Read the post to find out how to organize a hot air balloon ride in Italy: Dolomites, Valle d'Aosta and Tuscan hills, places not to be missed.
The sky has always fascinated writers and singers who have praised its beauty and immensity, especially if it's starry. Today, modern technologies allow us to explore it even at its same level, through drones, where we are allowed to fly them.
Origins of the hot air balloon
Once, however, even just to move around, a air balloon, which owes its name to a pair of brothers, Montgolfier, who were looking for a way to create a flying machine. Goethe said that the hot-air balloon allows us to see the winding paths of the Earth from a bird's perspective; Mr Fogg, in the film version of Around the world in eighty days, he uses a balloon to carry out his mission.
The hot air balloon has always fascinated, whether it is for a gift or for pure curiosity, with the post we accompany you to discover our Italy, three places to explore aboard a hot air balloon.
Of course, departures take place either privately or in groups; in the early hours of the day, and if the weather conditions allow it.
1. Dolomites, from Trentino to Veneto
Discovering the highest peaks, from Trentino Alto Adige to Veneto, the Loogo carries out this task and accompanies its customers in the skies for over ten years.
Imagine flying between the peaks of the Dolomites, between the peaks of San Candido, Dobbiaco, Villabassa and Monteguelfo, over the lush greenery of the Val Pusteria, or Valle Verde. Or even fly between the Euganean Hills, the Berici Hills, the Pedemontana belt, the Venetian plain. With a balloon ride you will have a privileged point of view.
2. The Alps of the Aosta Valley
The take-off takes place in the morning, in a place not far from Aosta. The tour of the Charbonnier Balloons foresees the overflight of the city, while the currents push the balloon towards the highest peaks of the Alps: Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa, Monte Cervino and Gran Paradiso. The height reached at each flight is the highest among those proposed, two thousand, three thousand meters.
For a fairytale place, departures also take place from the Castle of Masino, once the residence of the Valperga counts, today FAI heritage, Fondo Ambiente Italiano, in the Canavese area, half an hour by car from Turin and Milan, and two hours from Genoa. All this for € 195 per person. There are also exclusive or VIP flights, organized for special occasions such as anniversaries, starting from € 690 per couple.
3. The Tuscan hills
Fifteen kilometers from Florence, the Balloon Team Tuscany accompanies its customers in the Tuscan skies, on the Chianti countryside, with departures from San Casciano in Val di Pesa, from Siena, Florence, or near Monteriggioni up to San Gimignano.
The fee includes an experienced captain and crew, a glass of champagne, private transport from Florence. The departure takes place early in the morning and the tour lasts two hours in total. The fleet is made up of balloons for two to eighteen passengers, for which private, group or exclusive flights are organized. Open all the year. Fares vary according to the chosen flight mode, starting from € 250 per person.
Every year there is a festival in Ferrara: the Ferrara festival balloons, which in addition to being a sort of gathering, also includes aerostatic, sporting, cultural and entertainment events.
