Park (Pozzonovo)

FREE TIME

Villafranca di Verona
Picoverde – Aquatic Park (Custoza), Golf Club Verona (Sommacampagna)

Valeggio sul Mincio
Natural Park of the Mincio River, on bike through to Peschiera, Cavour- Aquatic Park, Altomincio - Aquatic Park (Salionze)

Verona
Opera Season, Theatrical Summer, Veronafiere, Love Screens (International Cinema Festival)

Garda Lake
Aqua Paradise/Movie Studios (Caneva World-Lazise), Gardaland (Castelnuovo), Golf Cà degli Ulivi (Marciaga), Terme di Sirmione

Mantova
Excursions on the Mincio River with the Boaters, Mantova Fiere, Festival Literature, “The Art Road” in southern Mantova, Cycling tourism

Vicenza
Live Vicenza (summer), Recoaro Terme, Cycling itineraries "among Palladio and Tiepolo”, Palladio Villas, Eurofolk Festival, Vicenza Exhibition

Padova
Astronomic Observatory (Castle Carrarese), Abano Terme, Montegrotto Terme, Riviera del Brenta “Le Ville Venete”, Golf Club