Daniele Bressan

My formation

I was born on July 27, 1982 in Verona. After graduating as a Tourist Expert, I got a degree in International and Diplomatic Sciences at the University of Trieste. The university years spent in that region among Italy, Austria and the former Yugoslavia, and the time I later spent for study and work between Munich and Berlin, have certainly instilled in me a passion for European history. Also for this reason, in my visits I try to go beyond the "classical" topics faced in Verona (the Romans, the Scaligeri dynasty, the myth of Juliet ...); for me, it is very important to re-establish a link between local and national and European history, because Verona is a bridge-city, both geographically and in terms of historical connections: it has solid Roman pillars, but it is an obligatory passage towards the German world; it has a Venetian aesthetic, but with a classic Roman primacy compared to the Lagoon; it got international fame in the nineteenth century, but with very important outcomes, on a national level, also in the twentieth century.

After finishing my studies in 2007, I worked for almost five years at the Reception and Tourist Promotion Office of my city, a very formative and tangible professional experience: the continuous contact with an international public became a real training ground to promote my city, and developed a sensitivity towards the visitors' nees. This is why in those years I decided to study for obtaining the tour leader license in 2009, and the tourist guide license in 2011.

For ten years I have been accompanying and guiding international visitors, both groups and individuals, not only in the city of Verona, but also in its beautiful and varied sorrounding region.