Brescia is a large city in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. It's situated in a breathtaking location near the Alps and also lakes Garda and Iseo. You may not know that Brescia has the best-preserved Roman buildings of any city in northern Italy, a ...

Somewhere around the 1950s, the farmers of the Brescia valleys began leaving their homes and a life of hard work in the fields and pouring into the city of Brescia and other larger towns of Upper Garda. Only a few "philanthropists" and true mountaineers kept ...

If you are thinking of planning a trip to one of Italy's national parks, you may feel overwhelmed as there are so many from which to choose! In fact, there are a total of 24 covering about 5% of the Italian peninsula and surrounding seas. ...

In Italy's northern region of Lombardy (capital city, Milan) there is a magnificent valley that you have probably never even heard of- Valcamonica. Sometimes written as Valle Camonica, this lush valley lies between the Orobie Alps and the Adamello group and is full of surprises! ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the heart of Italy's northern Lombardy region amongst the infinite stretches of vineyards and farms lies an area known as Franciacorta. From the city of Brescia to the tip of Lake Iseo, it is all breathtaking. Brief History of the Area The curious name (Franciacorta) of ...

Do you know the land where the lemon-trees grow, in darkened leaves the gold-oranges glow, a soft wind blows from the pure blue sky, the myrtle stands mute, and the bay-tree high? Do you know it well? It’s there I’d be gone, to be there with you, O, my beloved one! J.W. ...