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PROGRAMME
1st May, Friday:
6.00 p.m.: opening of plant and photos exhibition at Palazzo Duchi di S. Stefano
7.00 p.m.: sightseeing of Taormina
9.00 p.m.: dinner at an old canteen,tasting of local products (reservation required, price
It. Lira 25,000)
2nd May, Saturday:
7.30 a.m.: bus departure to Agrigento. Tour in the Temple Valley and
visit at the Garden Cactus Nursery.
1.00 p.m.: "spiny" lunch offered by Tommaso Sciara within the nursery
bus price It. Lira 30,000
5.30 p.m.: return to Taormina
9.00 p.m.: Concert of the "Orchestra al plettro" in the Church of S. Caterina
Thos that prefer to stay in Taormina all day long can to have a sightseeing of the city
and Castelmola
3rd May, Sunday:
9,30 a.m.: Meeting of the Cactus & Co.
committee
10.30 a.m. : meeting of Cactus & Co. members
11.30 a.m. :lecture by Antonio Lauria "Slanting eyed cacti: journey into Japanese
collections".
1.00 p.m. : lunch at the restaurant "Granduca", price It. Lira 60,000
(reservation required)
3.30 p.m. : lecture by Desmond T. Cole (a well known international
authority as far as the genus Lithops is concerned) on "Lithops and
Lithoparium".
Presentation of the new Italian edition of "Lithops Flowering Stones".
6.00 p.m. : end of the convention.
Professor D. Cole will be pleased to signs copies of his book during the convention.
Reservation must be addressed to the Convention Secretary:
Francesco Gangemi,
Residence Arancio
I-98030 Trappitello, Taormina (ME)- Italy
E-mail pre-reservations to Alberto Marvelli (amarvel@tin.it)
For more information on your stay contact:
Azienda Autonoma Soggiorno e Turismo
Palazzo Corvaja I-98039 Taormina (ME) Italy
Tel. 0039-942-23243 |
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