Places to Explore In Lombardy and the Lakes

Discover the best places to explore in Lombardy and the Lakes with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

Bergamo

If you're driving from Milan to Lake Garda, the perfect deviation from your autostrada journey is the lovely medieval town of Bergamo, which is also...

  • 8 Restaurants
  • 4 Hotels
  • 3 Things To Do

Cremona

Cremona is a classical-music lover's dream. With violin shops on every block along its crooked old streets, it is where the world's best violins are...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 6 Things To Do

Lake Como

If you're after palatial villas, rose-laden belvederes, hanging wisteria and bougainvillea, lanterns casting a glow over lakeshore restaurants, and majestic Alpine vistas, then Lake Como...

  • 12 Restaurants
  • 14 Hotels
  • 10 Things To Do

Lake Garda

Lake Garda has had a perennial attraction for travelers and writers alike; even the essayist Michel de Montaigne (1533–92), whose 15 months of travel journals...

  • 7 Restaurants
  • 13 Hotels
  • 11 Things To Do

Lake Maggiore

Magnificently scenic, Lake Maggiore has a unique geographical position: its mountainous western shore is in Piedmont, its lower eastern shore is in Lombardy, and its...

  • 4 Restaurants
  • 3 Hotels
  • 7 Things To Do

Mantua

Mantua (Mantova in Italian) stands tallest among the ancient walled cities of the Po Plain; it may not be flashy or dramatic, but its beauty...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 4 Things To Do

Pavia

Pavia was once Milan's chief regional rival. The city dates from at least the Roman era and was the capital of the Lombard kings for...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

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