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EUROPEAN VESPA DAYS 2022 IN GUIMARÃES, PORTUGAL, HUGE INTERNATIONAL RALLY FROM 30 JUNE THROUGH 3 JULY

Left image source: www.facebook.com/europeanvespadays2022
Right image source: Vespisti at the Vespa World Days meet, June 2019, Zanka (Hungary).

June 2022 – The countdown has begun for the anxiously awaited international “European Vespa Days 2022” rally, scheduled to be held from 30 June through 3 July in Guimarães, Portugal. The organisers of the Vespa Clube de Portugal (association founded in 2009), with the collaboration of the Vespa Clubs de Lanhoso, de Barcelos, de Felgueiras, de Guimarães, e do Minho, and under the aegis of the Vespa World Club, are fine tuning the final details of a rich schedule of events.

Source of images: www.facebook.com/europeanvespadays2022

This is how it is presented on the dedicated website: “The great global meeting of the legendary VESPA brand will be in Guimarães, Portugal’s native city. Located in the north of Portugal, the Vespa Village will be erected in the Guimarães Multiusos to welcome participants from all over the world. The event will involve the entire northern are with a programme that extends to the cities of Guimarães, Braga, Felgueiras, Barcelos, and Povoa de Lanhoso.

THE TEAM OF ORGANISERS; source of images: www.facebook.com/vespaclubeportugal

This region of Portugal, located in the northern part of the enchanting country, is characterised by the green of the earth and the blue of the rivers and the sea. Where the most authentic spirit of Portuguese welcoming warmth, with its specialities and its traditions. The best of everything Portuguese.

Nelson Xize Art is creating a huge and colourful mural in the Eiras tunnel in Creixomil, Guimarães, on the occasion of the European Vespa Days. Source of images: www.facebook.com/europeanvespadays2022

Numerous surprises await the Vespisti, from the Vespa Museum (installed in the Alberto Sampaio Museum located in the centre of Guimarães, the Vespa Museum will be open to the public during the event. Numerous vehicle models and a vast collection on loan from national collectors will be on display) to the Vespa Trophy, from the thematic tours to the Concorso di eleganza (the Elegance Competition, where the Vespisti are invited to evoke the dress look of the era that matches their respective Vespas). And there’s more: awards for those who – during the European Vespa Days – travel the ROTA N2/ESTRADA NACIONAL 2 (National Road 2), which is the longest road of its kind in Europe, the third longest in the world (after Route 66 in the United States and Ruta 40 in Argentina). “A estrada que nos une”, a road that unites us: beloved by travellers, it goes through 11 districts and 35 municipalities and is 740 km long. A unique experience to see Portugal and its beauty.

Source of images: www.facebook.com/europeanvespadays2022

THE SITE OF THE EUROPEAN VESPA DAYS 2022 EVENT:
www.europeanvespadays2022.com/it/index.php

THE PROGRAMME, DAY BY DAY:
www.europeanvespadays2022.com/en/programa.php

Postponed in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, the 2022 big Vespa event is in Portugal!

Image source: www.facebook.com/europeanvespadays2022