Factory Visits
Discussion
Hi all,
Me & my old man are travelling to Malta this July.
We are hoping to visit a few factories / museums while we pass through Italy.
Has anyone on here any experience of organising factory visits. The consensus seams to be to organise the through a dealer but as I am currently driving a VW I am not sure that’s an option!
Any help would be appreciated, Kind Regards, Angelo
Me & my old man are travelling to Malta this July.
We are hoping to visit a few factories / museums while we pass through Italy.
Has anyone on here any experience of organising factory visits. The consensus seams to be to organise the through a dealer but as I am currently driving a VW I am not sure that’s an option!
Any help would be appreciated, Kind Regards, Angelo
Hi Guys
Really good trip! if you go I hope you like Pasta and Grappa!!
Arena Travel 01394 691211
The trip I did was called the Modena Valley experience.
Day 1,
Fly Gatwick to Bolonga, coach to Modena, check in hotel (4 star business
style), Modena city centre for lunch, bit of time in city center, visit
Maserati factory, dinner at a local resturaunt.
Day 2,
Umberto Pannini's private Maserati collection (race cars, road cars,
motorcycles) on his dairy farm where they make Parmesan. Lunch at the
Montana restauraunt next Fiorano(all the Ferrari top brass eat there and
were there when I went) round the Ferrari factory (they dont always let you
inside its luck of the draw, depends what they are working on at the time)
onto Maranello visit the Ferrari Galleria (official Ferrari museum), dinner
in a local restauraunt.
Day 3,
off to sant'agata visit the lambo museum and factory, free time in Bologna,
on to local vineyard for wine tasting and lunch (tough!) , on to Imola for a
couple of laps round the circuit (don't get excited you can not drive!) go
see some balsamic vinegar being made and get evening meal (watch out for the
Grappa, you can't refuse and its potent!).
Day 4,
Visit Stanguellini museum (various small race cars), onto the Ducati museum
and factory (nice tour guides!!!) free time in Bologna for lunch, transfer
to the airport for flight home and a rest!
Very good tour but tiring but highly interesting and informative. Saw
MC12's, Enzo's, F40's, F50's, Super America's, untold lesser models (only
lesser in that company though) lardo's and mucia's by the bucket load,
muira's and all the famous Maserati road cars from the 60's 70's 80's etc.
Ross Braun and cronnies was at the Montana, Troy bayliss and his GT3 was at
Ducati not to mention untold ex F1 and Super bike riders knocking about. A
real anoraks paradise! (mines blue with a hood)
The Ferrari Factory/museum, Maserati factory/museum, Lambo factory/museum and Ducati factory/ museum are all fairly close to each other and you can join up with the tour at any stage, so if you are alredy in Italy jsut get in touch with them and tag along.
All the organisation is taken out of it and you just sit back and get ferried around with a JD in hand. I dont think you could organise a trip like this as Joe public and getting permission to visit factories would be near impossible. Plus you would have to do all the driving also and take my word for it, it is tiring enough without that extra burden.
seriously if you want to know anything in particular let me know. but well
worth a trip.
good luck,
Really good trip! if you go I hope you like Pasta and Grappa!!
Arena Travel 01394 691211
The trip I did was called the Modena Valley experience.
Day 1,
Fly Gatwick to Bolonga, coach to Modena, check in hotel (4 star business
style), Modena city centre for lunch, bit of time in city center, visit
Maserati factory, dinner at a local resturaunt.
Day 2,
Umberto Pannini's private Maserati collection (race cars, road cars,
motorcycles) on his dairy farm where they make Parmesan. Lunch at the
Montana restauraunt next Fiorano(all the Ferrari top brass eat there and
were there when I went) round the Ferrari factory (they dont always let you
inside its luck of the draw, depends what they are working on at the time)
onto Maranello visit the Ferrari Galleria (official Ferrari museum), dinner
in a local restauraunt.
Day 3,
off to sant'agata visit the lambo museum and factory, free time in Bologna,
on to local vineyard for wine tasting and lunch (tough!) , on to Imola for a
couple of laps round the circuit (don't get excited you can not drive!) go
see some balsamic vinegar being made and get evening meal (watch out for the
Grappa, you can't refuse and its potent!).
Day 4,
Visit Stanguellini museum (various small race cars), onto the Ducati museum
and factory (nice tour guides!!!) free time in Bologna for lunch, transfer
to the airport for flight home and a rest!
Very good tour but tiring but highly interesting and informative. Saw
MC12's, Enzo's, F40's, F50's, Super America's, untold lesser models (only
lesser in that company though) lardo's and mucia's by the bucket load,
muira's and all the famous Maserati road cars from the 60's 70's 80's etc.
Ross Braun and cronnies was at the Montana, Troy bayliss and his GT3 was at
Ducati not to mention untold ex F1 and Super bike riders knocking about. A
real anoraks paradise! (mines blue with a hood)
The Ferrari Factory/museum, Maserati factory/museum, Lambo factory/museum and Ducati factory/ museum are all fairly close to each other and you can join up with the tour at any stage, so if you are alredy in Italy jsut get in touch with them and tag along.
All the organisation is taken out of it and you just sit back and get ferried around with a JD in hand. I dont think you could organise a trip like this as Joe public and getting permission to visit factories would be near impossible. Plus you would have to do all the driving also and take my word for it, it is tiring enough without that extra burden.
seriously if you want to know anything in particular let me know. but well
worth a trip.
good luck,
Nice post 3200GT!
My wife organised a trip to Maranello a few years back, we didn't see half of what you saw but still had a great time. I hope to get back there real soon - especially the Montana restaurant. I ate in the Cavallino (which was superb)but was unaware of the Montana which I have heard is better.
My wife organised a trip to Maranello a few years back, we didn't see half of what you saw but still had a great time. I hope to get back there real soon - especially the Montana restaurant. I ate in the Cavallino (which was superb)but was unaware of the Montana which I have heard is better.
Try going to Pagani in Mondena, if you buy Evo magazines special editon of Italian Supercars all details are at the back, apparently Pagani are ok for its small factory tours. I hired a car and drove to marenello and then headed round some of the hills - ended up chasing a 575 factory car around a back round, was in a hired new mini ( back in 2002) and gave all that there was to give. Great fun and the roads are dreamy in the hills. The 575 was an added bonus !
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