Lonely Planet Italian Lakes Road Trips

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN:
  9781760341589
• Print ISBN:
  9781760340537

Destinations

Milan

Home to the nation’s stock exchange, one of Europe’s biggest trade-fair grounds and an international fashion hub, Milan is also Italy’s economic powerhouse.

Around Milan

Beyond Milan pretty countryside unfolds, while to the north a burst of Mediterranean colour and a balmy microclimate await around the lakes.

Venice & Padua

A fabled lagoon city awash with art, music and spice-route cuisine, and a medieval city-state home to Italy’s second-oldest university.

Trento & the North

The provinces of Trentino and Alto Adige offer up a number of stunning wilderness areas, where adventure and comfort can be found in equal measure.

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele mall, Milan
CULTURA RM EXCLUSIVE/ANTHONY CHARLES/GETTY IMAGES ©

Milan

At Lombardy’s heart is Milan, capital of the north and Italy’s second-largest metropolis. Home to the nation’s stock exchange, one of Europe’s biggest trade-fair grounds and an international fashion hub, it is also Italy’s economic powerhouse.

MILAN

POP 1.3 MILLION

Milan is Italy’s city of the future, a fast-paced metropolis with New World qualities: ambition, aspiration and a highly individualistic streak. In Milan appearances really do matter and materialism requires no apology. The Milanese love beautiful and luxurious things, and it is for that reason perhaps that Italian fashion and design maintain their esteemed global position.

But like the models that work the catwalks, Milan is considered by many to be vain, distant and dull. And it is true that the city makes little effort to seduce visitors. However, this superficial lack of charm disguises a city of ancient roots and many treasures, which, unlike in the rest of Italy, you’ll often get to experience without the queues. So while the Milanese may not always play nice, jump in and join them regardless in their intoxicating round of pursuits, whether that means precision-shopping, browsing edgy contemporary galleries or loading up a plate with local delicacies while downing an expertly mixed negroni cocktail.

Milan

1 Top Sights

1 Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia B6

2 The Last Supper B5

1 Sights

Basilica di Santa Maria delle Grazie (see 2)

2 Activities, Courses & Tours

3 Ad Artem F1

4 Ansaldo Workshops A8

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Table of contents

• Cover
• How to Use This eBook
• Contents
• Welcome to Italian Lakes
• Italian Lakes Map
• Italian Lakes Highlights
• City Guide
• Need to Know
• Road Trips
• Destinations
• Road Trip Essentials
• Behind the Scenes
• Our Writers
• Index
• Back Cover