Montecatini Terme located in Tuscany is not a resort: it’s the biggest spa town in Italy. Here tourism is the main activity: every year 200 hotels sell 2 million overnight-stays for travelers who want to see the city amenities and to take short trips to the nearby art-cities: Lucca, Florence, Pisa, Siena… all easily reachable by bus or by train.
The spas, markets, theatres, many restaurants and nightclubs make a glad vacation in Montecatini. Concerts, fairs, ballrooms, art exhibitions and festivals attract the local (21000 inhabitants) and tourist with a well-organized and pleasant agenda.
Come and join us on the 7-10 July, and be part of the “Tuscany” experience together with many other folk groups, dance ensembles, bands, choirs, modern dancers, and majorettes from all over the world!

Further Information

Participants

• Folklore groups, orchestras, majorettes, modern dance groups, choirs, music bands from all over the world
• The number of participants is not limited
• No age limits

Participation fee
*155 euro per person: 3* hotels in triple rooms (the supplement for a double room is 6 euro per person per day, supplement for a single room is 20 euro per person per day)

• Addition Day can be booked for 50 euro per person per day

Groups of 25 persons: One group leader free of charge in a double room

Participation fee includes

• Participation in the festival concert
• Half-board, extended continental breakfast + dinner, three-course meal (1/2l of water included)
• Diplomas, gifts

Participation fee does not include

• Transport
• Optional Programs (not arranged by the organizers)
• Insurance
• Tourist tax: 1 euro per person per day, payment on the spot in the hotel
• Air-conditioning: 1.5 euro per person per day, payment on the spot in the hotel
• Application deadline: 30 January 2023

Program

7 July
Afternoon arrival at Montecatini Terme
Accommodation at hotels, meeting with organizers in the late afternoon
Free program in Montecatini – Montecatini Alto, Piazza Giuseppe Giusti,
Fontana Guidotti, Basilica Santa Maria Assunta, Grotta Maona
Dinner – overnight

8 July
Breakfast
Optional program – visiting Montecatini’s thermal baths
Sightseeing in Lucca – Puccini Museum, Torre delle Ore, Chiesa di Santa
Mari, Piazza Anfiteatro,
Sightseeing in Pisa – Leaning Tower of Pisa, Piazza dei Miracoli, Duomo
di Pisa, Battistero
Dinner
Performance on Piazza del Poppolo, the main square of Montecatini
After the concert, all groups get gifts and diploma from the organizers

9 July
Breakfast
Optional program – tour to Ligurian Sea (Livorno, Viareggio) or
Sightseeing in Florence – Piazza del Duomo , Cathedral of Santa Maria del
Fiore, Palazzo Vecchio, River Arno, Ponte Vecchio, Pitti Palace, Uffizi
Gallery
Dinner
Free program

10 July
Breakfast, departure of participants

Optional excursions

• San Miniato – Palazzo del Seminario, Rocca Federico II, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta e di San Genesio
• Vinci – Birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo Museum

For more information’s, please contact in:
Email:propantos@gmail.com culture@openways.gr
Mob: +306973854977
Websites: www.folk-way.com www.openways.gr