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Santuario della Beata Vergine delle Grazie

7 km from Mantua, just near the canal system ending the lake Mincio lies the extraordinary sanctuary of Our Lady, called by locals ‘Le Grazie’. The village Grazie is a part of community of Curtatone.

Viboldone Abbey

Several miles from Milan lies the monastery in Viboldone with walls hiding the secrets of mysterious Medieval order of Humilati.

Pinacoteca Ambrosiana

One of the finests museums of Milan has been founded at the beginning of 17th century by Cardinal Federico Borromeo together with Ambrosiana Library and Accademia del Disegno.

Pinacoteca di Brera

The town of fashion offers the visitors not only the splendid masterpiece by Da Vinci but the splendid collections of Italian masterpieces. One of them is Pinacoteca di Brera considered to be one of the most valuable in Italy. It is located insode of the former Jesuits monastery, which after the order’s casation became the [...]

Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio

One of the oldest churches in Milan consists the important munument of early Christianity and impotant values for every Milanese, second only to the Duomo.

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

The popular meeting place for both Milanese and tourists, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele is one of the first buildings constructed with glass and cast iron, and is an ancestor of the present shopping malls.

Cathedral in Milan

The biggest Gothic cathedral south of the Alps is also one of the largest churches in the world. (It is smaller only than St. Peter’s in Rome, cathedral in Seville and a church on Ivory Coast ). It’s interior hosts some 40,000 seats around 52 large columns supporting the construction. There are numerous statues inside [...]

Summer Season 2011 at Bike Park in Mottolino

This summer famous Bike Park Mottolino reopens with even more exciting offers to make you summer holiday really excaptional.

Mottolino reopens in Livigno the most famous Italian bike park

Saturday, June 11 will be a memorable date for mountain bikers. With the reopening of the bike park in Mottolino freeride cycling consolidate the success in Italy for years registered in Europe and America. Not only grueling climbs, but also thrilling descents.

Limone sul Garda

For the centuries this picturesque place has been accessible only from the water side, or the narrow path through the mountains. In 1932 Gardesana road has finally connected Limone, Gargnano and Riva, giving the boost to the tourism development of the area.

Gardone Riviera

A small tourist resort away from traffic noise guarantees the relaxed holidays with perfect views on Lake Garda and snow covered during winter Monte Baldo. A couple of centuries passed by since St.Francis has chosen a nearby island as a place for his first hermitage, but the area around Gardone still attracts summer and winter [...]

Sirmione

The well-known summer resort called sometimes the ‘pearl of Lake Garda’, owes its popularity, besides of the lake features, to the great location, halfway between Milan and Venice. Sirmione lies just off the road connecting these two cities, and may be reached by a car, or local bus from Brescia, or Verona. The trains from [...]

Bramante Tower in Vigevano

Rising from the Piazza Ducale, 75 meters high the Tower of Bramante, today serving the duties of the Civic Tower is an unmistaken symbol of Vigevano.

Strada Coperta in Vigevano

Vigevano faetures the unique in Europe road covered with roof, a secret defence passage connecting the two palaces of Visconti family.

Palazzo Arzaga Hotel SPA and Golf Resort

We write about many of Italian palaces and castles. But this one gives unique opportunity to sleep in the 15th century walls surrounded by antique furniture in the nice landscape of Lombardy.

Villa d’Este Lake Como

Within over 500 years Villa d’Este hosted queens, princesses, sultan of Morocco, wife of Russian Tsar, Italian Royal Family, Queen of England, also queens and kings of Hollywood. The guest book of a hotel has the likes of Mark Twain, Alfred Hitchcock, Greta Garbo, Mel Gibson or Madonna.

Isole Borromee

The group of picturesque islands in the widest part of Lake Maggiore are named after the powerful family, which for over 500 years owned the surrounding area.

Castello di Brescia

The Brescia Castle is located on the old settlement on the hill Cidneo, which dates back to the Bronze Age, the ninth century BC. Later on the hill arose the temple to Celtic god Bergimus.

Rocca di Lonato and Casa del Podesta

The Castle Lonato, referred by locals as ‘Rocca’ ( Fortress ) is an impressive 14th century defence complex protecting the area around Lake Garda. The fortress for a long time belonged to Milan’s Visconti, the Scaglieri and some Venetian families to later finish in the Austrian hands.

Castello Bonoris

The first documentary evidence relating to a fortified building on the hill of San Pancrazio dates back to 1107, when Montichiari was already an important place on the trade route between Brescia and Mantova. The castle protecting the village often changed the owners, and loose importance within the centuries.

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