Lombardy Italy Experiences

Milan's lively "Isola" district is home to a cooking school with a difference. Teatro 7 is the name of an innovative gastronomic enterprise which unites diverse food-orientated activities: a restaurant,...

Time to Relax

Lakeside eco-resort

Bioenergy at Lake Garda’s Lefay Resort & Spa.

Lefay Resort & Spa is a contemporary bio hotel set in 11 hectares of park, close to the pretty little town of Gargnano on the eastern shore of Lake Garda. Built on sweeping natural terraces overlooking the lake,...

Green Ideas

Art between the vines

The work of 13 young artists in the Sculpture Park of Franciacorta.

The Franciacorta Sculpture Park is an open-air museum which extends for over 61.000 hectares of parkland. The Park is the property of Relais Albereta, a 5 star resort in Erbusco, in the vicinity of Lake Iseo. This is...

Winery Trips

Barone Pizzini's organic bubbles

Eco-friendly wine making in the hills of Franciacorta.

Franciacorta, a name which conjures up a series of images and sensations, of rolling green hills, of welcoming country inns, and of bubbles which caress the palate. Franciacorta is the name of a territory, that of...

Art Escapes

Contemporary art in Varese

In Villa Menafoglio, Count Panza's Collection of Art.

Built in the first half of the 18th century and enlarged in the neoclassical period, at first glance Villa Menafoglio Litta Panza, on the Biumo Hill, just outside Varese, is of no particular note, other than for an...

Time to Relax

Golf & Spa - Garda Style

Sport and wellness breaks in the green hillside of Lake Garda.

A magnificent 15th century villa on the wooded hillside overlooking Lake Garda, Palazzo Arzaga is both a golfer's paradise and a spa goer's dream. Blessed with a wonderful Mediterranean climate and just moments away...