Lombardy Off The Beaten Path

 5 Reviews  From Como it is easy to take the train to either Lugano or Bellinzona in Switzerland. They are both beautiful places and worth a visit. Bellinzona Since 2000 the three castles, Castelgrande,... 

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 3 Reviews  There are many little passageways in the park behind the Villa. I spent an afternoon just wandering the little seldom-tred paths. Here is one of the parks lovely little secrets. 1) A little stream... 

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 9 Reviews  Secondhand best shopping in Milan by Docks Dora... an old factory partially renewed to host a great secondhand store for trousers, shirts, jackets & many other stuff ... it deserves a quick visit even... 

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 14 Reviews  I had been in VEnice and Trento for a drive around a few days before Christmas and ran out of time to see more of Lombardy so I flew back on New Years Eve and drove up along Lake Maggiore in beautiful... 

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 1 Review  Pigra is a tiny village high up in the mountains of Como which you can reach by cable car from the village of Argegno, or drive up. The cable car leaves every half hour and is a wonderful scenic... 

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 20 Reviews  I came across this church unexpectedly on my long, wandering walk back from Nord Cadorna to Milan Centrale, passing through the Brera district en route. The first mention of a church on the site is... 

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 1 Review  High up in the hills of Brunate is a house with a large plaque in front of it. A "famous" East European (I believe Bulgarian) writer should have been living here a while. Name: Penzo Slaveikov.... 

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 1 Review  Fiumelatte - down the road from Varenna. So named after the fact that the gushing water is frothy and white... it is the shortest river in Italy (250 meters) and in fact only runs from May - October... 

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 6 Reviews  I love Navigli and its canal or canals in the making. We passed excavation of the old canal before reaching the flower market which happened to take place the week we visited. We discovered a few good... 

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 1 Review  to make you appreciate the life of the local inhabitants of Lake Como. This lady who live in URIO was on the ferry with me - she had been shopping in central Como - at the o1 outdoor market by the... 

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 5 Reviews  If you are in Milan in May, make sure you try and make it to the annual flower exhibition at the Giardini Pubblici. Dozens of horticultural companies set up stands to display their lovely plants and... 

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