Lombardy: discover mountains, Renaissance and Franciacorta

Lombardy showcases its diversity with Parco dell’Adamello, the Lombardian sector of Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio, historic cityscapes, Franciacorta and cycling routes. For planning your trip, alpine landscapes, cultural heritage, regional cuisine and different cycling options can be considered together. This allows you to set the focus of your trip on nature, history, culinary experiences or activity.

Adamello and Stelvio

On the Lombardian side of the Adamello range, Parco dell’Adamello covers 51,000 hectares. The Adamello range is home to Italy’s largest glacier; its area is currently estimated at around 18 square kilometres. Parco dell’Adamello has a network of trails extending over almost 1,000 kilometres. The Alta Via dell’Adamello, trail number 1, runs for around 50 kilometres through almost the entire Parco dell’Adamello. When planning your trip, you can consider these three scales separately: the area of the park, the length of the trail network and the approximately 50 kilometres of the Alta Via.

In the Lombardian sector of Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio, the park offers visitors activities, excursions, workshops and events. These take place throughout the year at representative locations on the Valtellina and Brescia sides of the park. The focus of the visitor experiences is alpine biodiversity and the relationship between people and nature.

Val Camonica

Val Camonica, also known as Valcamonica or Valle Camonica, extends for around 90 kilometres between the province of Brescia and the province of Bergamo. It runs along Lake Iseo and ends at the Tonale, Aprica and Gavia passes.

Industrial cityscapes and the Renaissance

Crespi d’Adda is an outstanding example of the company towns built in Europe and North America during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The settlement was founded to house the workers of a textile factory and preserves factories, homes and services as components of its industrial cityscape. The Monastero di San Pietro in Lamosa also contains important frescoes.

Mantua and Sabbioneta represent two aspects of Renaissance urban planning. Sabbioneta features a grid of streets; its fortified walls, public spaces and monuments make the city one of the finest examples of ideal cities built in Europe. The Mantua and Sabbioneta World Heritage Site includes numerous historic buildings, including an 11th-century rotunda and a Baroque theatre. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Sacri Monti (in English: Sacred Mountains of Piedmont and Lombardy) comprises nine separate complexes in the mountains of northern Italy.

Franciacorta and Lombard cuisine

Franciacorta vintage wines are not released onto the market until they have matured for at least 37 months. Franciacorta offers cycling routes as well as trekking and Nordic walking trails through the vineyards and is associated with traditional dishes, renowned wines and special culinary and wine routes. Manzo all’olio di Rovato is a traditional meat dish served on a bed of polenta.

Cycling routes and tours

Lombardy offers flat cycling routes for families, as well as tours by e-bike or gravel bike and more technically demanding routes for road cycling and mountain biking enthusiasts.

Other areas

Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantua, Milan, Monza and Brianza, Pavia, Sondrio, Varese