Lombardia is the richest, most
highly developed and most densely populated region of Italy.
And it is precisely
for this reason that it is one of most surprising and unexpected for the tourist who
arrives there knowing little of its historic, architectural, artistic and
natural heritage.
Let us take
Milan, the great city of industry and commerce.
Here everything that is modern and advanced finds its home: from technological
innovation to fashion, from advertising to design, from ways of life to
political "experiments".
Milan sets the trend. Yet, beneath its thick aspect of
a dynamic and modern metropolis projected towards the future, Milan conceals
extraordinary architectural and artistic treasures.
There is only the
embarrassment of choice: the Duomo, the Castello Sforzesco, the La Scala theatre and the Brera picture gallery. And in the rest of
Lombardy there are many splendid natural landscapes such as the lakes, or the Stelvio
national park, and monuments and works of art of considerable value. At
Monza, Varese,
Como,
Bergamo,
Brescia, Lodi,
Cremona, and Pavia,
every era has made its cultural and artistic mark: in the urban structures, in
the churches, in the civic buildings.
From the Romanesque to the Gothic, from
the Renaissance to the Baroque, up to the most daring and innovative
architectural and artistic solutions of the modern and contemporary eras
Lombardy boasts an impressive cultural and artistic heritage. And many people
have yet to discover all this.
One day trips from Milan with a car:
In less than a couple of hours drive from the city of Milan you can reach by
car a wonderful world of lakes,
mountains, castles and good food, via the "autostrada" (highway) the Valle d'Aosta waits for you with the following itineraries, that can be done in one
day from Milan.
One day trips from Milan without a car:
You don't need a car to escape from the business, the traffic, the congestion, and
the afa (humid hot weather) in summertime or the fog in wintertime of the city of Milan to a wonderful world of lakes,
mountains, castles and good food: just take the train and, sometimes, the
boat as recommended in the following itineraries.
Travel in Lombardia
There is only the
embarrassment of choice: the 