Visiting Pavia: this northern Italian city can be visited in one day. From its lively historic center to its Visconti Castle, its famous covered bridge, and its Carthusian Monastery, you'll enjoy every minute of this Lombard city. Visconti Castle and Civic Museums We begin the visit with ...

Italy, a country where you can always make new and surprising discoveries among its cities, villages, ancient centers and fine architecture. Lombardy offers a wide array of amazing places to visit but which are often overlooked and overshadowed by Milan. Mantua is a must-see for those ...

Northern Italy's Lombardy region holds some of the most mysterious, natural rock formations in Italy. Known as the Piramide di Zone or the Pyramids of Zone, these strange formations are named after the area- Zone (near Brescia). In geology, these particular formations caused by erosion are known ...

Milan, city of international fame, the capital of fashion and shopping and so much more. In fact, the Lombard capital and its surroundings can be explored from different perspectives: historical, architectural, artistic, and religious. So for all of you travelers and tourists, the choice is ...

For many people, the mountains in wintertime only mean skiing and snow. Many renounce going to mountain destinations convinced that if they don't ski, there won't be anything else to do. In this article, one of our writers will take us on a journey along ...

When you think about the castles of Lombardy, the Sforza Castle in Milan with its majesty and its beautiful park immediately comes to mind. In this article, however, I'll tell you about another castle, not widely know, but equally important and beautiful: the Visconti Castle ...

"Live your novel" is the slogan on the tourism website for the town of Varenna. Sounds inviting, right? We assure you it is just that. Lovely Varenna is a lakeside village of under 1,000 on Lake Como. If strolling along a lakeside promenade with a ...

One of the most well-known and spiritual journeys in the world is along the Via Francigena. If you have traveled around Italy, you have most likely noticed the brown signs with the little pilgrim cartoon drawing indicating the famous via. But have you ever wondered ...

Cremona. Cremona is synonymous with so many beautiful things. We could begin with the violin, or perhaps the torrone dessert, or maybe even, the Torrazzo- the highest belltower in Italy. And yet, when you type in "Cremona" in the search engine, it might actually auto-suggest the phrase, ...

Fairytale valleys, enchanted woods, regenerating silence. The surprises hidden in the woods of northern Italy are infinite. There are places where contact with nature is profound and almost overwhelming. This is the case in the Scalve Valley, a mountain community situated between the provinces of Bergamo and Brescia, in ...