Torneo Cittá della Pace Rovereto - Trento, Italy - 03 untill 04 April 2010 (Easter) (it)

The handball tournament together with the football tournament forms the 'Torneo Città della Pace'. All together more than 140 teams will participate in the football-handball weekend. Many events during the tournament are open for both participants like the opening and closing ceremony and team leaders reception. In this teamleaders reception, in the town hall of Rovereto clubs get the latest news on the tournament and will get the chance to know their opponents and other clubs, as well as the organising committee. On Saturday morning the first part of the opening takes place up in the mountains of Rovereto, where all teams get together around the enormous ‘peace bell’ for the formal opening of the tournament. After this all the buses take their way back down to town, where the parade will take place in the centre of Rovereto. At noon the competition will start at 10 locations in and around the town. Saturday evening there is a disco which is organised especially for all participants of Euro-Sportring, in a discotheque nearby Rovereto, together with the participating clubs of handball. A special free shuttle takes groups from Rovereto to the discotheque and back. The next days the preliminaries will continue, followed by the intermediaries and classification matches. The finals are the real climax with a pleasant ambience because of the many spectators and the 'maccheronata' (macaroni for free offered by the organising committee). After the prize-giving ceremony a big fireworks display will be the spectacular conclusion of the Torneo Città della Pace.

As well as participation at the tournament, Euro-Sportring also arranges the accommodation for the participants. Participants can usually choose between school accommodation, group accommodation (youth accommodation and bungalows) and hotels. The accommodation we offer has been selected with care and must comply to a number of conditions such as are they within easy reach of the sports park, do they provide value for money, are they suitable for sports groups, are they safe and are the management flexible. For more information about the available accommodation please see the pdf pricelist which can be found on this website.

Rovereto (37.000 inhabitants), the second town of the Trentino region, is situated at only 12 miles east from the Lake Garda and about 18 miles south of the regional capital Trento. The town has many historical monuments, such as the Castle (now war museum), the town hall on the border of the torrent Leno, the walls and the San Marco church. The centre of the town is situated around the nice Piazza Rosmini with its renaissance palace and consists of many small, old lanes, which give a "venetian" impression. Here you will also find the pleasant store windows, the taverns and pizzerias.

Riva (15.000 inhabitants, approx. 14 miles) is a picturesque, jolly bathing resort, the pearl of the Lake Garda, situated at the most northern part of the lake, between the Rochetta mountain on the western side and the Brione hill in the eastern part. The old town, dominated by the Rochetta, has beautiful medieval buildings with the Torre Apponale and the Palazzo Pretorio, the Rocca Castle and some old gates. The newer part with the most hotels is in the north, direction Arco and on the way along the lake, direction Torbole.

Torbole (3.000 inhabitants, approx. 10 miles) is situated in the northern part of the Lake Garda on the banks of the small river Sarca. It is originally a fishing village that the famous German writer Goethe liked very much. It developed into a favourite touristic area, because of its pleasant picturesque position on the lake, its ideal water sports facilities and its many taverns/restaurants