Lombardy

Really, we’re talking about Lombardy—home to Milan—and the Lakes. The region is wealthy—rich, cultured, well dressed (and home to some of fashion’s most notable world-wide designers) and fat with recreation, regional cuisine, shopping and history. Milan offers a bustling city of industry mixed with quiet cobbled piazzas, though much of it reflects the former. It is an organized city that seems to get things done. Luckily, this often means “getting done” with dinner of Risotto Milanese, a saffron and seafood specialty, or asparagus, where this vegetable is prized and celebrated and prepared like nowhere else. It could also mean “getting done” with shopping for just about any well-crafted consumable item you might need, want, or otherwise find pleasing. As you exit the city the recipes become more humble and rustic, as does the pace of daily life. The region’s landscape offers many opportunities for activities such as water skiing, canoeing, hiking and observing. Many of the small cities surrounding Lake Como and other areas offer surprisingly unspoiled and undiscovered art and architecture that can be easily missed. Popping into an unassuming church can have rewards as big as some of the last remaining frescos from mostly bombed-out Renaissance treasures. Making your way up to the lakes bordering Switzerland can be an especially peaceful getaway and as such, it draws many Italians to its shores in summertime. In Lombardy, you can vacation like the locals.

Agrate Brianza

Assago

Azzano Mella

Azzate

Bagnatica

Barbarano

Bellagio

Bergamo

Binasco

Boario Terme

Bormio

Brebbia

Brescia

Broni

Brunate

Brusaporto

Brusimpiano

Burago Di Molgora

Buscate

Busto Arsizio

Cadenabbia

Cambiago

Campione

Cantello

Cardano Al Campo

Carimate

Casalmaggiore

Casarile

Castel D'Ario

Castelleone

Castione Della Presolana

Cavenago Di Brianza

Cernobbio

Cerro Maggiore

Cesano Maderno

Chiesa In Valmalenco

Cima Di Porlezza

Cinisello Balsamo

Cologno Al Serio

Cologno Monzese

Concorezzo

Corgeno

Cornaredo

Corsico

Costa Sant Abramo

Cremona

Dalmine

Desenzano Del Garda

Erba

Erbusco

Gallarate

Gardone Riviera

Gargnano

Gerenzano

Griante

Guardamiglio Piacenza

Induno Olona

Iseo

Ispra

Lainate

Lallio

Lecco

Legnano

Limbiate

Limone Sul Garda

Lissone

Livigno

Lodi

Lomazzo

Lonate Pozzolo

Lonato

Lovere

Luino

Madesimo

Manerba Del Garda

Mantova

Mantua

Medolago

Menaggio

Milan

Moltrasio

Moniga Del Garda

Montano Lucino

Montichiari

Monza

Morimondo

Mozzo

Nerviano

Novate Milanese

Novegro

Opera

Padenghe Sul Garda

Palazzolo Sull'Oglio

Pallanza

Paratico

Pavia

Pellio Intelvi

Peschiera Borromeo

Pieve Emanuele

Ponte Di Legno

Ponteranica

Porlezza

Pozzolengo

Rezzato

Rho

Riva Di Solto

Sale Marasino

Salice Terme

Salo

San Donato Milanese

San Giuliano Milanese

San Vittore Olona

Santa Caterina Valfurva

Sarnico

Saronno

Schignano

Selvino

Senago

Seregno

Sesto San Giovanni

Sirmione

Soiano Del Lago

Solbiate Olona

Somma Lombardo

Sondrio

Stezzano

Ternate Varese

Tessera

Toscolano-Maderno

Tremezzo

Treviolo

Trezzano Rosa

Trezzano sul Naviglio

Trezzo sull'Adda

Valdidentro

Vaprio D'Adda

Varenna

Varese

Vercurago

Verdellino

Vergiate

Vigevano

Vimercate